John CUNNINGHAM
- Born: Abt 1827, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 4
- Married (1): 19 Dec 1851, Townend, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2
- Married (2): 3 Jun 1873, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
- Died: 26 Feb 1910, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 5
Research Notes:
1841 Scotland Census:
Age given: 14 years
Birthplace given: Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Knollhead, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Staying with [his maternal aunt] Mary Wilson (30), farmer. Present also was [aunt] Margaret Wilson (25).
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1851 Scotland Census:
Age given: 24 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Knowhead, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Occupation: [farm] servant
Working on the farm of [his grandmother] Janet Wilson.
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1861 Scotland Census:
Age given: 34 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Sunney Side, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire
Occupation: Bower
Present were wife Margret (32) of Craigie, children: William (9) of Tarbolton, Robert (7) of Tarbolton, John (5) of Craigie, Adam (2) of Kirkconnell; [sister] Margaret Cunningham (25) of Tarbolton, domestic servant
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1871 Scotland Census:
Age given: 43 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Knowehead, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire
Occupation: Dairyman
Status: widowed
Present were sons John (15) of Craigie, Adam (12) of Kirkconnel; servant Jane Cameron (24), dairymaid
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1881 Scotland Census:
Age given: 53 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Linns, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire
Occupation: Farmer Of 100 Acres: Arable
Present were [2nd] wife Jessie (39) of Muir Kirk in Ayrshire, farmer's wife, children (all born in Tundergarth in Dumfriesshire): William (6), Mary (4), David (2), Elizabeth (2)
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1891 Scotland Census:
Age given: 63 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Dwelling: Linns, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire
Occupation: Farmer
Present were wife Jessie (50) of Old Cumnock, farmer's wife, children: William (15), scholar, Mary (13), scholar, Elizabeth (11), scholar, David (11), scholar
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1901 Scotland Census:
Age given: 74 years
Birthplace given: Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire
Dwelling: Linns, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire
Occupation: Grazier farmer
Present were wife Jessie (62) of Cumnock, children David (22), shepherd, and Elizabeth (22), attends cattle
Marriage Information:
John married Margaret DRUMMOND, daughter of Robert DRUMMOND and Jean BROWN, on 19 Dec 1851 in Townend, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2. (Margaret DRUMMOND was born on 3 Feb 1829 in Townend, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 21 Feb 1863 in Greenhills, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.)
Marriage Information:
John also married Jessie CAMERON, daughter of John CAMERON and Mary TODD, on 3 Jun 1873 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 3. (Jessie CAMERON was born about 1839 in Muirkirk, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 3 Feb 1904 in Linns, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.)
Marriage Notes:
John Cunningham, bower?, widower, age 45, of Castlemain Sangulurre?, son of William Cunningham, forester (deceased), and Elizabeth Cunningham M.S. Wilson, and
Jessie Cameron, housekeeper, spinster, 33, of Blackfauld Square Cumnock, daughter of John Cameron, railway surfaceman, and Mary Cameron M.S. Todd (deceased)
Witnesses: David Cunningham, Jane Cameron
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