Cullen Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5248 people with the Cullen surname? In that year Cullen was ranked number 810 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the town of Cullen in Banffshire cut, a neck, lin, a lake; the place at the neck of the lake. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Cullen records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CULLEN. From the burgh of Cuilen in the parish of the same name, Banffshire. Henricus de Culane in record, 1340 (ER., I, p. 458). John de Coulane was juror on inquest held apud Rane, 1418 (REA., i, p. 216). John de Culane was elected bailie of Aberdeen, 1440 (CRA., p. 6), Andrew de Culane had a grant of the lands of Knaven in the barony of Kelly, 1444, and Andrew Coleyn or Colen, merchant of Aberdeen, had safe conducts to travel in England, 1438 and 1451 (Bain, rv, 1118, 1234). John of Culane was "abbot of boneacord" in Aberdeen, 1486, and Robert of Cullane was chosen "priour of bonaccord" there in 1497 (Mill, Plays, p. 132, 134). Elene Culan held a land in Glasgow, 1494 (REG., 469). Mr. William Colen was minister in Edinburgh, 1649 (Lamont, Diary, p. 7). John Cuilen was appointed Islay Herald in January, 1661. William Cuilen, M. D. (1710-1790), was one of the most eminent physicians of his time. (2) The Ayrshire and Galloway Cullens most probably of Irish origin from MACCUIXEN, q.v. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cullen Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cullen Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cullen family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 11736 people with the Cullen surname in the UK? Cullen is now ranked number 489 for popularity in the UK. |
Cullen Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Cullen surname in the USA? Cullen is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cullen Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cullen family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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