OOPS Sorry Merren, I meant to say that she was born in Running Creek in 1877 not Bright. I am not sure how much further away I could have got!!!! Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert James Crowe" <crowerj@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Blacks > Hello Merren, > > Rachel Maude was born in Bright, her father Joseph McCulloch emigrated > from Ireland in about 1859, he was born in 1832 in Newry, County Down, > Ireland. He married Mary Twist in 1863. Information prior to that is a > little sketchy at this stage. > > cheers > Robert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Merren Cliff" <mcliff@bigpond.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:23 PM > Subject: RE: [HC] Blacks > > >> Hi Robert >> >> Interested in your Rachel Maud McCulloch. Is she from Scotland or >> Ireland? We have irish McCulloughs who have been spelt differently in >> some places. They migrated from County Down from 1850s on to >> Yackandandah area. >> >> Cheers >> >> Merren >> >>> James Black b 23/12/1869 Running Creek, d 26/4/1939 m Rachel Maude >> McCulloch 1899 (my great grandmother) >> > >