Ira E Cunningham

Brief Life History of Ira E

When Ira E Cunningham was born on 16 November 1870, in Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, James Cunningham, was 37 and his mother, Mary Ann Alward, was 30. He married Blanche Williams on 24 December 1907, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States. He died on 19 April 1940, in Harrison Township, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69.

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Ira E Cunningham
1870–1940
Blanche Williams
1886–
Marriage: 24 December 1907

Sources (9)

  • Ira Cunningham, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Ira Cunningham, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Ira E Cunningham, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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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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