Brief Life History of George Lawrence
When George Lawrence Cunningham was born on 3 July 1910, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, George Washington Cunningham, was 31 and his mother, Katherine Elizabeth Sweetman, was 29. He married Anne Caralina Fuhrman on 29 September 1934, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 5 August 2004, in Lombard, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (6)
- George Cunningham in household of George Cunningham, "United States Census, 1930"
- George Laurence Cunningham, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- George L Cunningham, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
Spouse and Children
1910–2004 Male
1911–1988 Female
Children (1)
1942–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1878–1936 Male
1880–1950 Female
Siblings (4)
1905–1965 Female
1907–1993 Female
1910–2004 Male
1913– Male
World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 2
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Age 9
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 25
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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