WEST BROMWICH CULLWICKS

who seem to descend from
WILLIAM of The CLIVE

John Cullwick speaking:

Over the last 20 or so years
I have been able to disprove some of the theories of my great uncle Prof Geoffrey Cullwick (1903-1981). Not many, I admit.

But one significant find was

  1. that there were
    two West Bromwich trees - not one, and
  2. that SAMUEL CULWICK, Vicar Choral (1817-1881)
    WAS NOT the brother of
    JAMES of Union St, West Brom (1804-1874)
SAMUEL was, in fact, the brother of
  • JAMES (1804-1876) of ASTON
    James of Aston was a scale beam maker and a member of the Swedenborgian Church in Birmingham - very like the Methodists.

  • JAMES (1804-1874) of WEST BROM.
    was a tin holloware maker and a spokesman for the holloware workers in the West Midlands - regularly speaking on behalf of the workers (cf William the cooper in Limehouse).

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Vanessa Cobham in Canada writes:

I have been looking around for people
interested in the name CULLWICK for quite some time.

Please post your ggrandfather CULLWICK's data to the list if you have it or e-mail me separately.

I would be so happy to have found living long-lost cousins!

My line goes as follows:

    Benjamin Cullwick:
    Christened 02 November 1811 in Clive, Shropshire, England

    He had at least 3 children: b = baptized

    1. Charles b. 27 July 1834
    2. Eleanor b. 27 September 1835
    3. Benjamin b.25 Feb 1838

  • ELEANOR was my gg-grandmother - She married
    CHARLES WALL in Claines, Worcester, England on 01 Feb 1853.
    • Eleanor and Charles had a daughter named
      ALICE MARIA WALL (my great-grandmother)
      who was born 21 February 1862.
    • ALICE MARIA WALL married ARTHUR COBHAM
      - b 08 March 1861 in Worcester, England.
    • Eleanor and Charles also had a son named
      ALFRED GEORGE WALL Christened on 21 August, 1864.
    • We have no idea what happened to ALFRED
      or if he ever had any children.

    Any connection that you can see?
    Where can I find a forum or whatever for Cullwick? Is there one?

    Vanessa Cobham in Canada
    bordrlnk@netcom.ca
    Date: 02/01/2000

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    Hello Vanessa,
    I too am looking at the CULLWICK family history.
    My great grandmother was EMILY CULLWICK, born BROMSGROVE, Wor. about 1845 so there is a good posibility there is a connection to be found, with some further research.
    More on that later. GTPace

    FIRSTLY - below is what I've put together
    from what you've just posted on the MIDMARCH list,
    ADDED TO what JOHN CULLWICK has sent to me over the months.

    Descendants of WILLIAM CULLWICK

    1 WILLIAM CULLWICK 1754-1838
    + SUZANNAH FOX

    • 2 William Cullwick 1781-1854
      • 3 Edward Cullwick 1819-1869
    • 2 John Cullwick
    • 2 Benjamin Cullwick b 2 Dec 1783
      + Sarah
      • 3 Benjamin Cullwick 1811 - b: November 2, 1811 in Clive, Shropshire, England
        • 4 Charles Cullwick 1834 - b: July 27, 1834
        • 4 Eleanor Cullwick 1835 - b: September 27, 1835
          + Charles Wall m: February 1, 1853 in Claines, Worcester, England
          • 5 Alice Maria Wall 1862 - b: February 21, 1862
            + Arthur Cobham m: March 8, 1861 in Worcester, England
          • 5 Alfred George Wall 1864 - b: August 21, 1864
        • 4 Benjamin Cullwick 1838 - b: February 25, 1838 (of Hastings)
          + Mary Ann (Pollie) Yates (cousin)
      • 3 Walter Cullwick
      • 3 Mary Cullwick
        + Cromwell
      • 3 Elizabeth Cullwick b 1825 Clive
        + Richard Yates - builder of Shifnal
        • 4 Mary Ann (Pollie) Yates
          + Benjamin Cullwick of Hastings (cousin) abt 1882
        • 4 Minnie Yates
        • 4 several others, all lived at Stone House Shifnal
      • 3 Sarah Cullwick
        + Watson
    • 2 Walter Fox Cullwick b 1785
    • 2 James Cullwick 1787-1813 unmarried b 28 Apr 1787 d 16 Dec 1813
    • 2 Elizabeth Cullwick 1789-1866
      unmarried b 25 Mar 1789 d 6 Jan 1866 buried in Shifnal churchyard
    • 2 Charles Fox Cullwick 1803-1847 b: 1803
      + Martha Owen Abt. 1805 - b: Abt. 1805
      • 3 Hannah Cullwick 1833-1909 b: 1833
        + Arthur Munby
    John also has some CULLWICK cousins in OTTAWA.
    Their grandfather, Geoffrey Cullwick (1903-81), was a Professor at Toronto University from 1924 onwards (Mechanical Engineering) and he has two grandsons who both live in Ottawa.

    JOHN mentions:
    "The Cullwick name is so rare,
    but I have a detailed tree compiled by my father's uncle going back to before 1600."

    I haven't seen this yet, but maybe later. John did send me the following.

    The origin of the name Cullwick is in WORCESTERSHIRE incidentally. It is from Cola's Wyck (Cola's dairy farm) which was a hamlet within two miles of the centre of Worcester which was referred to in various ancient documents.

    My Cullwicks were in the BRIDGNORTH area by the 16th century (QUATT) and moved from there to SHIFNAL and NEWPORT, then to KNIGHTON in Radnorshire and finally (in 1840) to WOLVERHAMPTON - where I was born in 1946 incidentally. They were saddlers until well into this century, and Methodists from the earliest days of organised Methodism (about 1800).

    I have checked that out with Free BMD
    and can add the following detail - JOHN CULLWICK
    7 ELEANOR CULLWICK - b 27 Sept 1835

    Eleanor WALL (Nee CULLWICK) does not appear on the 1881 census. Charles is "married" but I suspect he is actually a widower. There is a possible death for Eleanor WALL on Free BMD in the June 1875 quarter in Worcester aged 41. Too much of a coincidence for it not to be her.
    - JOHN CULLWICK 18/12/2002

    + CHARLES WALL b 1827 Tything, Worcester m 1 Feb 1853 at Claines.

    Charles was a baker and confectioner employing 2 men and living at The Tything West Side, 39 Britannia Square to Salt Lane, Whistones, Worcester.

      8 Louisa Agnes WALL bp 11 Nov 1855 at Claines
      8 Charles Clifford WALL 1857-1894 bp 19 April 1857 at Claines, d 1894 aged 37.

      Eldest son Charles Clifford WALL (1857-1894) is also a baker in 1881 and is at 1 New Street, Worcester St Martin.

      + Ursula
      • 9 Eleanor M WALL b 1880
      8 Catherine Ellen WALL bp 13 June 1858 at Claines
      8 Arthur Cullwick WALL bp 22 Jan 1860 at Claines
      8 Alice Maria WALL bp 30 Mar 1862 at Claines
      + Arthur COBHAM md 8 March 1861 at Worcester.

      (Arthur was son of John Cobham b 1826 in Upton on Severn, haberdasher of Upton)

      8 Alfred George WALL bp 21 Aug 1864 at Claines
      8 Benjamin Cullwick WALL bp 29 July 1866 at Claines
      8 Jessie V WALL b 1869 in Tything
      8 Florence G WALL b 1871 in Tything
      8 Rosalind J WALL b 1874 in Tything
      8 Frederick Thomas W WALL b 1875 (b June 1875 quarter) in Tything

    3 CHARLES CULLWICK
    - bt 25 Mar 1706 NEWPORT Shropshire
    + JANE
    • 4 Charles - bt 17 Dec 1728 NEWPORT - C034741
    • 4 John - bt 28 Dec 1731 NEWPORT - C034741
    • 4 Richard - bt 5 Mar 1733 NEWPORT - C034741
    • 4 James bt 13 Oct 1735 NEWPORT - C034741
    • 4 Elizabeth - bt 14 Apr 1738 NEWPORT - C034741
    • 4 Michael - bt 24 Aug 1741 NEWPORT - C034741

      "Innholder of The CROWN
      BROMSGROVE"

      - it's clear, from the 1874 BRIDGNORTH Burgess records that CHARLES & JANE were the parents of
      "MICHAEL of the CROWN"
      High Street, BROMSGROVE.

      • 5 Michael CULLWICK - bt BROMSGROVE 1776 approx
        + SARAH ASHMORE
        • 6 SARAH CULLWICK - b 28 Sept 1814 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE
          Batch Number: P020913
        • 6 MARY CULLWICK - b 9 Nov 1815 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE
        • 6 ANN CULLWICK - b 9 Nov 1817 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE
        • 6 ELIZTH. CULLWICK - b 23 Sept 1819 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE
          + JOSEPH MASCALL WHITTINGTON ASHMORE - m 1849 (M010795)
          • 7 ELIZA ANN ASHMORE - bp 18 June 1850 at Brimington, DER

    		JOHN CULLWICK
    I have been trying to read the will of MICHAEL of the CROWN - Virtually impossible - but he does seem to mention 2 sons - JOHN and CHARLES - and says that CHARLES is by his first wife HANNAH!

    Descendents of
    Michael of the Crown Inn
    Bromsgrove

    4 MICHAEL CULWICK
    + HANNAH ( 1st wife - as said above )

    • 5 William CULWICK - bt 1 Dec 1768 BROMSGROVE P020912
    • 5 Charles CULLWICK - bt 5 Oct 1770 BROMSGROVE P020912
    • 5 JAMES CULWICK - bt 29 Aug 1771 BROMSGROVE P020912
      possibly wed AMELIA ROWLESTONE at WORFIELD 11 Feb 1793
    • 5 Eliz. CULWICK - bt 11 Feb 1774 BROMSGROVE P020912

    MICHAEL CULLWICK
    + MARY

        • 6 MICHAEL CULLWICK
          - b 21 Apr 1821 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE
          + ELEANOR REEVES
          - wed 29 Aug 1846 at ASTON JUXTA (M011684)
          • 7 MICHAEL REEVES CULLWICK
            - bp St Phillips B'ham 16 Feb 1848
          • 7 ELEANOR CLARA CULLWICK
            - bp St Phillips B'ham 4 June 1849
            + EDWARD ALBERT REEVES
            - born 25 Sept 1844 and bapt 30 Sept at ASTON JUXTA
            - wed 1876 (Free BMD 6 583) - in 1881, living at 29 Wiltshire Road, Lambeth:
            • 8 CHARLES P REEVES
    		in 1881
    Michael CULLWICK is living at 93 Hamstead Road, Handsworth
    Michael CULLWICK, head, 59, b Bromsgrove, sugar merchant
    Eleanor CULLWICK, wife, 65, b Birmingham
    Michael married Eleanor REEVES on 29 Aug 1846 at Aston Juxta (M011684)

    Could this REEVES family be connected to the Mary REEVES
    who was the grandmother of my JOSHUA PACE
    who was most likely present at his son's wedding in 1868

    I further believe there is some connection to a George LEDBROOK family whose wife CHARLOTTE looks to be a sister to my great grandmother, Emily CULLWICK as the 1881 census shows in their West Bromwich household Emma CULWICH 7 F born Laney Green, Rel: Niece

        • 6 JOHN ASHMORE CULLWICK - born 8 July 1822 Chr 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE WOR died 20 May 1891 at SUTTON COLDFIELD. Youngest of 6 children of MICHAEL CULLWICK and SARAH nee ASHMORE. 1881 census shows - JOHN 58, road surveyor ERNEST, son, merchants clerk, b Tardebigge - Both living at The Coldfield, SUTTON COLDFIELD.
          + JANE PEARMAN - wed 6 Nov 1855 at TARDEBIGGE WOR (nr.Bromsgrove)
          • 7 ERNEST JAMES CULLWICK - bt 23 June 1861 at TARDEBIGGE WOR
            + ELLEN BRADLEY - married 9 Nov 1892 possibly at ORMSKIRK LANCS
            • 8 GRACE MARY CULLWICK - born 4 June 1894 died 25 Oct 1952

    		REV. E.J. Cullwick preached his last sermon at St Mary's, WESTBURY, Salop on Oct 11th 1953 at the age of 92 - according to the Times on 10th Oct. He had one daughter, GRACE MARY (a spinster) who pre-deceased him Grace Cullwick was born 4 June 1894 and died 25 Oct 1952. GRACE, Rev. ERNEST and wife ELLEN lived in the Rectory at WESTBURY for many years. WESTBURY, Salop being between WELSHPOOL and SHREWSBURY in Shropshire, in the WELSH Marches.

        1 JOHN of HATTON - (senior)
        + MARY BAGLEY         m 1772 had 4 children - all baptised at Shifnal

        • 2 MARY CULLWICK born 1773-1844
          + THOMAS TOTTY
          m at Tettenhall 05 FEB 1803
          may be from PACE-TOTTY Family
          4 boys, all baptised there.

          • 3 JOSEPH TOTTY
            + MARY m at Ansley, Warks 1833

          • 3 WILLIAM TOTTY

          • 3 THOMAS TOTTY
            Christening: 25 DEC 1808
            Tettenhall, Stafford

            Mary Totty (nee Cullwick)
            was subject to a removal order from Walsall to Tettenhall Regis on 8 Feb 1843.
            On same date, son JOSEPH was removed from Walsall to Tettenhall Regis also.

            JOSEPH TOTTY (according to removal order) married MARY at Ansley in Warks in 1833. Mother MARY was a widow of 70. Her husband named on removal order was THOMAS TOTTY, and she was mother of the above JOSEPH TOTTY.

        • JOHN CULLWICK (1776-1851) gardener of Hatton, SHIFNAL married
          + ELIZABETH WAGG of SHERRIFFHALES at TETTENHALL 1804
          a witness was THOMAS TOTTIE !!

          CULLWICK INDEX PAGE
      • 5 JOHN CULLWICK - bt 8 May 1776 BROMSGROVE
        + ELIZABETH ROBINSON - wed at KINGSWINFORD 18 Dec 1806
        "JOHN of HATTON HALL"
        near SHIFNAL in Shropshire

        - John and Eliz started family life in Worcester then raised the remainder of their family at HATTON HALL, near SHIFNAL where he seems to have worked as a gardener for the SLANEY family.

        		If the first child born at Sheriffhales is correct, this would seem to indicate that he firstly moved from Bromsgrove to be a gardener at Lilleshall for the SUTHERLAND family. Probably moved from an estate house attached to the SUTHERLAND ESTATE to be Head Gardener for the SLANEY family at Hatton.
        • 6 MARTHA CULWICK - Chr: 9 Jun 1805 SHERIFFHALES
        • 6 JOHN CULWICK - Chr: 31 Mar 1811 SHIFNAL
        • 6 EMILY CULWICK - Chr: 7 May 1815 SHIFNAL
        • 6 JAMES CULWICK - Chr: 12 Apr 1818 SHIFNAL
        • 6 THOMAS CULWICK- Chr: 26 Mar 1820 SHIFNAL
        • 6 GEORGE CULWICK - Chr: 15 Dec 1822 SHIFNAL
          George was a wheelwright and carpenter for the Duke of SUTHERLAND on his Lilleshall estate. At some point, the Duke leased a large property to him that was called The Coffee House. In about 1921, the Sutherlands sold their Lilleshall property, and the houses in Sherriffhales were sold to the County Council. So George and Walter then became council tenants.
          • 7 JOHN CULLWICK - Marriage on 2nd Sept 1883 after Banns in the parish church of MALINS LEE in Salop according to rites of established church. JOHN CULLWICK, 28, bachelor, (indecipherable - may be "miner"), residing Malins Lee, father JAMES CULLWICK, gamekeeper. EMMA BARBER, 26, spinster, residing Malins Lee, father JOSEPH BARBER, labourer. EMMA signed with a mark, JOHN signed. Witnesses appear to be JOSEPH COTTON and JANE ELLEN GRIFFITHS (though Griffiths is a bit of a guess). Neither witness signed.
            + EMMA BARBER - marriage in 1883

    Descendents of Michael
    of the Crown Inn - Bromsgrove

    4 Michael CULWICK
    + Hannah
    • 5 William CULWICK - bt 1 Dec 1768 BROMSGROVE P020912
    • 5 Charles CULLWICK - bt 5 Oct 1770 BROMSGROVE P020912
    • 5 James CULWICK - bt 29 Aug 1771 BROMSGROVE P020912
    • 5 Eliz. CULWICK - bt 11 Feb 1774 BROMSGROVE P020912

    Michael CULLWICK
    + Mary

    • 5 Thos. CULWICK
      - Christening: 3 Jan 1773 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
    • 5 Jno. (John) CULLWICK
      - Christening: 8 May 1776 BROMSGROVE - family below
    • 5 William CULLWICK - Christening: 1 Feb 1779 BROMSGROVE
    • 5 William CULLWICK
      - Christening: 31 Mar 1780 BROMSGROVE
    • 5 Thos. CULLWICK
      - Christening: 28 Feb 1783 BROMSGROVE
    • 5 JAMES CULLWICK
      - Christening: 28 Feb 1783 BROMSGROVE
    • 5 MARY CULLWICK
      - Christening: 21 Jul 1786 BROMSGROVE
    • 5 SAMUEL CULLWICK
      - Christening: 6 Aug 1789 BROMSGROVE
      the youngest son of MICHAEL of The Crown (born Bromsgrove). 63 when he died in WESTMINSTER in 1855) was 60 on the 1851 census, born Bromsgrove

    John CULLWICK
    + Elizabeth

    • 6 Mary Susanah CULLWICK
      - Christening: 2 Mar 1810 BROMSGROVE
    • 6 Susannah CULLWICK
      - Christening: 8 Jan 1813 BROMSGROVE

    Michael CULLWICK
    + Sarah

    • John CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
    • Mary CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
    • Ann CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
    • Elizth. CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
    • Michael CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE, Worcester
      ....possibly father of EMILY b 1845 my great grandmother
    • Sarah CULLWICK
      - Christening: 30 Aug 1822 BROMSGROVE

      Batch Number: P020913

    Wesleyan Baptism practices
    Notice the baptismal date, the same for all six above.

    As a point of interest, some non-conformist families had all children baptised individually in the Methodist Church, then later, were all baptised as a "Job Lot" in the Anglican Church.

    other Bromsgrove Cullwicks

    click here

    JAMES - ROWLESTONE - CULWICK - BARTLAM
    VICARAGE CULWICK of Rednal
    PACE DUDLEY WHITEHOUSE LEDBROOK

    JAMES CULLWICK - of Pattingham, Staffordshire
    + AMELIA ROWLESTONE nee JAMES
    - m 11 Feb 1793 in WORFIELD, Shropshire
    James died in 1811 - Amelia remarried THOMAS BARTLAM 1812
    • Thomas CULWICK - eldest bptised 16 June 1793 at Pattingham
    • Sarah CULWICK born 1794
      + JOHN SHELLEY m 7 August 1815.
    • JOYCE CULWICK
    • JAMES CULWICK
    • CHARLOTTE CULWICK
    • MARY CULWICK - b 1808 CLAVERLEY
    • VICARAGE CULWICK b 1811 CLAVERLEY - d 1850 March quarter Kings Norton (Ref 18 327)
      + MARIA PIPER - m 21 Dec 1828 CLAVERLEY Parish Church
      + SARAH WARD - m 20 Oct 1834 St Martins BIRMINGHAM (M010724)
      • WILLIAM CULWICK - b 1835 BROMSGROVE
        + MARTHA WILLIAMS m 1855
      • EMILY CULWICK b 1845 BROMSGROVE
        + EDWARD PACE - 1845 - 1877 of LANEY GREEN Staffordshire
        + REUBEN DUDLEY - b DUDLEY later of CANNOCK and ESSINGTON Staffordshire

    VICARAGE CULWICK - father of EMILY CULWICK born about 1845 BROMSGROVE. EMILY married EDWARD PACE 1868 - SHARESHILL, Staffordshire.

    The SHARESHILL marriage notice shows EMILY's father as VICARAGE CULWICK in 1868. EDWARD PACE died at 31 in 1877. Emily PACE nee CULWICK then remarried REUBEN DUDLEY of CANNOCK and later ESSINGTON - click on REUBEN DUDLEY to learn more about EMILY's second marriage and ESSINGTON family.

    I'm therefore, interested in CULLWICKS of BROMSGROVE, since my great grandmother seems to have been born there about 1845. New found information has revealed that EMILY CULWICK born Bromsgrove was a daughter of VICARAGE CULWICK - above - and SARAH WARD - m 20 Oct 1834 St Martins BIRMINGHAM. The WARD FAMILY show in SHARESHILL parish where the PACE FAMILY was also since the 1720s. VICARAGE was a son of JAMES CULWICK and AMELIA ROWLESTONE who married at WORFIELD Shropshire 11 Feb 1793.

    Gordon Thomas Pace - webmaster
    John Cullwick, myself and others, are interested in accuracy.

    another Vicarage Culwick researcher

    I am at present researching the Culwick family and have discovered that my ggg grandfather was a Vicarage Culwick born in Shropshire but they seemed to have moved around a bit. I believe he was born around 1811 to A James & Amelia. Amelia i believe was Amelia Rowlestone but have not verified this. I cannot beleive that there can be many Vicarage Culwicks.

    My ancester left the Birminham area abt 1860 to go to London where my mum's family have lived ever since. I dont know if your Vicarage and my Vicarage could be the same as I dont hold much with surname spelling as in 1881 there were 10 different spellings of it. Now it seems we are down to the two double LL & single L
    Have a nice day - Jackie W - London

    YES Jackie - it sure is a great day that you've come along and helped straighten out the 'wonderment' of the origins of VICARAGE CULWICK - it is a great leap ahead in our combined CULLWICK research - one "L" or two

    I think VICARAGE as a CHRISTIAN NAME must be very rare and my great grandmother EMILY CULWICK must have known something about VICARAGE, maybe as a surname. In her case it was her father's Christian name and in this case, it points to Bromsgrove and near Bromsgrove is Cleeve Prior where the VICARIDGE and LAMPIT name occur in the parish register.
    GTPace

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