Curran Wright History

Author: Greg Curran

  • Wakefield

    Wakefield Family

    • My Great Grandparents (paternal side): Betsy Elizabeth Wakefield & Michael Cullinan
    • My Great, Great Grandparents: Thomas Wakefield (1827-1900) & Tamar Speed (1824-1906)
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: Samuel Wakefield (1790-1831) & Martha Morley (1892-1831)
    • My Great, Great, Great, Great, Grandparents: John Wakefield (1747-1794) & Elizabeth Woods (1760-1781)

  • James

    James Family

    • My Great, Great Grandparents (paternal side):  Margaret James (1828-1903) & John Frederick Herbert (1825-1887)
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: John James (unknown) & Elizabeth (unknown)

  • Herbert Family Summary

    • My Great Grandparents (paternal side): Isabella Herbert & Patrick Curran
      • Parents of Herbert Curran (my paternal grandfather)
    • My Great, Great Grandparents:  John Frederick Herbert (1825-1887) & Margaret James (1828-1903)
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: John Herbert (1799-1865) & Margaret Unknown Surname (1797-unknown)

  • Cullinan Summary

    • Me: Gregory Brian Curran (1965-) & Simon John Kirsch (1960-), my husband.
    • My Grandparents (Paternal side): Kelleen Cullinan (later Curran) & Herbert Curran
    • My Great Grandparents:
      • Michael Cullinan (1852 – 1924) & Betsy Wakefield (1861 – 1904)
        • Michael is Kelleen Cullinan’s father.
        • Betsy is Michael’s first wife. They were married on 2 June, 1886 in Kapunda, South Australia.
      • Michael Cullinan & Ellen Dhann (1867 – 1907)
        • Ellen is Michael’s second wife. They were married on 4 May 1905.
      • Michael Cullinan & Mary Ann Hayward-Cuff
        • Mary Ann is Michael’s third wife. They were married in December 1914 in Wentworth, NSW. Their Marriage Registration is 1914/16550.
    • My Great, Great Grandparents: James Cullinan (1816 – 1879) & Johanna Feighery (1814 – 1917)

  • John Hill Sedgman (Fitzroy)

    Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

    June 1887

    John Hall Sedgman is reported as working as a Shoemaker in Fitzroy, Victoria. He has deserted his second wife, Margaret (nee Cramer, nee McNamara) who he married a few months earlier (April 1887).