Brief Life History of William Herschel
When William Herschel Cunningham was born on 24 July 1905, in Indiana, United States, his father, John Edward Cunningham, was 30 and his mother, Ida May Whitaker, was 25. He lived in Washington Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Oak Township, Smith, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 10 August 1981, in Smith, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Herschel Cunningham in household of John E Cunningham, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Cunningham, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- William H Cunningham in household of John E Cunningham, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
Parents and Siblings
1874–1950 Male
1879– Female
Siblings (7)
1899– Female
1901– Male
1902– Male
1903–2001 Female
1905–1981 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 1
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
Age 1
1927
Age 22
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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