Curran Wright History

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  • Herbert Curran and Kelleen Cullinan

    My paternal grandparents, Herbert Curran and Kelleen (also known as Queenie) Cullinan met in 1918 at the Pooncarie Ball (in New South Wales, Australia).

    Herb and Queenie wedding day

    They married on June 4, 1919 at Mullingar Station (New South Wales), in a dual wedding with Herb’s mate, Ernie Page who married Herb’s sister, Annie Herbert. Herb was 22 years old, Kelleen was 20 years old.

    Herbert and Kelleen lived at the following places during their life together:

    • 1919 Curlwaa (corner of Channel and Poplar roads, lot 5, section 2), Victoria. This was a dried fruit and citrus block.
    • 1920 Mullingar Station, Pooncarie, New South Wales
    • 1921 – Telegraph Hotel, Pooncarie, New South Wales
      • Herb and Kelleen lived in the original slab hotel building (erected 1875 – demolished 1925) which had an iron iron roof, and was located on McKinley and Mallara Street. 
      • The existing Telegraph Hotel (see image below) began life in 1922, the year Herb and Kelleen moved to Benetook Avenue. This hotel was completed in 1925.Telegraph Hotel, Pooncarie

    1925 Telegraph Hotel, Pooncarie (Photo by Greg Curran 2009)

    • 1922 – Benetook Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
      • Mud brick or adobe house, destroyed in Murray River floods in 1956 (Curran, D. The Family History of Michael Curran1836-1997)
    Benetook Avenue, Mildura, 2011
    Benetook Avenue, 2011
    • 1925 – Cowra Avenue, Mildura
    • 1926 – 1939 66 Eighth Street, Mildura
    • 1939 – 1972 Thirteenth Street, Mildura (Herbert and Kelleen)
      • This was a fruit block (grapes and citrus)
    13st Mildura (next to rail-line) in 2011
    • 1972 (1st November) Herb dies of a heart attack
      • He is buried at Mildura Lawn Cemetery
    • 1972 – 1993 Thirteenth Street, Mildura (Kelleen)
    • 1993 Kelleen dies.
      • She is buried at Mildura Lawn Cemetery
    At their 13th Street. Mildura property

    See Herbert Curran page for additional photos.

  • Wentworth – Michael Cullinan and Mary Ann Haywood Cuff

    1914 (9th December)

    Michael Cullinan marries Mary Ann Haywood (nee Cuff) at the Wentworth Roman Catholic Church Presbytery. Michael is 62 years old, Mary Ann is 55 years old.

    Michael is listed as a grazier from Killeen [sic] Station in NSW. Mary Ann is listed as home duties from Burtundy, NSW. 

    Mary Ann’s birthplace is listed as Deloraine, Tasmania.

    NSW Marriage Registration is 1914/16550

  • Ellen Dhann & Michael Cullinan – Wentworth

    Ellen Dhann married Michael Cullinan, in the Roman Catholic Presbytery, Wentworth NSW, Australia (NSW Registration Number 1905/5580).

    • The minister was William Barry Tobin. The witnesses were John Leary and Mary Kinnane.

    This was Michael’s 2rd marriage (first to Betsy Wakefield).

    • Ellen, a Domestic was 38 years old and Michael, a Grazier was 40 years old.

    They lived at Kelleen, River Darling, Pooncarie, NSW, Australia till Ellen drowned in the River Darling in 1907.

    MichaelCullinan-EllenDhann-Marriage-Certificate

  • Michael Cullinan

    Michael Cullinan is my Great Grandfather (father to Kelleen Lillian Cullinan, my paternal Grandmother). He was born in 1852 (2 August) and died in 1924 (20 August) at the age of 72 years. He is buried in Broken Hill cemetery in New South Wales, Australia.

    Here is where Michael Cullinan lived:

  • Betsy Wakefield

    Betsy Wakefield is my Great Grandmother. She was mother to Kelleen Lillian Cullinan, my paternal Grandmother and 6 other children.

    Betsy was born on 12 April, 1861, in Hackham, South Australia and died on 2 June, 1904.

    Betsy’s death was a little over a year after her 2 year old daughter, Catherine drowned in the Darling River at Kelleen Station, near Pooncarie in NSW.

    Betsy’s parents, Thomas Wakefield (from Haslingford, England) and Tamar Speed (from Balsham, England) immigrated to Australia (Port Jackson, Sydney), on the ship Una in 1849. They arrived in South Australia in 1854.

    Betsy met Michael Cullinan, her future husband, through her brother, Tom (who worked alongside Michael). They married on 2 June, 1886 in Kapunda, South Australia. She was 25 years old.

    Here are the places where Betsy lived:

    • 1861 Hackham, Noarlunga, South Australia
    • 1886 Kapunda, South Australia
    • 1888-1904 Kelleen Station, New South Wales

    Further Information on Betsy’s family (the Wakefields) can be found in High on the Hill, (p.231) a history of Onkaparinga City in South Australia.