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George Cunningham 1838 – 1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jul 1838

Birth Location: West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland

Death Date: 05 Mar 1913

Death Location: Clutha, Otago, New Zealand

Father: Thomas Cunningham

Mother: Mary Cunningham

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Dyer

Children(s): Jessie Cunningham

George Cunningham was born in 1838 in West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas George Cunningham and Mary Weir Cunningham. George Cunningham married Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer, and had children including Jessie (Janet) Miller Cunningham. George Cunningham passed away in 1913 in Clutha, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • George Cunningham was born in 1838 in West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas George Cunningham and Mary Weir Cunningham.
  • George Cunningham married Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer, and had children including Jessie (Janet) Miller Cunningham.
  • George Cunningham passed away in 1913 in Clutha, Otago, New Zealand.

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George Cunningham's Ancestors

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George Cunningham
1838 – 1913
Birth Place: West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas George Cunningham
1795 – 1867
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary (Weir) Cunningham
1805 – 1875
, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Cunningham
1774 –
Lanark, Scotland
Margaret Nimmo
1770 – 1824
Carnwath, Scotland
George WEIR
1779 – 1855
The Lochshot, Livingstone, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary GOWANS
1785 – 1825
West Calder, Midlothian,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cunningham
1744 –
Walter Weir
1744 –
Barbara Ferguson
1745 –
Walter Gowans
1757 – 1850
Margaret Paton
1767 – 1844
2nd-Great-Grandparents

George Cunningham's Descendants

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George Cunningham (23 Jul 1838 – 05 Mar 1913) m. Elizabeth ((Eliza) Strathearn) Dyer (1851 – 12 JUN 1940)
  1. 1. Jessie ((Janet) Miller) Cunningham (5 Mar 1877 – 9 Dec 1930) m. James (Edward) Dew (12 Jul 1880 – 17 Jan 1965)
    1. 1. James (Trevor) DEW (9 Jul 1913 – 04 Nov 1980) m. Myrtle (May) Morris (1 Dec 1918 – 4 Nov 1989)
      1. 1. Patricia (Janet) Dew (08 Feb 1940 – ) m. Norman (Harold) Wootton (04 Jul 1941 – 10 Nov 2013)
        1. 1. Michelle (May) Wootton (30 Aug 1965 – ) m. Leigh (Brandon) Carson m. Unknown
        2. 2. Grant (Norman) Wootton (21 Aug 1968 – ) m. Tamara
        3. 3. Paul Wootton (17 Apr 1970 – ) m. Anna (Bridgit) Griffith
      2. 2. Marilyn (Vera) Dew (1947 – 3 January 1959)
    2. 2. Raymond (Horace) Dew (19 MAR 1916 – 13 DEC 1983)

George Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1838
23 Jul 1838
Birth of George Cunningham in West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland
West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland
1913
05 Mar 1913
Age 75
Death of George Cunningham in Clutha, Otago, New Zealand
Clutha, Otago, New Zealand

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jul 1838
    Event Place: West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Mar 1913
    Event Place: Clutha, Otago, New Zealand

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