George Cunningham
- Born
- 9 Oct 1833
- Died
- 26 Sept 1924
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
From US Navy and US Census records I've found (IF they are the RIGHT person!), he was born 09OCT1833. Arrived US at age 12-13 and is found in the 1880 Census with wife and son in Missouri, also the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census records in Oklahoma.
Perhaps he entered military service at age 23 in Philadelphia, April 1857. Also enlistment Brooklyn NY 14JUN1865 as a fireman in the US Navy. George Cunningham with birth year 1833 in Ireland is in the US Naval Enlistment Rendezvous 1855-1891, Volume 5, page 98, Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous Jan 6, 1855-Aug 8, 1891, NARA Publication number M1953, NARA Roll 5, FHL Film number 2367944. There is record of a brief marriage Feb 1875 to Emily Jane Crockett, but she died 18NOV1875 (in childbirth?) in St. Charles, MO. There is a marriage on record 08JUN1877 to Ellen E Hamilton (b. 15JUN1842- d1902), a Dept of the Interior letter 28OCT1897 where George avowed marriage by Squire Haake at the Justice of the Peace Recorders Office in St. Charles County. Son James Hamilton "Jimmie" Cunningham born 03JUN1878 (d1939) in St. Charles County, MO--he is the father of my grandfather, Gordon James Cunningham. Residence 1880 Portage, St. Charles, MO. Daughter Anna Belle Cunningham Adams b. 05NOV1881 (d 23JUN1921 El Paso, Texas death certificate online) in St. Charles County, MO. Son Thomas/George W Cunningham b02JUN1883. Residency 1900 St. Charles, MO. Death of wife Ellen 1902 in Logan County, Oklahoma. Residence 1908 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, widowed, living with son James. Marriage 23NOV1911 to Susan Canoy Drake (b1843) in Guthrie, Logan, OK. 1920 He's living in the Leavenworth Soldiers Home in Kansas in 1921, where he dies in 1924 and is buried in the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Because of his military service, there are searchable records. OR: he is buried in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma, which I found in FindaGrave memorial ID 29979941
A document I found looks right though - US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938 has notes of his disabling conditions and record of his burial, also items shipped to son James H Cunningham in Texas. The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; Series: M1749 is the citation. So is he buried in KS or OK?
George Cunningham is just such a common name. I can't find his parish in Ireland - another family tree had him in Kilbeggan but that baptism date was 1831, so it was wrong I guess. Sources aren't well cleaned up but are in my tree in Ancestry. I can't figure out how to share a URL of them but I will if you tell me how.
