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The entries for people & families with the surname Culpan are gathered together in this SideTrack.

This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.

The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.


Mr Culpan [18??-19??]
Albert W. Culpan [18??-19??]
Andrew Culpan [1???-1961]
Arnold Culpan [1892-1918]
Arthur Raymond Culpan [1892-1917]
Edgar Culpan [1880-1959]
Elkanah Culpan [1832-1893]
Frank Ramsey Culpan [1926-1945]
George Arthur Culpan [1881-1917]
Gledhill Culpan [1894-1917]
Herbert Ratcliffe Culpan [1876-19??]
James Culpan [1849-1920]
John Culpan [1???-18??]
John Culpan [18??-1889]
John Culpan [1814-1888]
John Culpan [1820-1894]
John Culpan [1845-1920]
John Culpan [1866-1902]
John Culpan [1883-1908]
John Sunderland Culpan [1811-1???]
Milford Culpan [1850-1922]
Nathan Culpan [1828-1889]
Norman Culpan [1???-19??]
Ray Culpan [1???-19??]
Richard Culpan [1834-1902]
Sarah A. Culpan [1846-1???]
Thomas Morley Culpan [1857-1938]
Titus Culpan [1793-1871]
Titus Culpan [1835-1905]
Trevor Culpan [1931-2004]
Wallace Culpan [1884-1941]
Walter Culpan [1856-1898]
Walter Culpan [1862-1???]
Wilfred Culpan [1892-1917]
William Culpan [17??-18??]
William Culpan [1815-1896]
William Culpan [1900-1918]
Willie Culpan [18??-191?]


Culpan, Mr
[18??-19??] Architect. In partnership as Longbottom & Culpan

Culpan, Albert W.
[18??-19??] MIBTh. Botano-therapist at 5 Bond Street, Halifax [1937]

Culpan, Andrew
[1???-1961] Of Mytholmroyd. Director of Thomas Ratcliffe & Company Limited.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £50,874

Culpan, Arnold
[1892-1918] Son of John Culpan.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Pye Nest Primitive Methodist Chapel & Sunday School / educated at Crossley & Porter School / cashier for Brearley & Company, Bermondsey, leather warehouse in Halifax.

He lived at Washer Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [April 1916], and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was killed at Cambrai [28th September 1918].

He was buried at Flesquières Hill British Cemetery, France [III D 12.]

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax.

Culpan, Arthur Raymond
[1892-1917] Son of Milford Culpan.

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [8th February 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He left for France [22nd May 1917] and arrived with the 34th infantry base depot at Etaples.

On 20th November 1917, he was taken to the field hospital with a gunshot wound to the left side of his chest. He died of his wounds [4th December 1917].

He was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France [XXXI A 16]

Culpan, Edgar
[1880-1959] Son of Thomas Morley Culpan.

Like his father, he was a basket maker, and a partner in T. M. Culpan & Son.

On 18th September 1907, he married Sarah Ellen Halliday [1880-1948] at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Culpan, Elkanah
[1832-1893] Born in Sowerby.

He was a market inspector [1871, 1893].

On 17th January 1853, he married Asenath Morley [1829-1899] at Halifax Parish Church.


Asenath was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Clara Jane [b 1853] who was a carpet sewer [1871]
  2. William [1855-1926] who was a carpet printer [1871]
  3. Thomas Morley
  4. Paulina [1859-1930]
  5. Lewis Edgar [1860-1867]
  6. Enoch [1866-1915]
  7. Cornelius [1868-1938]
  8. Amos [1872-1932]

The family lived at

  • 12 Piece Hall Yard [1871]
  • Victoria Road, Halifax [1893]

Elkanah died 21st April 1893.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £193.

Probate was granted to his widow Asenath

Culpan, Frank Ramsey
[1926-1945] Son of May & Willie Culpan of 10 Albert Avenue, New Pellon.

He was a member of Pellon Primitive Methodist Chapel Boys' Brigade / educated at Battinson Road School / a signalman for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company.

During World War II, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard the frigate HMS Goodall.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died [29th April 1945] (aged 19)  when his ship was torpedoed in the Barents Sea by German Submarine U-286, with the loss of 95 crew.

He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent [80 3], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon

Culpan, George Arthur
[1881-1917] Father not recorded.

He was a driver of 79 Chapel Street, Salford [1903] / a driver for Halifax Corporation Tramways / a tram car cleaner (Halifax Corporation) [1911].

In [Q1] 1903, he married Hannah Mitchell in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Mitchell
 

Children:

  1. Cyril [b 1905]
  2. Harris [b 1906]

The family lived at

  • 3 Cross Hills Yard, Cross Hills, Halifax [1911]
  • 3 Broad Street, Halifax

During World War I, he and Harry Tiley enlisted [October 1914], and Culpan served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action at Bullecourt [11th April 1917] (aged 36).

He was buried at H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St.Mein, France [III D 19].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His nephew Clifford Garnett also died in the War

Culpan, Gledhill
[1894-1917] Son of Mary & John Culpan of 24 Kimberley Street, Ovenden.

He was a newspaper compositor.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died [3rd December 1917] (aged 23).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [10], and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [26th October 1918]

Culpan, Herbert Ratcliffe
[1876-19??] Son of John Culpan.

Born in Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Norman

Culpan, James
[1849-1920] Millwright of Sowerby.

Son of waste dealer Thomas Culpan.

In 1870, he married Ann, daughter of John Hardy at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Amanda [b 1870] who was a worsted winder [1891]

In 1891, Ann and Amanda were living with Ann's parents at Norland

Culpan, John
[1???-18??] A woolcomber of Sowerby.

On 25/8/1822, he married Sarah Sharpe of Warley at Halifax Parish Church

Culpan, John
[18??-1889] Around 1855, he established the business which became J. Culpan & Sons

Culpan, John
[1814-1888] A well-known Chartist.

He was a Methodist but left to become the first Spiritualist in the local movement.

He was one of the founders of the Halifax Co-operative Trading Society [1849].

In 1850, he was one of the founders of the Halifax Working Men's Co-operative & Provident Society.

In 1850, he was Corresponding Secretary for the Halifax Chartist Association, and

was to be reached at the Temperance Hotel, Halifax

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2122]

Culpan, John
[1820-1894] Grocer at Boothtown.

He married Mary Ann Sutcliffe.

Children:

  1. Mary Alice [1842-1915] who married Telemachus Barlow
  2. Sarah
  3. Thomas [b 1850]
  4. Emily [b 1852] who married George Benton
  5. Arthur [b 1854] who married Eva Hudson
  6. Walter [b 1856] who married Julia Priestley
  7. John Henry [b 1859] who married Sabina Scott
  8. Fred [b 1862] who married Hannah Maria Sugden

Culpan, John
[1845-1920]

In [Q4] 1869, he married Mary Jane Ratcliffe in Halifax.


Mary Jane was the daughter of
Thomas Ratcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Herbert
  2. Andrew [b 1878]
  3. Dan [b 1882]

He and his brother-in-law David Smith inherited the blanket-making business of their father-in-law Thomas Ratcliffe.

The 2 fell out and the firm was split into two separate and independent companies.

A condition of the initial partnership was that, if one of the partners died, the other had to buy him out and pay off his dependants. John fell seriously ill, but he recovered and David Smith died first, and John took sole charge, John brought his eldest son, Herbert, and his younger sons, Andrew and Dan, into the business.

In 1915, the firm became Thomas Ratcliffe & Company Limited. The business subsequently passed to Herbert's son Norman.

He was a member of Mytholmroyd District Council for 9 years.

The family lived at Burnlea, Mytholmroyd

Culpan, John
[1866-1902] Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer.

In 1887, he married Annie Bentley [1865-1935] in Halifax.


Annie was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Arnold

The family lived at

  • 34 Milton Street, Halifax [1902]
  • 42 Franklin Street, Halifax [1935]

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [2 LL 43]

Culpan, John
[1883-1908] When he died on 30th December 1908, newspaper reports described him as a
talented linguist

He lived at Ploughcroft House, Halifax

Culpan, John Sunderland
[1811-1???] Born in Skircoat.

He was a plumber & glazier [1851].

Around 1835, he married Susan [1810-1???].


Susan was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1835] who was a plumber & glazier [1851]
  2. Richard [b 1841]
  3. Emma [b 1846]
  4. Harriet [b 1849]

The family lived at 10 George Street, Halifax [1851]

Culpan, Milford
[1850-1922] He married Ann Mitchell [1851-1893].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1872]
  2. Mary Ellen [b 1875]
  3. Arthur Raymond

The children were born in Halifax

Culpan, Nathan
[1828-1889] He was landlord of the Shepherds' Rest, Sowerby Bridge [1881, 1887].

In 1850, he married (1) Mary Culpan [18??-1875] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Richard [1854]
  2. Betsy [1856]
  3. John [1861]
  4. Mary [1863]
  5. Sarah [1866]

In 1876, he married (2) Hannah Taylor.

Children:

  1. Alice [1880-1937] who married Ezekiel Bunney

Culpan, Norman
[1???-19??] Son of Herbert Culpan.

He took over the family business of Thomas Ratcliffe & Company Limited from his father and his uncles

Culpan, Ray
[1???-19??] He served in World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

Culpan, Richard
[1834-1902] He was a butcher / Landlord of the Bell Hotel, Sowerby [1874] / Landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Sowerby / a member of Sowerby Local Board / principal bell-ringer at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann who married Edward Navy Chambers

The family lived at Montague Street, Sowerby New Road [1902]

Culpan, Sarah A.
[1846-1???] Daughter of John Culpan

She was landlady of the Junction Hotel, Halifax.

She married Richard Roberts.

Children:

  1. Unknown

Their son, John, took over from Sarah as landlord of the Junction Hotel, Halifax

Culpan, Thomas Morley
[1857-1938] Son of Elkanah Culpan.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted spinner [1871].

He became a basket-maker.

He was a partner in Waters & Culpan [until 1885].

He established T. M. Culpan & Son.

On 20th April 1879, he married Charlotte Stott [1860-1938] at Christ Church, Pellon.

Children:

  1. Edgar
  2. Clara Jane [b 1883] who was a draper's assistant [1901]
  3. Arnold [1896-1971]

He lived at 20 Corporation Street, Halifax [1901, 1905].

In 1911, he challenged Harry Houdini to escape from one of his wicker baskets

Culpan, Titus
[1793-1871] He was a weaver [1824] / a woollen weaver [1841, 1851, 1861]

In 1824, he married Susey Smith [1809-18??] of Sowerby, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1826] who was a twister (worsted) [1841]
  2. John [b 1829] who was a worsted spinner [1841], a slubber [1851]
  3. James [b 1832] who was a woollen spinner [1851]
  4. Titus
  5. Joshua [b 1838] who was a woollen piecer [1851]
  6. Hannah [b 1839] who was a spinner worsted [1851]
  7. Alice [b 1842] who was a worsted drawer [1861]
  8. Thomas [b 1844] who was a frame piecer [1861]
  9. Sarah [b 1849] who was a worsted spinner [1861]

The family lived at

  • Upper Brick, Sowerby [1841]
  • 22 Sowerby Town [1851]
  • 71 Main Street, Sowerby [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was visitor William Cooper [aged 3]

Culpan, Titus
[1835-1905] Son of Titus Culpan.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a doffer (worsted) [1851] / a worsted dyer [1861] / a brown grease maker [1871] / a brown grease maker (oil) [1881] / a brown grease maker tallow [1891] / a retired grease maker [1901].

In [Q3] 1861, he married Elizabeth Mitchell [1836-1905] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of Sowerby, was the daughter of John Mitchell, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Delena / Deleme / Delina [b 1864] who was a cotton piecer [1881]
  2. a cotton winder [1891]
  3. Mary Ellen [b 1867] who was a dress maker [1881]
  4. Ann [b 1869] who was a cotton cop twister [1881], a cotton piecer [1891], & married Ernest Milnes

In 1861, he was a lodger in Northowram.

The family lived at

  • Well Head, Sowerby [1871]
  • 19 Pleasant Street, Sowerby Bridge, Warley [1881]
  • 19 Syke Lane, Sowerby [1891]
  • 2 Raw Pickle, Luddendenfoot [1901]
  • St Peter's Square, Sowerby [1905, 1906]

Living with them in 1901 was daughter Ann Milnes and grandson Walter Milnes [aged 4].

Elizabeth died 5th December 1905 (aged 71).

Titus died 10th December 1905 (aged 70).

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £3,316 19/8d

Culpan, Trevor
[1931-2004] Born in Rastrick. He worked at Firth's Carpets. In 1964, he became the world-champion harmonica player. In 1975, he appeared on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks

Culpan, Wallace
[1884-1941] Born in Halifax.

He was a printer [1903].

On 24th December 1903, he married Clara Hollas at All Souls' Church, Haley Hill.


Clara was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1905]
  2. Dorothy [b 1909]

He died in Preston

Culpan, Walter
[1856-1898] Born in Halifax [January 1856].

He was a telegraph labourer [1881] / a sanitary labourer for Corporation [1891].

In 1878, he married Julia Priestley [1858-1???].


Julia was born in Manchester
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1879] who was a worsted spinning doffer [1891], a waterworks labourer [1901], a meter inspector at waterworks [1911]
  2. Ernest [b 1884] who was a worsted colour matcher [1901], a worsted spinning overlooker [1911]
  3. Hilda [b 1889] who was a worsted spinner [1901] a carpet weaver [1911]
  4. Wilfred
  5. Emily [b 1896] who was an underclothing machinist [1911]
  6. Nellie [b 1898] who was a shop assistant [1911]

The family lived at

  • 26 St Peter's Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 61 Booth Town Road, Northowram [1891]
  • Reservoir House, Hanson Lane, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Walter died in Halifax [24th May 1898] (aged 47).

He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Culpan, Walter
[1862-1???] A butcher in Halifax.

In 1891, he married Mary Ann, daughter of John Platts.

They lived at 6 Fitzwilliam Street, Halifax [1901].

Living with them in 1901 was Mary Ann's widowed mother Jemima

Culpan, Wilfred
[1892-1917] Son of Walter Culpan.

Born in Halifax.

He was a grocery shop assistant [1911] / employed at Economic Stores (Halifax) Limited [for 8 years].

He lived at 35 Haigh Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade [June 1915], then served as a Private with the 21st Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He was killed in action in France [4th October 1917] (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [120-124, 162-162A & 163A], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon

Culpan, William
[17??-18??] On 10 May 1815, he married Mary, daughter of Joseph Brearley.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child

William and Mary and family sailed to New Zealand on the Jane Gifford, arriving on 10th October 1842. They were some of the first settlers in Auckland, New Zealand

Culpan, William
[1815-1896] Born in Halifax.

He was beerhouse keeper at the Travellers' Rest, Sowerby [1880-1893].

On 12th July 1884, he was charged with serving PC Taylor with intoxicating liquor, and he was fined £4 plus costs.

He married Elizabeth [1844-1902].

Children:

  1. John Henry [1876-1893]
  2. Albert [1878-1904]
  3. William [1880-1940]

Culpan, William
[1900-1918] Son of Mary Ann Loughlin & Fred Culpan [married [Q1] 1899 Halifax], of 1 Brier Street, Boothtown.

He worked in the offices of Samuel Webster & Sons Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion King's Own (Royal Regiment Lancaster).

He died 29th August 1918 (aged 18).

He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [3], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church.

His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918]

Culpan, Willie
[18??-191?] He was employed by Baldwin & Walker Limited.

During World War I, he served with the Durham Light Infantry.

He (possibly) died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Baldwin & Walker Roll of Honour

 

Culpan surname
Another form of the surname is Culpin.

George Redmonds writes that the surname is recorded in Sowerby in the 14th century, and

John Culpen gave 15/- to take 14½ acres and one perch of land ... in Mithomrode [1307]

There are over 30 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Culpan, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Culpan:


Marriages 1887, 1896, 1899, 1900; Deaths 1861, 1899, 1900, 1907
 




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