Brief Life History of James
When James Cunningham was born on 9 January 1818, in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Cunningham, was 28 and his mother, Helen Blythe, was 25. He married Janet Jessie Syme on 22 May 1841, in Temple, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Cousland, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 15 May 1864, in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 46, and was buried in Edinburgh Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
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- James S. Cunningham in entry for John S. Cunningham, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- James Cunningham in entry for George Cunningham, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Cunningham in household of Thomas Cunningham, "Scotland Census, 1841"
Spouse and Children
1818–1864 Male
1823–1876 Female
Children (13)
1842–1897 Male
1843–1915 Male
1845–1847 Female
1848–1902 Female
1849–1927 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1790–1858 Male
1793–1861 Female
Siblings (4)
1818–1864 Male
1821–1871 Female
1825–1892 Male
1829– Female
World Events (7)
1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""
Age 2
1823
Age 5
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
Age 14
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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