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History of the Family Name Gaelic: MacCuinneagain BLAZON OF ARMS: A unicorn's head, argent, crined and armed or a Black Hay Fork centered on a Silver Shield MOTO: "OVER FORK OVER" CREST: Name Meaning: Origin of Name: Ayrshire

ANCESTORS

1. James Cunningham born 1825, Dublin, Ireland, married 1857, in Belfast, Victoria, Australia., Mary Wilkinson, born 1831, Queens Co. Ireland, (daughter of John Wilkinson and Mary Walshe) died 1905, Warrion, Victoria, Australia.
Children:

i Catherine Cunningham born 1859, Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia, died 1942, Ballarat, Victoria, Aust
2. ii James Francis Cunningham born 1862.

Second Generation

2. James Francis Cunningham born 1862, Woodford, Victoria, Australia, Occ: Farmer, married 1892, in Koroit, Victoria, Australia, Mary Agnes Keating, born Approx 1864, (daughter of John Keating and Margaret Kelly) died 1939, Colac, Victoria, Australia. James died 29 MAR 1942, Colac, Victoria, Australia.
Children:

i Mary Agnes Cunningham born 1893, Colac, Victoria, Australia, married 1914,
William Lawrence Ryan.
ii James John Cunningham born 1895, Irrewillipe, Victoria, Australia, Occ: Soldier
59th Battalion, died 27 APR 1918, Villers - Bretonneux, (Killed in action).
3. iii Margaret Alice Susan Cunningham born 1897.
4. iv John William Bernard Cunningham born 1899.
5. v Francis Clement Cunningham born 1901.
6. vi Ernest Thomas Cunningham born 1902.
7. vii Annie Teressa Cunningham born 1905.
viii Kathleen Elizabeth Cunningham born 1909, Colac, Victoria, Australia, died approx 1925.

Third Generation

3. Margaret Alice Susan Cunningham born 1897, Irrewillipe, Victoria, married 1921, Patrick John Gurry,
Children:

i Kathleen Gurry married Frank Smith,
ii Vincent Gurry married Eileen Conway,
iii Leo Gurry married Adelle Johansen,

4. John William Bernard Cunningham born 1899, Warrion, Victoria, married 1928, Thelma Peel, John died 1979, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
Children:

i Max Peel
ii Fay Peel
iii Barbara Peel

5. Francis Clement Cunningham born 1901, Warrion, Victoria, Australia, married 1928, Catherine (Kitty) Carmody
Children:

i John Cunningham
ii Patricia Cunningham married John Ilett
iii Margarie Cunningham
iv Francis Cunningham married Brian Delarue

6. Ernest Thomas Cunningham born 11 JUN 1902, Occ: Dairy & Onion Farmer, married 1920, Lavina May Suckling, born 17 JUL 1902, Ballarto, Victoria, (daughter of James Suckling and Elizabeth Jane Pollard) Occ: Home Duties.
Children:

i Monica Doreen Cunningham born 21 OCT 1920, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, Occ: Taxi Proprieter/home Duti, married 26 DEC 1942, in St Brendons Church, Coragulac Victoria, Denis Robert O'Leary, born 01 JAN 1917, Eurack, Victoria, Australia (Home Birth), (son of Daniel O'Leary and Robina Jenkins Sproules) Occ: Taxi Proprietor, died 08 JUL 1982, Colac, Victoria, Australia.

ii James Thomas Cunningham born 13 SEP 1923, Occ: Farmer/Taxi Proprieter, married (1) 18 AUG 1945, Gabrielle Mary Carmody, born 21 NOV 1925, died 16 JUN 1965, married (2) 05 OCT 1968, Eileen Monica Kenny, born 29 OCT 1932.

iii Patricia Elizabeth Cunningham born 14 OCT 1933, Beeac, Victoria, Occ: Home Duties, married 29 APR 1955, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, David Henry Hardy, born 10 MAR 1929, Dimboola.

iv Kathleen Mary Cunningham born 16 JUL 1935, Beeac, Victoria, Occ: Sub Agent, Real Estste, married 07 APR 1956, in St Mary's Chuch, Colac, Victoria, Wray Taylor, born 14 NOV 1934, Colac, Victoria, Australia, Occ: Real Estste Agent.

v Carmel Veronica Cunningham born 09 DEC 1936, Beeac District Hospital, Victoria, married 09 FEB 1958, in 4, Ronald James Johnson, born 08 OCT 1931, Colac, Victoria, Australia.

vi Aileen Mavis Cunningham born 12 FEB 1941, Beeac, Victoria, married 16 JUL 1977, in St Mary's Chuch, Colac, Victoria, Keith Cumming, born 05 FEB 1944, London, England.

vii Valerie Ann Cunningham born 20 MAR 1943, Beeac, Victoria, married 20 APR 1963, in St Mary's Chuch, Colac, Victoria, Kevin James Oates, born 27 JAN 1939, Boulder, Western Australia.

7. Annie Teressa Cunningham born 1905, Colac, Victoria, Australia, married 1923, Edwin Michael Monaghan
Children:

i Kathleen Monaghan
ii Patrick Monaghan
iii Francis Monaghan married Elizabeth Mason
iv Veronica Monaghan married Kevin Carmody
v Valerie Monaghan married Clive Jennings
vi Edwin Monaghan married Edith Collett
vii James Monaghan married Roma Storer

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