Following is an account of my ancestor, William Cunningham, excerpted from a book ("Our Family History") written by his grandson, also named William Cunningham. I am blocked in finding any additional information before he settled in the U.S. Any suggestions would be most welcome!
County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway. Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.
Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015
Location: Antrim
36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN
11 Crocus St
Location: Antrim
11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland
Carrick-a-Rede Bridge
Location: Antrim
Co. Antrim
Armoy
Location: Antrim
George McFall
<p>Occupation</p>
1857-01-01 12:00:00
Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)
<p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>
1840-01-01 12:00:00
McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891
<p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>
1825-01-01 12:00:00
Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude
<p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>
1840-12-01 12:00:00
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Ballymoney (Antrim). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.
Ballymoney Workhouse
Location: Ballymoney (Antrim)
Route District Hospital, Ballymoney, Antrim
Ballymoney in the 1830s
1837-01-01 12:00:00