Irish Convicts to Australia

Hi Shirley,

I searched www.rootsireland.ie/ for James Cullen 1793 + - 5 years and this is the only one that came up:

Name: James Cullen Date of Birth: Date of Baptism: 20-Jun-1788 Address: Not Recorded Parish/District: KELLS Gender: Male County Co. Meath Denomination: Church Of Ireland Father: Robert Cullen Mother: Ann Cullen

Bear in mind there were illiteracy& mistranscription issues with records so a few years off could still be your man.

If you haven't yet you might want to have a look at the Tithe Applotments (free online at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/; there are 18 Cullens in Meath in the 1820's

including 1 James and a Robert.

If Robert was James's father as in the record above, this could be him; also if the irish naming pattern was followed, this James could be a close relative.

Similarly, the Irish Census of 1821 - free at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ has 28 Cullens including some Jameses who are around the right age to be yours. However, if he was already on a ship in April and the census was taken in May, maybe not!

I thought this one looked like a lost soul about to do crime:

http://Gearty Lawrence 70 - Labourer Gearty Bryan 27 Son Paper Maker Gearty James 25 Son Labourer Gearty Catherine 30 Daughter Flax Spinner Cullen James 36 - Labourer Cullen Catherine 48 Wife Tow Spinner Cullen Jane 16 Daughter P Dannelly Mary 30 Lodger Pauper Dannilly Anne 3 Daughter

Col