Tuesday, April 17, 2007
News on the Great Caulfield Ancestor
As some of you may know, Brien is engaged in a little side project to try and discover where Caulfields come from (and if they're all color blind). He was able to trace this Caulfield line back to John P. Caulfield, born in Ireland around 1860 - died in Salt Lake City, Utah on 13 March 1925. John P met and married Elizabeth Hyland in England. Elizabeth was born in Egremont, Cumberland, England (to Irish parents) around 1861. Their first child, Thomas Joseph Caulfield, was born 5 Nov 1883 in Egremont, and sailed to America with his mom (or mum) on the Scythia at the ripe age of 3 months!
They arrived in New York (having departed from Liverpool) on 15 Feb 1884, and met up with John P (who apparently came to the US sometime in 1883 to set up house). They had more children: John P Jr born in Michigan in 1887, Margaret born in Michigan in 1891, James Hyland born in Butte, Montana in 1894, Andrew born in Montana in 1896, Marie born in Montana in 1898 and Joseph Parnell born in Montana in 1900. (Joseph Parnell is the reason we don't think John P's middle name is Parnell - but we don't know what the "P" stands for. Maybe John P and Elizabeth had so many kids, they lost track of what they named them! After all, their first is Thomas Joesph and their last is Joseph Parnell.)
Anyway - Thomas Joseph Caulfield married Mary Ellen O'Brien (born about 1888 in Montana) and had Thomas Francis Joseph Caulfield on 30 Aug 1909 in Butte, Montana before moving to Utah and having a bunch more kids. We all know the rest from here.
The generation before John P - the great ancestor - remained a mystery to Brien until tonight...when we received the copy of his death certificate from the Utah Dept of Public Health.
John P. Caulfield was born on 18 Apr 1859 (happy birthday great, great grandpa) in "Anna" (clearly some person in Utah's attempt to spell an Irish town name) Ireland. His parents were (surprise!) Thomas Caulfield and Margaret Fleming, of Ireland. John P was a retired mining man and died of "pulmonary fibrosis tubercular - probably contracted in mines" - again, not a surprise to any of us I'm sure. We still don't know what that "P" stands for, but we have a birth date and a phonetic spelling of a parish name to chase in Ireland.
If any of you are interested in learning more about what we've put together so far - we'll gladly invite you to our ancestry.com tree - where we have a collection of census records, military draft cards and other records compiled on members of the Caulfield clan.
Have a good night, all...and I'm kidding about the color blind thing (in case anyone was seriously wondering) ¶ 4/17/2007 09:18:00 PM
As some of you may know, Brien is engaged in a little side project to try and discover where Caulfields come from (and if they're all color blind). He was able to trace this Caulfield line back to John P. Caulfield, born in Ireland around 1860 - died in Salt Lake City, Utah on 13 March 1925. John P met and married Elizabeth Hyland in England. Elizabeth was born in Egremont, Cumberland, England (to Irish parents) around 1861. Their first child, Thomas Joseph Caulfield, was born 5 Nov 1883 in Egremont, and sailed to America with his mom (or mum) on the Scythia at the ripe age of 3 months!
They arrived in New York (having departed from Liverpool) on 15 Feb 1884, and met up with John P (who apparently came to the US sometime in 1883 to set up house). They had more children: John P Jr born in Michigan in 1887, Margaret born in Michigan in 1891, James Hyland born in Butte, Montana in 1894, Andrew born in Montana in 1896, Marie born in Montana in 1898 and Joseph Parnell born in Montana in 1900. (Joseph Parnell is the reason we don't think John P's middle name is Parnell - but we don't know what the "P" stands for. Maybe John P and Elizabeth had so many kids, they lost track of what they named them! After all, their first is Thomas Joesph and their last is Joseph Parnell.)
Anyway - Thomas Joseph Caulfield married Mary Ellen O'Brien (born about 1888 in Montana) and had Thomas Francis Joseph Caulfield on 30 Aug 1909 in Butte, Montana before moving to Utah and having a bunch more kids. We all know the rest from here.
The generation before John P - the great ancestor - remained a mystery to Brien until tonight...when we received the copy of his death certificate from the Utah Dept of Public Health.
John P. Caulfield was born on 18 Apr 1859 (happy birthday great, great grandpa) in "Anna" (clearly some person in Utah's attempt to spell an Irish town name) Ireland. His parents were (surprise!) Thomas Caulfield and Margaret Fleming, of Ireland. John P was a retired mining man and died of "pulmonary fibrosis tubercular - probably contracted in mines" - again, not a surprise to any of us I'm sure. We still don't know what that "P" stands for, but we have a birth date and a phonetic spelling of a parish name to chase in Ireland.
If any of you are interested in learning more about what we've put together so far - we'll gladly invite you to our ancestry.com tree - where we have a collection of census records, military draft cards and other records compiled on members of the Caulfield clan.
Have a good night, all...and I'm kidding about the color blind thing (in case anyone was seriously wondering) ¶ 4/17/2007 09:18:00 PM
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Wow! I haven't done any research since our trip to Utah, but seems you guys really have. I'll have to look at our Utah records to see if they agree. Good researching!! Fun to hear about the ancestors!
Aunt Judy
Aunt Judy
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hi, im a caulfield living in newcastle, england, probably not related, but your story is interesting!! thanks!!
Thanks Katie and Brien, this is very interesting stuff. Are you planning a trip to Anna Ireland to search further? It seems like as good an excuse as any.
Tim
Tim
Ah, but where the heck IS Anna? Can't find it on a map. Is it a town name? Parish name? Is it Annagh? That means marsh, and there seem to be lots of those. Maybe someone out there on the Internets can provide a clue.
Great - Newcastle Caulfields! Welcome. What's your family background - mining also or something else? Has your family been in the Newcastle area for a while?
My husband Brian (or Brien as he's known in the family) set up this site for Caulfields around the world to enjoy. Most of the posts so far have been based around the lives of four California Caulfield brothers (Tom - Brien's dad, John, Rich and Tim) and their wives, children, grandchildren, friends, etc.
Until recently, they thought their Caulfield relatives sprung up spontaneously from the mines of Utah. Little did they know that this particular line of Caulfields hit many of the fine iron and copper mines of Western Europe and North America before settling down in sunny California and adopting above-ground occupations.
(And yes, Tim, I haven't forgotten to mention that you've all but abandoned your birth state of California for the cold, muddy roads and sugaring shacks of Vermont!)
Thanks for your post, Leesh, and we'd love to hear a bit of your story if you ever want to post again...
My husband Brian (or Brien as he's known in the family) set up this site for Caulfields around the world to enjoy. Most of the posts so far have been based around the lives of four California Caulfield brothers (Tom - Brien's dad, John, Rich and Tim) and their wives, children, grandchildren, friends, etc.
Until recently, they thought their Caulfield relatives sprung up spontaneously from the mines of Utah. Little did they know that this particular line of Caulfields hit many of the fine iron and copper mines of Western Europe and North America before settling down in sunny California and adopting above-ground occupations.
(And yes, Tim, I haven't forgotten to mention that you've all but abandoned your birth state of California for the cold, muddy roads and sugaring shacks of Vermont!)
Thanks for your post, Leesh, and we'd love to hear a bit of your story if you ever want to post again...
Trying to leave a comment, now that I've been re-invited to the blog world. Love the info on the Family Tree. Very interesting.
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