Brief Life History of Donald Francis Thomas
When Donald Francis Thomas Cunningham was born on 15 December 1896, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, John Frances Cunningham, was 22 and his mother, Christina Anna Franklin, was 26. He married Chloe Ellen Sessions on 26 July 1920, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 1 April 1923, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Donald F T Cunningham, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Francis Cunningham in household of John Cunningham, "United States Census, 1900"
- Donald Francis Thomas Cunningham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1896–1923 Male
1903–1987 Female
Children (1)
1921–2014 Female
Parents and Siblings
1874–1938 Male
1870–1954 Female
Siblings (6)
1893– Female
1896–1923 Male
1897–1949 Male
1899–1899 Female
1901–1974 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1897 · The Utah State Historical Society
Age 1
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 2
1904
Age 8
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the province of Cunningham in Ayrshire, first recorded in 1153 in the form Cunegan, a Celtic name of uncertain origin. The spellings in -ham, first recorded in 1180, and in -ynghame, first recorded in 1227, represent a gradual assimilation to the English placename element -ingham.
Irish: surname adopted from Gaelic Ó Cuinneagáin ‘descendant of Cuinneagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of the Old Irish personal name Conn meaning ‘leader, chief’. This name is also adopted for Ó Connacháin, a variant of Ó Connagáin ‘descendant of Connagán’, from a diminutive of the personal name Conn.
History: A family of this name (see 1 above) can be traced back to Wernebald de Cunynghame, who was granted the manor of Cunningham by Hugh de Morville in the early 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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