tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27079848.post114737362410404259..comments2024-03-25T03:05:39.110-07:00Comments on Cullen genealogy blog: Southern and Protestant CullensBernie Cullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15300251781068160658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27079848.post-44667007721969113082008-06-28T12:33:00.000-07:002008-06-28T12:33:00.000-07:00Hi Patricia,Thanks for the comment on my blog, I f...Hi Patricia,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment on my blog, I found the lineage files you mentioned. You know that your Clement Cullen ancestor came from Wexford, do you suspect that any of the other early immigrants were related to him?<BR/><BR/>What are your current goals for your Cullen research?<BR/><BR/>My comment about Southern U.S. and Protestant Cullens was just a random thought prompted by wondering about the origins of the African-American minister F.A. Cullen. Someone else suggested to me that immigrants to many parts of the US may not have had any Catholic neighbors and may have assimilated to the dominant religion, especially if they were single men who married. So some of these early Cullens may have originally been Irish Catholics, and not English or Scottish or Irish Protestants as I had assumed. Maybe in PEI there was more of a Catholic community, especially given the French history in the general area (I don't know about PEI specifically). <BR/><BR/>(this message was originally emailed to Patricia in 2007)Bernie Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300251781068160658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27079848.post-71040541674126593092007-03-09T10:52:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:52:00.000-08:00You said "maybe earlier Cullens in America, maybe ...You said "maybe earlier Cullens in America, maybe from England, maybe from Ireland, probably Protestant". I am a descendent of one of the early Cullen families in eastern Canada, the Clement Cullen family, who arrived in 1828-30, almost 20 years before the famine. There were also other Cullens on Prince Edward Island at that time - mostly Irish, mostly Catholic -see my Cullens of PEI lineages under lineages on the Island Register site at http://www.islandregister.com/<BR/>best wishes, <BR/>PatriciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com