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THE
CUNNINGTON
FAMILY
HISTORY
SITE

- - - - - A One Name Study - - - - -
Produced By :

Dave Cunnington
130 Feltham Road
Ashford
Middx TW15 1AD
United Kingdom

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LAST UPDATE : NOVEMBER 2003

Finally, the text and alphabetical lists have been totally retyped and now
include CENSUS 1901 Indexes and B M D to end of 2001

THIS PROJECT IS NOW ON HOLD FOR MY RETIREMENT. MEANTIME I HOPE THE DATA
IS OF VALUE TO YOU IN YOUR RESEARCH. BEST WISHES DC JAN 2007

For a moving story about one of the thousands killed in WW1 look at

PORTRAIT OF A SOLDIER

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This project commenced in 1989, before databases were readily available,
and is now too large to convert into gedcom or similar format. The text
data is in "Families" with each Family being in one UK geographical area,
and this area often ties in with the old "SCH Records"

When I started this study, UK Birth, Marriage, and Death records were kept
at St Catherines House in London, and you will find references in the text
to "SCH" or "SCH lists".

These official records are now held in the Family Record Office.

In addition to the text, I have complete Birth /Marriage / Death lists from
the third quarter of 1837(1837-3Q) when records started being kept at a
central location, up to end of 2001. The lists on this site are sorted
alphabetically, by Christian name, and also contain all other B/M/D prior
to 1837-3Q which I have collected over the years...though I am sure there are
many hundreds more to add !!

My tree is (predictably) in Family 1, MY FAMILY LINE which starts at Exton,
Rutland, with THOMAS born c1760, but I don't know where he was born, or who
his parents were. I misguidedly thought that we Cunningtons were a small
family, and a one name study would enable me to locate him!
.............15 years later I am no nearer to finding him, despite having
identified in excess of 5000 males in the UK ....but I'm still looking !

To see a map of Rutland, and pictures of Exton today, look at
EXTON PICTURES.

TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE SITE BETTER,PLEASE READ TO THE END BEFORE YOU START USING THE LINKS

The text has been developed as follows :

I have built up family trees at many locations. These places are listed
alphabetically at UK LOCATIONS which will tell you which FAMILY to look at
if you are researching a specific location. Within a FAM you will find
several "sub parts" eg in FAM 1 there are FAM 1A to FAM 1K, and these are
linked to each other in the text.

In many FAM, eg FAM 2, any stray information is noted, and the trees start
at FAM 2A to FAM 2J. FAM 10 is an exception as it was a major project and
you will find stray information at FAM 10, and a listing of unlinked b/m/d
at FAM 10F

You will find many references from one FAM to another as people moved around
- in fact, the people and/or their relatives for whom you are looking may
well appear in another area.

As time has gone on , and more information has been collated, I have been
able to expand and renumber the Families...for example in February 2003
Chelsea has moved from FAM 4E (a part of London FAM 4) to becoming a separate
FAM 107 in it's own right. I have changed the "Locations" page so that Chelsea
is now noted in FAM 107, but I am concerned that there are many references in
the normal texts to Chelsea FAM 4E. This comment applies to many Families
which have developed, and I suggest that if you ever have difficulty finding
something/somewhere from a text reference, you go first to "Locations" to check
the text reference is correct.
.......as ever, contact me if you have continuing problems.

Male Cunningtons who lived to an age at which they could have sired children
are given a number in brackets after their name :
eg WILLIAM (1234)
...if they died too young to sire children they appear as:
WILLIAM (===) or WILLIAM (***)

Female Cunningtons are not numbered

The FAM were initially constructed using the SCH b/m/d lists and you will find
entries such as :

87-3b JOHN (1234)...which means 1887 3rd quarter, birth of JOHN

1917-3b JOHN (2345).....as above but 1917......in these lists a 2 digit date
means 18something, whereas 19hundreds are always written in full.

88-4m Mary....which means Mary married at that place in 1888 4th quarter

95-1d WILLIAM (3254)....William's death recorded here, 1895 1st quarter.

I used the letters b m and d to ensure separation of events in the lists -
outside the lists (where each event is obvious)I have usually written (
for example)1887-4Q.

In the FAMs, between the SCH lists of birth and marriage you may find entries
such as :
Mother Smith : 1924-1Q Ann...this means at that place Ann Cunnington was born
1924-1Q, her mothers maiden name was Smith. SCH records show the mothers maiden
name on birth records post 1911/12, which is very useful in putting families
together.

Finally, on the subject of the SCH lists, in many places you will find little
families - where, for instance I have been able to tie a marriage to a maiden
name, and also some children as well - but so far I have been unable to identify
the parents of the married couple, and so build a more ectended family.

The Birth, Marriage and Death Lists are now combined and listed alphabetically
by Christian name...ie you will need to consult the A list for Arthur, C list
for Charles, etc. For each individual there may be entries for birth, marriage,
and death (if you are lucky!)- however there could be only one of the three entries
These lists are in "Landscape" format. All births have a B number, marriages an M
number, and deaths a D number. Additionally, I have added (where known) details of
spouse name, mothers maiden name, etc. The header row tells you what is in each
column.

Christian Names "XYZ"

I have begun to collate data on USA, Canadian, Australian/NZ Cunningtons -
it is very sparse, and your help would be appreciated in correcting and adding
to it. Look at :

NORTH AMERICA

AUSTRALIA/NZ

What else ? ? Where did the name Cunnington come from ? ? I have copied what
seems to me to be the answer from Elisabeth Cunningtons "History of the Wiltshire
(UK) Cunningtons" which was published in 1976. Additionally, she also includes
some historical notes from Anglo Saxon times - this is at :

ORIGINS OF THE CUNNINGTON SURNAME

Some of the earliest UK references to the Cunnington family's ancestors are at :

EARLY REFERENCES

All the information on this site is freely available to you. I ask, however, that
if you have any details and information I don't, it would be gratefully received
in order that I may continually update the site to everyone's benefit,

.....................so PLEASE send it me !!

Finally, all this information is correct to the best of my knowledge ...however in
putting things together I have often made assumptions which may or may not be
correct - please tell me where I am wrong !

My grateful thanks go to all who have contributed to the data to be found here,
and the list of names is now too long to keep updating ! You know who you are,
and can see your data appearing on the site. Thankyou - but keep it coming !!

I WISH YOU SUCCESS WITH YOUR SEARCHING