John CUNNINGHAM
(Est 1755-Bef 1828)
Margaret GILMOUR
(1753-1842)
Adam WILSON
(1765-1840)
Janet COWAN
(1772-1861)
William CUNNINGHAM
(Abt 1788-1854)
Elizabeth WILSON (twin)
(1800-1882)
Thomas CUNNINGHAM
(1838-1895)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Margaret C. LINDSAY

Thomas CUNNINGHAM

  • Born: 1838, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Married: 20 Dec 1866, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 13 Nov 1895, Arness, Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland 3

   Research Notes:

1861 Scotland Census:

Age given: 32 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Boghead, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Occupation: Ploughman

Servant to John & Agnes Howie

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1871 Scotland Census:

Age given: 32 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Crofthead Cottage, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Occupation: Labourer

Present were wife Margaret (25) of Craigie, sons (both born in Tarbolton): William (4) & Robert Lindsay (1)

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1881 Scotland Census:

Age given: 42 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Whiteless Farm, Symington, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farmer Of 7½ Acres

Present were wife Margaret (35) of Craigie, children: William (14) of Tarbolton, scholar, Robert L. (11) of Tarbolton, scholar, Thomas (3) of Symington, Margaret (9) of Symington, scholar, Elizabeth (7) of Symington, scholar; widowed mother Elizabeth Cunningham (80) of Tarbolton, annuitant

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1891 Scotland Census:

Age given: 52 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Low Arness, Fenwick, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farmer

Present were wife Margaret (45) of Craigie, children: William (24) of Tarbolton, farmer's son, Elizabeth (17) of Symington, farmer's daughter, Thomas (13) of Symington, scholar, John (9) of Symington, scholar, Adam (1) of Symington

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Thomas Cunningham, married to Margaret Lindsay, son of William Cunningham, forester (deceased) and Elizabeth Cunningham M.S. Wilson (deceased), died aged 57 years. Informant Robert Cunningham, son (present)

   Marriage Information:

Thomas married Margaret C. LINDSAY, daughter of Robert LINDSAY and Margaret WILSON, on 20 Dec 1866 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 1. (Margaret C. LINDSAY was born about 1846 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 8 May 1930 in Benston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

   Marriage Notes:

Thomas Cunningham, ploughman, bachelor, age 28 years, of Tarbolton, son of William Cunningham, ag: labourer (deceased) and Elizabeth Cunningham M.S. Wilson, and
Margaret Lindsay, dairymaid, spinster, age 21 years, of Craigie, daughter of Robert Lindsay, farmer, and Margaret Lindsay M.S. Wilson

Witnesses: John Howie, David Cunningham

Sources


1 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Ochiltree marriages, page 2, no. 4.

2 Compiler, calculated from Scotland Census records; unable to find birth or christening in OPR.

3 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Statutory Deaths, 592/00 0021.


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