• General Notes

  Marriage certificate in Coleraine Local Record Office - he married there, from Camus, son of James Creelman, a farmer.  (BB: Hugh's father is James Robert Creelman of Camus and mother is Martha Gault.)
  
  On board the OSCEOLA from Glasgow to NYC, April 16,
  1847, these names are together:
  James Bruster, 50, farmer
  Mary Bruster, 48
  Jane Bruster, 20
  Hugh Creelman,16
  Ann Creelman, 14
  M.J. Creelman, 6 mos
  This simply HAS to be this Hugh Creelman and his wife Anne Brewster as the 6 month old child, M J Brewster, has to be Martha Jane, their daughter.  Why they should be listed as aged only 16 and 14 is a total mystery.  As are the Brewsters with whom they were travelling.
  
  BB says (030707), "BOTH William Creelman AND Hugh Creelman are living in the same area in Philly as Charles Gray. AND Hugh Creelman has living with him a Mary Brewster- age 30.  This is the 1850 Census now - I went back to it. So Mary must be Ann's sister and she is living with them but later moves in with Charles Brewster, her
  brother, in Iowa....at some point."
  
  BB says (030707), "Hugh Creelman's wife, Ann Brewster, apparently did die in 1854 as Kay says.  He then moved from Philadelphia to Lee, Madison, Iowa with 2 daughters and Mary Brewster, his sister in law.  He marries a widow, Jane Mitchell who apparently had a son John.  Mary Brewster moves in with brother Charles Brewster." 
  
  BB says, "I have a feeling Hugh died young as well as I cannot find him farming in Iowa after 1860. He may have moved again but didn't check that out.  His two daughters by Ann Brewster were Martha J. and Eliza - if that helps
  any with naming patterns - other than that I don't see
  any other clues."
  
  From Kay Franklin's website:
  BirthFeb 19 1824
  Camus, Londonderry, Ireland
  NaturalizationNov 15 1858
  Lee County, Iowa
  Census1850
  Philadelphia, Moyamensing Ward,
  Pennsylvania
  Census1860
  Washington Township, Lee County, Iowa
  Census1880
  Big Spring, Benton County, Arkansas
  DeathNov 19 1912
  Norman, Cleveland Co, Oklahoma
  BurialNov 1912
  I O O F Cemetery Norman
  
  BB: The person who has all the data on James Robert Creelman and Martha Gault has 7 children listed for them including Hugh.  I don't see Nancy Creelman so I would suspect she is another Creelman family.  Perhaps??
  
  Dallas Morning News
  Claims United States Labor Record
  Norman OK Aug. 11, 1911-
  Plowing thirty-six acres of cotton in three and a half days, with single row cultivator, and that, too, at the age of 94 years, a cotton farmer living near Norman, Cleveland Count  Mr. Creelman performed this record-breaking feat during the last week.  He intends to increase his cotton acreage next season.
  
  BB: It is now my belief that Hugh Creelman and Nancy Creelman are siblings.  If William and Nancy's first daughter was an Elizabeth that would certainly link with Hugh's second daughter being named Elizabeth Creelman.  Their parents are more than likely James and Elizabeth Creelman b in the the 1780s or thereabouts.
  
  

Details of Hugh's family with Anne [Glenleary] Brewster

Details of Hugh's family with Jane Mitchell