George CULMER

1787 - 1840  (52 years)

• Name	George CULMER
  Birth	6 Jan 1787	Woodnesborough, Kent   [1]
  Christening	28 Jan 1787	Woodnesborough, Kent   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	182DA86FCB3940AA81AA8F3F83A6D1F5323F
  Death	1840	off Sligo, Ireland   [1]
  Notes	Baptised as George* the son of Stephen and Mary Culmer. In January 1953 Mrs Regina Christensen of Provo, Utah wrote the first of many letters to Cliff Minter in Canterbury. Mrs Christensen had placed an advertisement (where isn't clear) to which Cliff had responded. In her first letter Mrs Christensen said her grandfather Frederick Culmer was the son of George Frederick Culmer and Mary Minter. * [In this letter George Culmer is referred to as George Frederick Culmer, and he appears as such in many member trees at Ancestry]. Mrs Christensen wrote that GFC was born of 6 January 1787 in Woodnesborough, Kent, was an officer in the British navy and was killed by pirates in 1840 off the coast of Sligo, Ireland. She gave details of GFC's children and a number of other interesting pieces of information, including the statement that she had the Culmer line back to 789AD. April 2012: email contact from GFC's 3rd great grandfather, Richard Hawke, who also has the story of GFC being killed at sea by pirates, but no additional details. August 2012: email from Richard Hawke saying that he has added information about GFC to his tree at Ancestry at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/35528873/person/18828046836 Among the details there is a cutting from The Belfast News-Letter of Friday November 20, 1840 which records that "Mr George Culmer, chief officer of the coast-guard, Mullaghmore, was drowned on the night of the 6th inst.".
  Person ID	I258	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Stephen CULMER,   b. 8 Mar 1744, Canterbury, Kent d. Bef 3 Jul 1814 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary GAMREL
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Minter,   b. Bef 26 Oct 1794, Canterbury d. 22 Aug 1867, Dartford, Kent (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1818	Chilham, Kent
  	Married by license as a spinster of Chilham; George a gentleman bachelor of Woodnesborough, Kent, a naval officer.
  Children	1. Henry Lavender CULMER,   b. 1 Aug 1817, Luddenham, Kent d. Jun 1853, Dartford, Kent (Age 35 years)   2. Frederick CULMER,   b. 1 Aug 1822, Sidmouth, Devon d. 5 Jan 1892, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (Age 69 years)   3. Mary CULMER,   b. 18 Jun 1824, Sidmouth, Devon d. Yes, date unknown   4. Emily CULMER,   b. 20 Nov 1834, Sidmouth, Devon d. 22 Jun 1869, Greenwich RD (Age 34 years)   5. Esther CULMER,   b. 16 Aug 1836, Freswick, Caithness, Scotland d. 21 Nov 1905, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jan 1787 - Woodnesborough, Kent Christening - 28 Jan 1787 - Woodnesborough, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S121] Mrs Regina Christensen, letter to Cliff Minter, 2 January 1953. [S117] Cliff Minter, from Woodnesborough PR, October 2011.