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)
David CUNNINGHAM
(1842-1921)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Alexandrina Hamilton ("Lina") BLANE

David CUNNINGHAM

  • Born: 1842, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Married: 5 Jun 1874, Martnaham Muir, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 11 Dec 1921, Marchbank Farm, Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland 3

   Research Notes:

1861 Scotland Census:

Age given: 19 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling Place: Burnside, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Occupation: Agricultural Labourer

Living at home

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1871 Scotland Census:

Age given: 29 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Auchearwood, Tarbolton, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farm Servant

Working for Matthew & Barbara Allan, farmers. Present also was David's nephew Robert Cunningham.

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1881 Scotland Census:

Age given: 38 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Bennecarrigan, Kilmory, Bute
Occupation: Dairyman

Present was wife Lina (32) of Barrhill in Ayrshire

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1891 Scotland Census:

Age given: 49 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Gardener's Cottage, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Occupation: Gardener

Present were wife Alexandrina (43) of Barrhill, Ayr, son William (9) of Kilmory, Buteshire, scholar

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1901 Scotland Census:

Age given: 58 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Borland Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farmer

Present were wife Alexandrina (52) of Barhill, son William (19) of Arran in Buteshire, farmer's son

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1911 Scotland Census:

Age given: 69 years
Birthplace given: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dwelling: Marchbank, Fenwick, Ayrshire
Occupation: Farmer

Present were wife Alexandrina (63) of Barhill, son William (29) of Kilmory Bute, works on farm

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David Cunningham, farmer, married to Alexandrina Blane, son of William Cunningham, crofter (deceased) and Elizabeth Cunningham M.S. Wilson (deceased), died aged 79 years of senile decay. Informant William Cunningham, son.

   Marriage Information:

David married Alexandrina Hamilton ("Lina") BLANE, daughter of Robert BLANE and Susan AITKEN, on 5 Jun 1874 in Martnaham Muir, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1. (Alexandrina Hamilton ("Lina") BLANE was born on 14 Jan 1847 in Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland 4, christened on 14 Feb 1847 in Brandon, Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 22 Mar 1925 in 7 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 4.)

   Marriage Notes:

David Cunningham, farm foreman, bachelor, age 32, of Smithfield Tarbolton, son of William Cunningham, farm servant, and Elizabeth Cunningham M.S. Wilson, and
Alexandrina Blane, dairy maid, spinster, age 26, Martnaham Muir, Coylton, daughter of Robert Blane, farmer, and Susan Blane M.S. Aitken

Witnesses: Mary Blane, Alexander Gibson

Sources


1 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Coylton Parish Register, p. 4, no. 7.

2 Compiler, calculated from Scotland Censuses (unable to find birth or christening in the OPR for Tarbolton).

3 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Statutory Deaths 592/00 0018.

4 Private Correspondence, Research conducted by Murray Tosh.


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