When Clement Cunington was born about 1828, in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Cunnington, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Burton, was 23. He married Elizabeth Patrick on 21 April 1851, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 6 July 1889, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 61, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia.