Culbert Cousins Connecting

Yesterday, Terry Culbert received a couple of surprise visitors at his door in Prince Edward County, Ontario...

County Studio: The home of artists Terry Culbert & Barbara Högenauer of Prince Edward County, Ontario. Photo by Mary Jane Culbert.

In walked Patricia Jane "Pat" (Gowland) Rowell and her husband, Terry Rowell of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

"Hello, I'm your second cousin!" said Pat.

Second cousins share a set of great-grandparents. In this case, Pat Rowell and Terry Culbert share great-grandparents, Richard Culbert and Jane Fairhall...

Jane Fairhall and Richard Culbert: the great-grandparents of Pat Rowell & Terry Culbert.

Pat Rowell's grandmother, Hulda May (Culbert) Carscallen and Terry Culbert's grandfather, Myron Manford Culbert were sister and brother.

Pat Rowell's grandmother, Hulda May (Culbert) Carscallen. Hulda May was the sister of Terry Culbert's grandfather, Myron Manford Culbert.

Terry Culbert's grandfather, Myron Manford Culbert. Myron was the brother of Pat Rowell's grandmother, Hulda May (Culbert) Carscallen.

Second cousins, Pat Rowell and Terry Culbert had never met until yesterday. So what brought them together? Pat and her husband read about Terry Culbert on the Culbert Family History blog! And since they were driving through the area on vacation, they popped in for a visit with Terry and his partner, Barbara Högenauer.

Left to right: Terry Rowell, and second cousins Pat Rowell and Terry Culbert. 16 May 2018. Photo by Barbara Högenauer.

The Rowells are en route to Toronto and Goderich. They plan a  stopover in Lucan-Biddulph to visit the Culbert homestead (Poplar Farm) and St. James Cemetery where many Culbert descendants are buried, including our Irish ancestors, John Culbert and Mary Ward.

We love it when Culbert cousins connect!