Rev. James Benjamin McCullagh

• b- Dec 14, 1853 (1854 in book below) , County Down, Ireland
• d- May 1, 1921 , Prince Rupert BC, age 68

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External: McCullagh book- 1923 Pictures above from this book.

• Missionary Priest and a Postmaster of Aiyansh
• He was also Justice of the Peace in Aiyansh, and was heavily involved in the Removal of the right of the natives to hold Potlaches.
• Translated portitions of the Bible in Nisga'a language
• buried in Fairview Cemetery, in Prince Rupert
• His father was an agent on a landed Estate at Newry, County Down, Ireland
• see his bio book, link above,
• Immigrated in June 1883 from Liverpool, with his wife to Montreal.
  • They took the SS Otter Steamship, from Victoria north.
• He married- Mary Philippa McCullagh, nee Webster
  • Bet Apr- June 1883 in Totnes Reg Dist. in Devon
  • b- ca 1858, age 33 in 1891, in West Indies (Malta?)
  • d- bef 1901
  • Mary was the daughter of the Chaplain at Malta, where they met.
• 5 children:
  • daughter- Melita McCullagh, (married Arthur Featherstone Priestley)
  • daughter- Nancy McCullagh
  • daughter- Jean McCullagh,
  • Pat McCullagh
  • and Chris McCullagh