Hello County Tyrone listers, Hoping someone might be able to help out with some suggestions. I was recently contacted by a previously unknown cousin of my husband who is planning a trip to County Tyrone this summer. She is looking for places to visit that might be close to the family’s ancestral home in Cooel. Thomas Coulter (b. 1785) and his wife Isabelle Clendenning (b. 1785) were both from County Tyrone. According to family history, they moved to the US, via Canada, in about 1818. Thomas’s parents were thought to be John Coulter (b. abt 1760) and unknown Culbertson (Ancestry trees have her name as Sharon, but I haven’t seen any evidence that it is true). Thomas’s siblings were Wiliam, John & James. William remained in County Tyrone, and had children who married into the Wilson, Speer, and Lammy families in County Tyrone. No further information regarding John or James, but it is believed that they also moved to America. I believe that they were Presbyterian. A mutual ancestor did a lot of research trying to trace the family in County Tyrone. Her last correspondence was with Mrs. Robert Coulter, Cooel, Drumquin in 1968. All efforts to contact the family in the 1970’s was futile. We would truly appreciated any suggestions/assistance that anyone might be able to provide. Thanks! Barb Coulter

Barb, Cooel is part of Coolavannagh townland, or an alternative name for it. Today that’s on the Glen Rd outside Drumquin. I see a death for a William Coulter in Cooel on 3.2.1884 aged 67. His son William was the informant. There’s this 1 Coulter family there in 1901: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Clunahill/Coolavannagh/1722817/ Son Samuel was born at Cooel on 15.4.1872, and from that birth certificate I can see his parents were William Coulter & Catherine Wilson. You can see where the family farmed using the maps on the Griffiths Valuation site: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml Use the slider bar in the top rh corner to overlay a modern map on the contemporaneous one. Same family in 1911: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Clunahill/Coolavannagh/852722/ Drumquin Presbyterian church only has records from 1845 onwards so there are unlikely to be any records for the births of your John Coulter c 1760 etc. There’s no Coulter family farming in Cooel in the 1826 tithes. There was a William farming in Curraghamulkin which is not too far away. I have no way of saying whether he’s the William who stayed in Ireland. https://cotyroneireland.com/tithe/longfieldwest.html Elwyn On 07/07/2019, BARBARA COULTER via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist(a)cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Hello County Tyrone listers, > > Hoping someone might be able to help out with some suggestions. I was > recently contacted by a previously unknown cousin of my husband who is > planning a trip to County Tyrone this summer. She is looking for places to > visit that might be close to the family’s ancestral home in Cooel. > > Thomas Coulter (b. 1785) and his wife Isabelle Clendenning (b. 1785) were > both from County Tyrone. According to family history, they moved to the US, > via Canada, in about 1818. Thomas’s parents were thought to be John Coulter > (b. abt 1760) and unknown Culbertson (Ancestry trees have her name as > Sharon, but I haven’t seen any evidence that it is true). Thomas’s siblings > were Wiliam, John & James. William remained in County Tyrone, and had > children who married into the Wilson, Speer, and Lammy families in County > Tyrone. No further information regarding John or James, but it is believed > that they also moved to America. > > I believe that they were Presbyterian. > > A mutual ancestor did a lot of research trying to trace the family in County > Tyrone. Her last correspondence was with Mrs. Robert Coulter, Cooel, > Drumquin in 1968. All efforts to contact the family in the 1970’s was > futile. > > We would truly appreciated any suggestions/assistance that anyone might be > able to provide. > > Thanks! > Barb Coulter > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList(a)cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY >

Hello Barb, In addition to Elwyn’s excellent and speedy response, may I offer a little further information that may be new to your research. As Elwyn stated, Drumquin Presbyterian registers (marriages and baptisms) commence rather late – 1845. Sad. However, the marriages listed below (my own extractions) may be useful: DRUMQUIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (LONGFIELD EAST PARISH) #4 December 3 1845 DANIEL BLAIR 35 years bachelor merchant Omagh. Father: JOHN BLAIR preacher & MARGARET COULTER 20 years spinster Drumquin. Father: JOHN COULTER farmer Witnesses: JAMES TURNER & CHRISTOPHER TURNER #17 April 5 1848 MATTHEW SPEER 21 years bachelor farmer Lack. Father: THOMAS SPEER farmer & MARGARET WILSON 19 years spinster Cooell. Father: JOHN WILSON farmer Witnesses: ALEXANDER SMYTH & JOHN COULTER #29 December 19 1849 JOHN MITCHELL full age bachelor farmer Killen. Father: JOHN MITCHELL farmer & MARGARET COULTER full age spinster Cooell. Father: WILLIAM COULTER farmer Witnesses: CHARLES MITCHELL & WILLIAM JOHNSTON #61 November 13 1855 WILLIAM COULTER full age bachelor farmer Cooell. Father: WILLIAM COULTER farmer & CATHERINE WILSON full age spinster Cooell. Father: JOHN WILSON farmer Witnesses: SPEER LAMMY & JAMES WILSON LONGFIELD WEST PARISH CHURCH (CHURCH OF IRELAND) #2 October 21 1845 JAMES MAGEE 21 years bachelor famer Cooel, Lwr. Langfield. Father: WILLIAM MAGEE farmer & ANN GRIFFIN 20 years spinster Carricknamulkin, Lwr. Langfield. Father: WILLIAM GRIFFIN farmer Witnesses: JOHN NETHERY & WILLIAM COULTER #32 March 4 1853 ROBERT BURNS full age bachelor grocer Drumnaforbe, Upper Langfield. Father: JOSEPH BURNS weaver? & CATHERINE COULTER full age spinster Cooell. Father: WILLIAM COULTER farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM WILSON & MARY SPROULLE Re. the entry for John Colter & partners (brothers?) recorded at Curraghamulkin in the 1826 Longfield West tithe applotment book, it is most likely that this is the same family as Cooel and Curraghamulkin are separated only by Dooish Mountain, Cooel being a more advantageous lease. Trust this is helpful/ useful? Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: CoTyroneList <cotyronelist-bounces(a)cotyroneireland.com> on behalf of BARBARA COULTER via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist(a)cotyroneireland.com> Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 12:28:16 AM To: CoTyroneList(a)cotyroneireland.com Cc: BARBARA COULTER Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Coulter family - Cooel, Dromore Hello County Tyrone listers, Hoping someone might be able to help out with some suggestions. I was recently contacted by a previously unknown cousin of my husband who is planning a trip to County Tyrone this summer. She is looking for places to visit that might be close to the family’s ancestral home in Cooel. Thomas Coulter (b. 1785) and his wife Isabelle Clendenning (b. 1785) were both from County Tyrone. According to family history, they moved to the US, via Canada, in about 1818. Thomas’s parents were thought to be John Coulter (b. abt 1760) and unknown Culbertson (Ancestry trees have her name as Sharon, but I haven’t seen any evidence that it is true). Thomas’s siblings were Wiliam, John & James. William remained in County Tyrone, and had children who married into the Wilson, Speer, and Lammy families in County Tyrone. No further information regarding John or James, but it is believed that they also moved to America. I believe that they were Presbyterian. A mutual ancestor did a lot of research trying to trace the family in County Tyrone. Her last correspondence was with Mrs. Robert Coulter, Cooel, Drumquin in 1968. All efforts to contact the family in the 1970’s was futile. We would truly appreciated any suggestions/assistance that anyone might be able to provide. Thanks! Barb Coulter _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList(a)cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY

Hi Barbara, Hope you are well, I am doing family research on behalf of my husband, and I have come across your messages mentioning a Mrs Robert Coulter from Cooel. My husband was never introduced to his dad’s side of the family. So he does not know much. Would you have any information on them by any chance? From what I have researched, we have the following: My husband - Adam His father Samuel Alexander born Cooel 1949 Samuel’s mother Sarah Frances Graham (born Drumquinn 1928, passed 2023) Samuel’s father Robert Herbert Coulter (presumed dead) Sarah’s death certificate stated she was divorced. Samuel has two siblings that we know of, Olive and Cecil, Cecil passed in 2020. Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there, I was just sitting down looking at my emails when the Coulter name jumped out at me! Always a surprise! My husband is actually the Coulter descendant. I do have a fairly extensive tree on Ancestry, if you are a member there. Otherwise, I could add you as a viewer, if you’d like. I have done some research on the family, but I am also in possession of a family history of the Coulter family which his aunt compiled in the 1990’s or so. It may not be entirely accurate, but it may give you some added information. If you are interested in taking a look, I can either add it to a Google docs file, or Dropbox or something similar. Please let me know. My husband has no real interest, so I haven’t done a lot of extensive research. Thanks, Barb Coulter Reno, Nevada, USA > On Mar 19, 2026, at 5:38 PM, indiakayrobinson--- via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > Hi Barbara, > > Hope you are well, I am doing family research on behalf of my husband, and I have come across your messages mentioning a Mrs Robert Coulter from Cooel. > > My husband was never introduced to his dad’s side of the family. So he does not know much. Would you have any information on them by any chance? > > From what I have researched, we have the following: > > My husband - Adam > > His father Samuel Alexander born Cooel 1949 > > Samuel’s mother Sarah Frances Graham (born Drumquinn 1928, passed 2023) > > Samuel’s father Robert Herbert Coulter (presumed dead) > > Sarah’s death certificate stated she was divorced. > > Samuel has two siblings that we know of, Olive and Cecil, Cecil passed in 2020. > > > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Hi Barbara, I seem to have missed the origin of your Coulters so forgive me if this is irrelevant. My great great grandfather was John Coulter of The Vow, in County Antrim, born c1800, as evidenced by the marriage of his son, my great great grandfather, Hugh Coulter: Church Marriage Record Date of Marriage: 07-Sep-1859 Parish / District: BALLYMONEY County: Co. Antrim Husband Wife Name: Hugh Coulter Margaret A Bellingham Address: Vow Culmore Denomination: Presbyterian Presbyterian Occupation: FARMER Age: Full Age (Over 21) Full Age (Over 21) Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried) Husband's Father Wife's Father Name: John Coulter Thomas Bellingham Occupation: FARMER FARMER Witness 1 Witness 2 Name: William Colgan Mary Bellingham Church: FINVOY Presbyterian BY LICENCE REV A TODD. Regards, Boyd https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/169256971/family?cfpid=172197408742 On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 at 18:50, BARBARA COULTER via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Hi there, > I was just sitting down looking at my emails when the Coulter name jumped > out at me! Always a surprise! > My husband is actually the Coulter descendant. I do have a fairly > extensive tree on Ancestry, if you are a member there. Otherwise, I could > add you as a viewer, if you’d like. > I have done some research on the family, but I am also in possession of a > family history of the Coulter family which his aunt compiled in the 1990’s > or so. It may not be entirely accurate, but it may give you some added > information. If you are interested in taking a look, I can either add it > to a Google docs file, or Dropbox or something similar. > Please let me know. My husband has no real interest, so I haven’t done a > lot of extensive research. > Thanks, > Barb Coulter > Reno, Nevada, USA > > On Mar 19, 2026, at 5:38 PM, indiakayrobinson--- via CoTyroneList < > cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > Hi Barbara, > > Hope you are well, I am doing family research on behalf of my husband, and > I have come across your messages mentioning a Mrs Robert Coulter from > Cooel. > > My husband was never introduced to his dad’s side of the family. So he > does not know much. Would you have any information on them by any chance? > > From what I have researched, we have the following: > > My husband - Adam > > His father Samuel Alexander born Cooel 1949 > > Samuel’s mother Sarah Frances Graham (born Drumquinn 1928, passed 2023) > > Samuel’s father Robert Herbert Coulter (presumed dead) > > Sarah’s death certificate stated she was divorced. > > Samuel has two siblings that we know of, Olive and Cecil, Cecil passed in > 2020. > > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > ================================= > > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Hi Boyd and other researchers, According to my husband’s aunt’s research: John Coulter was born in County Tyrone, about 1760, married ? Culbertson, whose father was a minister from Scotland. They were my husband’s 4th great grandparents. They had 4 children that we know of: William - remained in Ireland. His children were all born in County Tyrone (Cooel?) and married others with surnames of Coulter, Wilson, Burris, Speer, de Lamme and Mitchell. Some remained in Ireland, others moved to Australia or the United States. James - went to Quebec Thomas - went to Ohio (This was my husband’s ancestor) John - went to America - unknown place. I have some correspondence between the American Coulters and their Irish cousins, but is seems that contact was mostly lost in the 1970’s. The aunt’s research also included a photo of a home in Drumquin (possibly). Hopefully this will be of interest to other researchers. I have plenty of info on the American portion of the family, but not so much on their Irish cousins…. Cheers, Barb Coulter > On Mar 20, 2026, at 1:31 PM, Boyd Gray via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > Hi Barbara, > > I seem to have missed the origin of your Coulters so forgive me if this is irrelevant. > > My great great grandfather was John Coulter of The Vow, in County Antrim, born c1800, as evidenced by the marriage of his son, my great great grandfather, Hugh Coulter: > > Church Marriage Record > Date of Marriage: 07-Sep-1859 > Parish / District: BALLYMONEY County: Co. Antrim > Husband Wife > Name: Hugh Coulter Margaret A Bellingham > Address: Vow Culmore > Denomination: Presbyterian Presbyterian > Occupation: FARMER > Age: Full Age (Over 21) Full Age (Over 21) > Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried) > Husband's Father Wife's Father > Name: John Coulter Thomas Bellingham > Occupation: FARMER FARMER > Witness 1 Witness 2 > Name: William Colgan Mary Bellingham > Church: FINVOY Presbyterian > BY LICENCE REV A TODD. > > Regards, > > Boyd > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ > > https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/169256971/family?cfpid=172197408742 > > > > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 at 18:50, BARBARA COULTER via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> wrote: >> Hi there, >> I was just sitting down looking at my emails when the Coulter name jumped out at me! Always a surprise! >> My husband is actually the Coulter descendant. I do have a fairly extensive tree on Ancestry, if you are a member there. Otherwise, I could add you as a viewer, if you’d like. >> I have done some research on the family, but I am also in possession of a family history of the Coulter family which his aunt compiled in the 1990’s or so. It may not be entirely accurate, but it may give you some added information. If you are interested in taking a look, I can either add it to a Google docs file, or Dropbox or something similar. >> Please let me know. My husband has no real interest, so I haven’t done a lot of extensive research. >> Thanks, >> Barb Coulter >> Reno, Nevada, USA >> >>> On Mar 19, 2026, at 5:38 PM, indiakayrobinson--- via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Barbara, >>> >>> Hope you are well, I am doing family research on behalf of my husband, and I have come across your messages mentioning a Mrs Robert Coulter from Cooel. >>> >>> My husband was never introduced to his dad’s side of the family. So he does not know much. Would you have any information on them by any chance? >>> >>> From what I have researched, we have the following: >>> >>> My husband - Adam >>> >>> His father Samuel Alexander born Cooel 1949 >>> >>> Samuel’s mother Sarah Frances Graham (born Drumquinn 1928, passed 2023) >>> >>> Samuel’s father Robert Herbert Coulter (presumed dead) >>> >>> Sarah’s death certificate stated she was divorced. >>> >>> Samuel has two siblings that we know of, Olive and Cecil, Cecil passed in 2020. >>> >>> >>> >>> Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> ================================= >>> Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> >>> List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >>> Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> >>> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com <mailto:jamckane@gmail.com> >>> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> >>> ================================= >> >> ================================= >> Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> >> List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >> Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> >> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com <mailto:jamckane@gmail.com> >> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> >> ================================= > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - jamckane@gmail.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================