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 1873 - 1913

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• Birth	1873
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	"Teddy"
  Died	Aug 1913	British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I00052	Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2010
  Father	Timothy CULLINANE,   b. 1851, Ireland ,   d. 07 Oct 1901
  Mother	Eliza CHILD,   b. 1850, St. Philip's, Bristol, England ,   d. 04 Sep 1923
  Married	07 Jul 1867
  Family ID	F00024	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Died - Aug 1913 - British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	= Address   = Location   = City/Town   = County/Shire   = State/Province   = Country   = Not Set




• Photos		Teddy Cullinane Portrait This portrait was probably taken in 1903 when Teddy returned to England for a brief visit before heading back out to Canada.
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  		Yukon Canada (1898-1913) Images of French Hill from Edward "Teddy" Cullinanes (1873-1913) time in the Yukon Canada (1898-1913)
  Documents		"$250 Reward" poster issued in Atlin BC after Teddy Cullinanes disappearance. The poster was issued by Teddy's brother in law Cecil Arscott.
  		Naish letter part 1 First part of a letter written to Eliza Cullinane (nee Child) by Reginald Naish regarding the disappearance of Eliza's son, Edward Cullinane in the Yukon, Canada 1913.
  		Naish letter part 2 Second part of a letter written to Eliza Cullinane (nee Child) by Reginald Naish regarding the disappearance of Eliza's son, Edward Cullinane in the Yukon, Canada 1913.
  		Teddy Cullinane's application for Placer Mining Grant at Eldorado in Bonanza - Nov 1906 This application is dated 15th November 1906 and is signed by Teddy at the bottom right. "After gold was discovered in 1896 on Bonanza Creek, thousands of claims were staked along tributaries of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers. The Yukon Gold Commissioner's Office issued "Placermining Grants," enabling prospectors to become miners and work their…
  Histories		Goldrush! The story of "Teddy" Edward Cullinane in the Klondike Goldrush"

• Notes

  1898 - Emigrated to the Yukon as gold prospector. 1903 - Briefly returned to tour Europe and visit his mother in England for Christmas. On leaving the Yukon he took out a "large poke" (large some of money) having "taken part in many interesting experiences" according to the Yukon Sun dated Wednesday September 23rd 1903, through selling claims on French Hill to O.R. Brenner. His partners in "13 Eldorado" at that time included Dunham, Sheets and Higgins. 1906 - Returned to Canada via New York City. Ellis Island records for 5th March 1906 have him arriving aboard the "Carmania" from Liverpool. Recorded as "In Transit" to Dawson City, Yukon. Occupation: "Miner". He clearly still retained some wealth since he arrived as a respectable "Second Cabin" Passenger, rather than in common "Steerage". Carmania - Built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland, 1905. 19,566 gross tons; 650 (bp) feet long; 72 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, triple screw. Service speed 18.5 knots. 2,650 passengers (300 first class, 350 second class, 2,000 third class).Refitted in 1926 to cabin, tourist, third.Two funnels, two masts. Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1905 and named Carmania. Liverpool-New York service. Served as an armed merchant cruiser, then troopship 1914-18. Scrapped at Blyth in 1932. August 1913 - Lost in woods whilst on a prospecting trip on the Moose Horn River, 20 miles from Teslin Lake in British Columbia. Body never found. He left Bristol, England to seek his fortune prospecting for gold from the town of Eldorado in the Yukon in the 1890's. He did make quite an impression out there by all accounts - particularly in one account in the Yukon Sun of 23 September 1903. Here he is featured setting off for England (after taking out a "large poke" - presumably meaning alot of money) to visit his family and tour Europe after selling claims at "French Hill". The newspaper also states that Edward (or "Teddy") "has taken part in many interesting experiences"! The fascinating part is that the (rather worn) copy of the newspaper I have has been "censored" by the careful tearing out of an anecdote of a shooting incident - only the final line remains - "...the cheek by a bullet and bears the scar left by the wound to this day." Hmm. Teddy returned to the Yukon after having brought back gifts for his family (I have gold tie pin stamped "Dawson" which he presented to my great grandmother during his Christmas 1903 visit). The sad part of the tale is that he was lost whilst on a prospecting trip in the woods near Teslin Lake on the Yukon/ British Columbia border in July/August 1913. His body was never found, though his prospecting partner Reginald Naish, was. I have a copy of Naish's harrowing tale of having an accident with their raft on the river. They lost their knives and other tools with which they could have repaired the craft. Also Teddy had fallen ill. Naish made camp at the riverside and left Teddy to seek help only to become more hopelessly lost. He was eventually found, delirious with hunger after 20 days by a group of prospectors who happened to be in the area. Teddy was never seen again. On returning to the camp the afore-mentioned group could only find the makeshift camp where he had been left, and his husky dogs roaming free nearby. (The "family story" went that he had been eaten by his husky's! Though there is no evidence to support this). After his death Teddy's mother Eliza (nee Child) back in Bristol, fought a long battle by letter with the Canadian authorities to gain access to her sons lands etc in the Klondyke. She had been left penniless by Teddy's death as his incoming also supported her. I don't know if her battle was ever won, though judging by the few papers of hers I have, I believe she probably did get something back though it took a good 12 years and she died not long after in 1923.