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I am researching John Cunningham from Cleenish who immigrated to New South Wales, born about 1826  in County Fermanagh, father possibly a Henry Cunningham and mother named Mary.

Does anyone have any informationt that may match this,

Thank you,

Sandra

(Australia)

Tuesday 15th Jul 2014, 08:20AM

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  • Sandra:

    Not sure of your familys religious denomination. The RC records for Cleenish do not start until 1835. Presbyterian records start in 1849 and I can't tell the closest Church of Ireland parish. You may want to try the Fermanagh Gold site to see if you can find any relevant information.

    Roger McDonnell

     

    http://www.fermanagh-gold.com/

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 15th Jul 2014, 02:31PM
  • hi,

    There were two CUNNINGHAMs in Cleenish in Griffiths c.1862...

    http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…

    Henry CUNNINGHAM farmed at LETTERBREEN Townland...

    It looks like the family have left by 1901...
    http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1901&s…

    CUNNINGHAMs at Gardrum are still around in 1901...
    http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=…

    There seem to be a number of family trees on ancestry with John CUNNINGHAM on them, but I do not have a membership...
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&rank=1&new…

    Regards,

    SEAN

     

    sean99

    Wednesday 16th Jul 2014, 01:00PM
  • My grandfather was Catholic, my Grandmother wasn't, my Mum is non-religous CoE and I was baptised CoE. So the Cunninghams were probably Catholic.

    Thank you for your help,

    Sandra.

    Wednesday 16th Jul 2014, 02:31PM
  • Thank you.

    I am on Ancestry.com and have trawled all the info on there that I can find, and would like to see if there are any primary source records or local information about this Irish connection. I have another connection in another branch. Peter Larkin from Galway was transported for Life for Sedition, to NSW in about 1820, About 3 years later he was able to have his wife and four children brought out, he got a Ticket of Leave and then a Pardon a couple of years later, and he lived until 90 years old. Which was a happy ending for them all, I think. Not the least for me. :)

    Wednesday 16th Jul 2014, 03:01PM
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    Hi Sandra. 

    your Henry and Mary are also my 4x great grandparents.

    I am descended from John's convict sister Mary.

    please eMail me at monkeyjunk74@gmail.com and I may be able to give you some info on the family, however I am also trying to find out more on Henry. I know Henry had a father also named Henry who was born in 1710 in Enniskillen also.

    Mel Connor

     

    Mel C

    Wednesday 28th Oct 2020, 11:56PM

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