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CO-CTCH-0067
Record Date:
25 September 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MR WM CHAMBERS
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 11TH 1811
AGED 60 YEARS
AND ANN, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 19TH, 1828
AGED 76 YEARS
ALSO
THEIR DAUGHTER MARY
WHO DIED MAY 18TH 1831
IN HER 32 YEAR
AND HER BELOVED HUSBAND, JOSEPH BULLEN,
WHO DIED APRIL 23RD 1833,
AGED 34 YEARS
Memorial Type:
Headstone
Number of people commemorated:
4
People commemorated:
Name:
Wm
Surname:
CHAMBERS
Date of death - day:
11
Date of death - month:
September
Date of death - year:
1811
Age:
60
Name:
Ann
Surname:
CHAMBERS
Date of death - day:
19
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1828
Age:
76
Relationship with first person:
wife
Name:
Mary
Surname:
BULLEN
Date of death - day:
18
Date of death - month:
May
Date of death - year:
1831
Age:
52
Relationship with first person:
daughter
Name:
Joseph
Surname:
BULLEN
Date of death - day:
23
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1833
Age:
54
Notes:
Joseph Bullen (1779-1883) aged 54 and Mary Chambers (1779-1831) aged 52
Mary Chamber's parents were William Chambers (1751-1811) and Ann McCar?(1752-1828 and although they lived at Kilbrogan, they were married at Murragh on 13th July, 1777. They had five known children: Mary Chambers (1779-1831), William Chambers (1783-), Ann Chambers (1787-), Jane Chambers (1796-) and Elizabeth Chambers (1790-1804).
Joseph Bullen's parents were Walter Bullen (?-1810) and Sarah Bennett. No marriage record has been found for this couple but they are believed to have been Methodists. Walter Bullen held land in Raheen (Parish of Murragh) and a camflet manufacturing business in Blackpool Cork City. He is believed to have built and owned Bulen's Alley in Blackpool.
Joseph had the following siblings: Thomas Bullen (1778-1854) a farmer at Raheen and Carhue, John Bullen who lived in Cork City, Walter Bullen (1782-1860), a farmer in Bengour (Murragh), Henry Bullen (1783-1849, farmer, pawn broker and shop keeper of Bandon (He is also buried at Christ Church but his grave hasn't yet been located, Mary Bullen, Elizabeth Bullen and Sarah Bullen.
Joseph Bullen and Mary Chambers were married at Christ Church Kilbrogan on 26th April, 1807 and had the following children: Sarah Bullen (1811-1880), single (buried at Christchurch but grave not found), William Bullen (1813-1879), Mary Ann Bullen (1820-1891) and Elizabeth Jane Bullen (1823-?)
Joseph Bullen was a Dyer and Leather Seller of North Main Street, Bandon and he also held the leaseholds of several properties in North Main Street.
On Joseph Bullen's death, his son William took the responsibility of caring for his sisters and consequently did not marry until he was 49 when he married Mary Elizabeth Tartt at St Luke's, Cork City (11th Sept 1862). They had 7 children, one of whom (Joseph Edward Bullen), is buried at Christ Church. William Bullen became an eminent and wealthy business man in South Main Street, Bandon. He also held the lease to 800 acres of land.
William Bullen is also buried at Christ Church (plot 70) and his wife is buried in London.
