1. Letters from John B. Cullinan (1907-1989) of Senneville, Quebec dated November 24, 1980, January 12, 1981, February 23, 1981, April 9, 1981 and July 19, 1981.
2. Letters from Vera Cullinan of London, England dated May 18, 1993 and June 18, 1993.
3. Letter from Neil Mark Cullinan of Olifantsfontein, South Africa dated April 9, 1980.
4. Letter from Ulrich Lorenz-Meyer of Hamburg, Germany dated May 4, 1993.
5. Letter from Bryan McMahon, Bindon Street, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland dated June 4, 1982.
6. Letter from Mme Francoise Lavoie, Chief Admitting, Medical Record and Documentation Centre, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada dated May 21, 1993.
7. Newspaper clippings from London Times dated April 17, 1971.
8. Newspaper clippings from the Clare Champion (Various dates).
9. Parish Records from St. Columban’s Church, Bindon Street, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.
10. Transcriptions from memorial plaques in the interior of St. Columban’s Church.
11. Memorial Book (National Library of Ireland).
12. Grant of Arms to Sir Frederic Fitzjames Cullinan from the Herald of Ireland.
13. Cemetery Transcription, Last Post Cemetery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Comments:

1. Denis Cullinan and Anne Foley’s family consisted of at least four sons.
2. Patrick Maxwell Cullinan, FRCSI. (b 1806; d 1895) was Justice of the Peace and owned an estate at Harmony House in Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland. He owned 966 acres of land worth £436 in 1878 (Burke’s Landowners of Ireland).
3. Maxwell Cormac Cullinan (b 1843; d May 20 1884) was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a scholar in 1862 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1864. He also attended Christ’s College. In addition, he was Cambridge fellow from 1868-83, B.A. 1868, M.A. 1871; barrister L.I. June 7 1869. He was the author of Trinity College, Dublin and University Education in Ireland 1871; author with T.J.B. Brady and R.Y. Tyrell of Hesperidum susurri 1867 English poems rendered into Greek and Latin. See Foster’s Men at the Bar, 1885, p. 109 and O’Donoghue’s Poets of Ireland, 1892, part i, p. 49.
4. Sir Frederic Fitzjames Cullinan, K.C.B., cr. 1911; Kt. 1897; C.B. 1894; (b 1845; d. December 26, 1913). He was a principal clerk in the Chief Secretary’s Office in Dublin Castle. He was granted Arms on February 15, 1910 and is mentioned in Manuscript Sources of the History of Irish Civilization, (Genealogical Office, Ms. 111a, p. 29 on February 15, 1910). He belonged to the Alpine Club, Kildare Street (Dublin) as well as the Royal St. George’s Yacht Club in Kingstown. His home was at 55 Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin, which is an area considered to be significant architecturally. Most of the buildings typify the Georgian style.
5. Muriel Cullinan lived at Regate in Surrey, England and Captain Manning of the British Army; they are both present at Isie (Cullinan) Von Westarp’s wedding in 1935. Muriel Manning had two children including Charles Manning who was an intern at Saint Thomas Hospital, London during World War II and Margaret Manning who was in the Land Army driving tractors in England at the same time.
6. John Cullinan (b July 15, 1815, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; d October 1896, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland), Landowner. Married on January 15, 1838 at St. Michael’s Church, Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland to Ellen Bunton (b March 25, 1820; d March 3, 1886, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland).
7. William Cullinan (b November 20, 1841, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; d December 8, 1888, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland). Married on July 15, 1875 in Dublin, Ireland to Eliza (Isie) Pyne (b July 13, 1845, Kilburn; d September 7, 1928, Colchester, England), daughter of William and Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Pyne. William Cullinan was a medical doctor from Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Mentioned in The Great Famine, as a specialist in the 1840s typhoid fevers in Ireland. Became surgeon doctor to the Clare Militia Regiment, 94th Brigade. Married Caroline Kirkpatrick.
8. William Frederick Cullinan, Paymaster Captain and Paymaster Rear-Admiral, C.M.G. (b June 16, 1876, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; d May 23, 1937, Bude, Cornwall, England); eldest s.o. William Cullinan, M.D. of Ennis, Co. Clare. Married at Rochester, England on July 15, 1903 to Caroline Isitt (b July 21, 1878, Grantham, Lincoln, England; d April 5, 1961, Crondall, Hants, England), daughter of John Thomas and Caroline (Tilling) Isitt. "In 1931, was placed on the retired list, on attaining the age of 55, with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral. He entered the Navy as an assistant clerk in January 1894, and was specially promoted to paymaster for services in North China in 1900. He became a fleet paymaster in June 1911, and 18 months later was appointed Secretary to Rear Admiral H.G. King-Hall, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape. Here he served during the greater part of the War, being reappointed when Vice-Admiral E.F.B. Charlton took up the command in December 1915. In July, 1918, he accompanied Sir Edward, as he had now become, on the latter’s appointment as Vice-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England, and in 1920-1924 was secretary to the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control. He was made CMG in 1919 for War Services. His last appointment was as Port Accountant Officer and Librarian at Chatham. Clubs: Golfers’. Res (1935): 6, Neeld Court, Wembley, England; (1937) Duckpool Cottage, Morwenstow, North Cornwall.
9. Isabel (Isie) Cullinan was born on June 7, 1910 at Petersfield, (near Southampton) England. She was married on July 15, 1935 at the Chelsea Old Church in London, England to Count (Gräf) Heinrich Walter Victor von Westarp. Von Westarp was born on March 11, 1906 at Darmstadt, Germany and died on January 16, 1984. He was the son of Count Hans Siegfried and Countess Alexandrine von Westarp who lived in Ketchendorf, Coburg, Germany. Heinrich and Isie (Cullinan) von Westarp moved shortly after they were married and lived at Flockstroppe Strasse Unter der Linden Berlin. After his parents died, von Westarp joined the German Luftwaffen as an officer at the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Their home was destroyed during the war by heavy bomber planes and the Russian Army took him prisoner. With her children, she escaped to Vienna, Austria. Resided at 7440D Rembrandtstrasse, Nürtingen, West Germany in 1981.
10. Christa Caroline Gräfin Von Westarp was born on October 9, 1940 in Berlin, West Germany. She was married on June 14, 1968 in Nürtingen, West Germany to Ulrich Lorenz-Meyer. Lorenz-Meyer was born on January 31, 1941 at Wohltorf bei Hamburg, West Germany and is the son of Ernst Helmut and Ursula Editha (Napp) Lorenz-Meyer. When I spoke to them in 1993, they were living at Böhmersweg 9, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany. The Deutsches Geschlechterbüch (Hamburg) by C.U.G. Berlag (1975), regarding Mr. Lorenz-Meyer, states: "Dr. Jur., Rechtsanwalt zu Hamburg, als Schuler ein Jahr in den Vereinigten Staaten" von Amerika, Student der Rechte une der Politik zu Freiburg im Breisgau, Parjs, Bologna, und Tübingen, Mitbegrunder der Hamburger Anwaltsfirma Lorenz-Meyer & Scheer, Mitglied des Verwaltsrates des Rauhen Hauses und des Beirates der Patriotischen Gesellschaft von 1765." For many years, they lived at Uhlenhorst, Marien-terrasse 16, 2000 Hamburg 76, West Germany.
11. William Ernest (Bill) Cullinan was born on November 19, 1912 Petersfield, Hampshire, England and died on September 28, 1984 in London, England. "Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne, Berkshire and at the Military Academy at Sandhurst. In 1932 he was commissioned with the Indian Army where he joined the Cavalry in the 1st Duke of York Lancers "Skinner’s Horse," a very famous Indian Cavalry Regiment. Married in Murree, Pakistan, on August 26, 1940 to Vera Evelyn Godsland, only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. C.H. Godsland. (Murree is located near the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, situate in Northern Pakistan. This area is called the North West Frontier Province.) - After 1940, W.E. (Bill) Cullinan served in Eritrea, the Sudan and Italy with spells back in India on staff job—having been in the Staff College Course in Guetta in 1941. He commanded his Regiment for a short while in Italy before being posted back to India in 1946 where he took command of the Indian Army Trade Training Centre in Babina, near Jharia (northwest of Calcutta). After the partition of India in 1947, he retired and returned to England. In the spring of 1948, he emigrated to British Columbia and returned to England shortly thereafter. In 1949, he joined the Kuwait Oil Company and spent the rest of his working life in the Middle East then Lebanon with spells back in London Office where he retired in 1972. (--Vera Cullinan)." --Mrs. Vera Cullinan lives in Barnes, London.
12. Michael Anthony Cullinan was born in 1942. He was educated at Jesuit College, Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England and joined the British Army Cavalry Regiment called Royal Hussars (previously 14/20th King’s Hussars. Currently serving as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Middle East as Defence Attaché in Abu Dhabi. Married on April 16, 1971 at Farm Street Church, London, England to Victoria Margaret Officer, eldest d.o. Major-General and Mrs. W.J. Officer of Corner Cottage, Yately, Hampshire.
13. Nigel Cullinan was born in 1947. He was educated at Jesuit College, Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England. Joined the British Bank of the Middle East after a year each in Germany and Paris. Was posted to Dubai where in 1973 he was involved in a very bad accident, where he broke his back. He is employed with the City of London at the Chartered Bank. (--Vera Cullinan).
14. John Kirkpatrick Cullinan (-), brother of Paymaster Rear-Admiral Cullinan. Was best man at Isie Cullinan’s wedding.
15. Major Frederick George Cullinan served during the Boer War at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. He became Deputy Sherriff of County Clare and served for 35 years, through the Civil War and the Irish Rebellion of 1916. He married twice, first to Julia O’Dwyer, then to Frances Emily Brady-Browne. Brady-Browne died at Surindon in Wiltshire, England and was the eldest daughter of Thomas and Emily Josephine (Perry) Brady-Browne. Browne had the estate of the Old Newgrove House, Tulla, County Clare, Ireland, now all demolished (John B. Cullinan)." From the first marriage there was one child, William (Guillermo) Cullinan, who was born in 1897 and died in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and married an Argentinian lady. I found an address for them in 1982-Buenos Aires, Argentina 1405.
16. George (Jorge) Cullinan was born in Argentina and is married. He used to rent out the grounds owned by his father at Spanish Point, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland.
17. John B. Cullinan was born on April 25, 1907 and moved to Canada in 1927. He worked in the Medical Corps serving as an orderly in 1939. He retired and lived at a veteran’s home called "Senneville Lodge," 55 Senneville Road, Senneville, Quebec, Canada. He wrote to me on several occasions and his letters were very interesting. In fact, some of the stories I found to be pretty amazing--almost unbelievable; every last story he recounted has been proven in primary sources. Regretfully, I was not able to visit him before he died in 1989. Later, I visited his grave at the Last Post Cemetery in Pointe-Claire, Quebec (see photograph).
    John Cullinan may have lived in Montreal for a time since he had contacted the other Cullinans in the Montreal area. William J. Cullinan, who lived in Montreal, Quebec, was one of the individuals he had spoken to, but said that their family came from Dysart, County Clare, Ireland. I have compiled their family tree and it is contained in Plate IX.
18. Thomas (Tommy) Cullinan was born in 1906 in County Clare, Ireland. He was killed on April 11, 1940 at Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. He is buried at the Anglican Churchyard, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Tommy was in the British Royal Air Force and was killed in action in 1940 during a German Air Raid. See London Times (8f), April 15, 1940.
    Was a well-known Jockey and horse man having ridden in Ireland, England, New York and France for many rich race horse owners. He won the Gold Cup at the Aintree Grand National Steeplechase in Liverpool in 1930. He had ridden this race twice before. He was married in 1939 to Noreen Stella Barlow of Northhampton, England. After Tommy's death, his widow remarried.
19. Francis Faris Cullinan (-1943), of Ennis, Co. Clare, solicitor (personal estate in England and Eire); left £40,521 (See London Times (7d), April 28, 1944). Frank Cullinan eventually went blind and died a few years before Bryan McMahon was made a partner in F.F. Cullinan & Co., Bindon Street, Ennis. McMahon took over the business after Frank Cullinan died in 44. The business has since moved to Parsons House, Ennis and is now run under the name McMahon & Associates by Brian McMahon, son of Bryan McMahon. I met Brian McMahon in June of 1995 and he said that he regretted not asking his father for more information on the Cullinans from Ennis, and that he did not have any files on the estate of this family.
20. Emily Hayington Cullinan (-1965) of Ennis, Co. Clare. Left as her estate in England and the Republic of Ireland (duty paid, £22,475)--£65,744. Died at the family home, Bindon Street, Ennis, County Clare. She was known as Miss Millie Cullinan and lived in a very opulent estate in Ennis.
21. Patrick J. Cullinan of Kansas City, Missouri worked as a chauffeur for Miss Millie Cullinan (Emily Hayington Cullinan, above).
22. Nora (née Cullinan) Liddy (-1995) of 3 College Road, Ennis knew Miss Millie Cullinan as well. There are a number of families in the Ennis area who have told me specifically that they were related to this industrious and prosperous family.
23. In July of 1995, I arrived at the home of Tony Cullinan, Ennis, County Clare. The house is about a half a mile down the road from Drumcliff Cemetery where I had been visiting. I was welcomed by Tony Cullinan’s sister, then introduced to their 96-year old mother, Mrs. Mary (née Considine) Cullinan.
24. In July of 1995, I was introduced to Valentine Sean Cullinan of Lifford, Ennis, County Clare. Tony Cullinan (above) mentioned that he had corresponded with Mrs. Joyce Higson of Somerset, England. Mrs. Higson is the granddaughter of Sir Frederic Fitzjames Cullinan is compiling a biography on him.
25. I spoke to Sean Cullinan on December 28, 1995. In our conversation, he described a number of areas which he had researched primarily and he is convinced that the County Clare Cullinans are a separate and distinctly different clan from all of the Cullinan and Cullinane clans found outside of that county. He referred me to an Irish author and scholar on surnames, a book entitled MacFiobasy’s Genealogy (written in Gaelic) as well as John Hogan’s History of Clare. He further suggests that the Cullinans are a particular branch of the O’Loughlin Mane sept.
26. Mr. Cullinan is related to this clan through his great-great-grandfather, John Cullinan. His lineage is thus: Valentine Sean Cullinan (of whom presently), son of Patrick Cullinan, son of John Cullinan, son of Patrick Cullinan, son of John Cullinan.
27. Sean Cullinan said that Roger had two sons, Michael Cullinan of Magowna and Dennis of Kilnacully. Dennis had sons: Michael Cullinan, Patrick Cullinan, John Cullinan, Thady Cullinan and two daughters. Michael was the solicitor; Patrick Maxwell (1806-1895) was the Justice of the Peace; John Cullinan (1815-1896) and Thady Cullinan, a farmer. The daughters married Healy and Kelly respectively. He also mentioned that these Cullinans were Protestant and Catholic, although the latter generations became Catholic only in more recent times. Two of the sons were Protestant and two Catholic.