Compiled By: James H. Culbert
Introduction |
The COLBERT surname is well known in south Munster. The prominence of Cornelius COLBERT, one of the signatories of the Irish declaration of the Irish Republic, who was executed by the British after the 1916 uprising, has familiarized it widely in Ireland. This name came to Ireland from England. It occurs in the Domesday Book (1066) as COLBEORHT, a combination of Old-English words meaning calm and bright. In Ireland, records as early as 1417 show that Thomas COLBERT was involved in a trespass case at Tipperary. Griffith's Valuation found COLBERT families very numerous in Co. Waterford in 1850, with more than 55 householders recorded there.
1.1 Daniel COLBERT; May 1850, emigrated from County Cork, Ireland to the U.S.A.; 1852, in Racine, Wisconsin; 1856, missing bp1
1.2 Edward COLBERT; Oct 1856, resides Racine, Wisconsin and seeking missing brother bp1
H. COLBERT; 1800, publisher, 136 Capel-street, Dublin, Ireland. [Note: it is possible this person is related to Stephen COLBERT, below.] bn3 bn4
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bn1 Belfast News-Letter and General Advertiser, Belfast, Ireland, 23 Aug 1768, p. 1. The newspaper advertisement follows:
bn2 Belfast News-Letter, Belfast, Ireland, Friday, 7 Jul to Tuesday, 11 Jul 1786, p. 2, col. 4. The death notice follows:
bn3 Belfast News-Letter, Belfast, Ireland, 14 Jan 1800, p. 3. The publication notice follows:
bn4 Belfast News-Letter, Belfast, Ireland, 10 Jun 1800, p. 3. The publication notice follows:
bn5 Belfast News-Letter, Belfast, Ireland, 10 Jun 1800, p. 3. The publication notice follows:
bp The "Missing Friends" column ran in The Boston Pilot, the Roman Catholic newspaper in the city, from 1831 to 1921. Irish immigrants used the ads to locate loved ones after they became separated in their journeys to America. Some were looking for a spouse who skipped town, while others sought to unite families. All of the 31,000 ads shed light on the immigrant experience. Boston College is posting an online database of the ads that anyone can search. According to BC's announcement, the database is an electronic version of BC professor Ruth-Ann M. Harris' eight-volume set called "The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot." Harris researched and edited the set for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The first ad appeared in October 1831. Most of the ads stopped after 1915, when the Archdiocese of Boston bought the Pilot. Also, by then, postal service had greatly improved, allowing better communication among families and friends. See Information Wanted Web Site
bp1 Boston Pilot, 4 Oct 1856; At: Information Wanted Web Site bp Search on surname Culbert, 24 Mar 2005, 41 similar sounding results, but no Culbert - 1 of 3 Colbert results:
bp2 Boston Pilot, 31 Jul 1858; At: Information Wanted Web Site bp Search on surname Culbert, 24 Mar 2005, 41 similar sounding results, but no Culbert - 2 of 3 Colbert results:
bp3 Boston Pilot, 31 Jul 1858; At: Information Wanted Web Site bp Search on surname Culbert, 24 Mar 2005, 41 similar sounding results, but no Culbert - 3 of 3 Colbert results:
fj Freeman's Journal, Dublin, Ireland, 5 Feb 1765, p. 175?, col. 1. The notice follows:
gc Gary Culbert (descendant of James CULBERT) Last Contact: August 1999.
iiw W.P.W. Phillimore and Gertrude Thrift, Eds., 1970, "Indexes to Irish Wills," Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Five Volumes in One, Volume V, Derry Wills, 1612-1858, p. 24.
jc Jen Colbert-Davies, of Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales [Email: jlcd at hotmail.co.uk] Last Contact: Aug 2006. Click here for her Colbert Webpage...Among Others! at FamilyTreeMaker Online Jen is also the manager of the COLBERT One Name Study, which can be found Click Here
js Jim Spencer, whose GGgrandmother was Frances Colbert [Email: jim.spencer at sympatico.ca] Last Contact: Aug 2006. An image of a photo of Frances Colbert, provided by Eleanor Campbell, a GGgranddaughter, is available at the Rivington - Remington Family website. This website is by invitation only, however the image may be accessed by contacting the website owner, Hilary Machan [Email: shmachan at scsinternet.com] Last Contact: August 2006.
td Tim Dowling [Email: tdowling_53223 at yahoo.com] Last Contact: December 2000.
sm Sylvia C.M. Murphy [Email: sylcec at ihug.com.au] Last Contact: August 2002.
"WHEREAS Margaret ADAIR, otherwise COLBERT, Wife to William COLBERT, in the Parish of Poughenveal, and County of Londonderry, hath lately eloped from Husband, without any proper Reason: This is therefore to give Notice, that any Person that will give the said Margaret ADAIR, otherwise COLBERT, any Credit on my Accounts, I will not pay it. Gristeel[?], 18th August, 1768. For William COLBERT, John ALLISON."
"In Capel-street, Wednesday morning, deservedly lamented - Mr. Stephen COLBERT, printer and bookseller." [Note: It is not known under what heading location this notice appears, but it is presumed to be Dublin, Ireland.]
"Just Published in DUBLIN by H. COLBERT, 136 Capel-st. and sold in BELFAST, by H. WARRIN, Book-seller, at his Circulating Library in High-street. - (Embellished with 25 Portraits) - Price 5s. 5d."
"The Genuine and Correct Edition of the PUBLIC CHARACTERS of 1799, 1800 - consisting of authentic and distinguished BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of the mostdistinguished LIVING PERSONAGES, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; and being the second volume of the work which has already been honoured with universal approbation."
"EDUCATION This Day was Published, Price 3s. 9-1/2d. neatly bound, Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady CAROLINE PONSONBY, with a frontspiece, from a design by the COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH, MINOR MORALS, Interpreted with sketches of Natural History, Historical Anecdotes, and Original Stories, By CHARLOTTE SMITH"
"This work presents useful information to the young mind, directs its attentionto the works of nature, and exhibits lessons of wisdom and virtue, all amid a variety of seenery(sic) and circumstances, with interspersed narratives, which altogether are likely to engage the reader, and to fix more deeply the instruction which is conveyed. MONTHLY REVIEW"
"Printed for H. COLBERT, 136 Capel Street, Dublin. Sold by HUGH WARRIN, Bookseller, Belfast"
"This Day was Published, Price 1s. 7-1/2d. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GAME OF CASSINO."
"This little performance will be found highly useful to such persons as are desirous of attaining an accurate knowledge of this Fashionable Game."
"Printed for H. COLBERT, 136 Capel street, Dublin, and sold by H. WARRIN, Book-seller, 16 High-street, Belfast"
MISSING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: Daniel COLBERT
Gender: Male
POINT OF ORIGIN INFORMATION:
Home County: Cork
LOCATION AFTER ARRIVAL:
1st location: Wisconsin, Racine, 1852
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Departure date: May 1850
Port of Departure: Cork
SEEKING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: Edward COLBERT
Relation to missing: Brother
Gender: Male
Residence: Wisconsin, Racine
Date of advertisement: 4 Oct 1856
MISSING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: Maurice COLBERT
Gender: Male
Other: Left Boston 1854 For Montreal
POINT OF ORIGIN INFORMATION:
Home County: Cork
Parish: Youghal
Townland: Youghal
Barony: Imokilly
Poor-Law: Youghal
LOCATION AFTER ARRIVAL:
1st location: Quebec, Montreal/Southern States
SEEKING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: John COLBERT
Relation to missing: Father
Gender: Male
Residence: Boston Wharf, South Boston, Massachusetts
Date of advertisement: 07-31-1858
MISSING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: Timothy COLBURT
Gender: Male
POINT OF ORIGIN INFORMATION:
Home County: Cork
WORK HISTORY:
US occupation: Railroad
Company name: Western railroad
Work location: Indiana, Baileytown, Mar 1852
LOCATION AFTER ARRIVAL:
1st location: Ontario
2nd location: New York, Rochester
3rd location: Indiana, Baileytown
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Departure date: Jul 1845
Intended destination: Indiana, Baileytown
SEEKING PERSON'S INFORMATION:
Name: Michael COLBURT
Relation to missing: Brother
Gender: Male
Residence: Kentucky, Cynthiana, Harrison Co.
Date of advertisement: 05-22-1852
"MARRIED...At Corke, Mr. Mathias COLBERT, surgeon, to Miss TOTTEN, of Carduggan."
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