Looking for George Cunningham, husband of Margaret, and father of Hugh (born perhaps 01 August 1828 and certainly between 1826-1828), Adam (born perhaps February 1831 and certainly between 1831-1833), and Andrew (born before Adam).

Jeff:

Hello again!

I found some info on the 1870 death of George Cunningham. He was 67 and from Urbal townland. He was a widower and the informant was another George Cunningham from Urbal. Likely George the informant was a son of the older George. I checked the 1901 census for Urbal and there was a Robert Cunningham family and they were Church of Ireland.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Galway/Urbal/1…

I located the marriage record for Robert Cunningham and Mary Ann Maxwell. See second record. You will note that the father of Robert was George.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…

The subscription site Roots Ireland only has baptismal records for Killaghtee Church of Ireland parish starting in 1868. I searched this listing which shows the status of all Church of Irrland parish registers. If you scroll down to Killaghtee and look at the notes in the right hand margin, it appears that the National Archives of Ireland has a parish register for Killaghtee with baptisms from 1810-1830 and marriages from 1814-1831. I don't believe this register is online and you would have to visit Dublin.

Roger McDonnell

https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers…

A chara,

Thanks for all that information and such a quick response.

I don't know why I thought the death record was from Erdegole. We have no Roberts in our family so I'm thinking this rules out Urbal. I would love to come to Dublin to see Killaghtee's parish register - we had a trip planned for May of last year. I'm hoping to come over next year, Covid-permitting. The other side of the family came from Magherafelt and we've had a lot more luck finding their parish church, graveyard, records and family back to the late 18th century.

What did you think of the fact that the only George Cunningham we found in 1833, around the time of the births of my great X 2 grandfather and his brothers, was the one in Edergole?  I found a direct descendant of Hugh's brother Adam in Philadelphia and she has a book on the Cunninghams and has promised to get back to me. Thanks again for all your help.

Slan,

Jeff

Jeff:

The Tithe listings in my experience are not always complete. Some parishes do not have records. Also, possibly your ancestor was not listed in the Tithes. Let us know if you decide to come to Ireland in 2022.

Roger