Family Line Founder: James TULLY (1780-1856)

Introducing the TULLY family.

The TULLY family (on my father's maternal side) arrived in Canada - specifically Lower Canada - from Scotland around 1817. They settled in the region of Huntingdon, Quebec and were part of a migration of British immigrants to North America that took place over a number of years following the War of 1812.

The Canadian founder of the TULLYs in my family was 5th-great grandfather James TULLY. He was born about 1780 in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland and died in Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada in 1856. His spouse, Newton Rebecca BUCKHAM (1782-1854), was also of Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Two of their daughters married into two other Scottish-Canadian founding families in Quebec, the ELDERs and the TAYLORs; and two of their children (first cousins James Tully ELDER and Jane Alexis TAYLOR) married in Ontario, then later moved to the new province of Manitoba about 1883 to farm. My paternal great-great grandfather was their son William John ELDER (1874-1959).

Research is in progress to establish the details of family founder James TULLY's life in Scotland, subsequent arrival in Quebec, and the family's eventual migration westward. But for now, I offer this chart of founder James TULLY's family and their relationship to my direct paternal ancestor William John ELDER.

Figure 1: My connection to the James TULLY family of Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada