John Cunningham - Cleenish

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/

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

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.

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. :)

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