Hi, a few bits on your family............
children of James Cunningham & Marion Wright:
John Cunningham married Helen Taylor (daughter of Thomas) on 22 May 1823 in S. Leith, Midlothian
some children of John & Helen:
Janet born: 11 Feb 1824 bap: 6 March 1824 S. Leith
Mary born: 9 March 1828 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
Archibald born: 16 April 1829 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
John born: 3 Dec 1830 bap: 16 Jan 1831 Markinch, Fife
John's immigration:
leave: Greenock, Scotland
arrive: New York, New York on 10 May 1836
ship: Roger Stewart
immigrants: John Cunningham age 36 occ:farmer
Mrs Cunningham age 32
Margaret age 13
James age 10
Thomas age 9
Archibald age 6
John age 5
** I cannot locate John in the 1840,1850 or 1860 censuses and not in Cass county, Illinois. There are plenty of John Cunninghams but without his wife's name it makes it hard to ID which would be your John. None have the children he arrived with. Do you know anything else about him which would narrow the search??
Do you know if the son Archibald ever married?? I found a marriage in Edinburgh for an Archibald Cunningham to a Sarah Law in 1827 and wonder could he be from your family? They had several children. Or did the son Archibald die young??
George Cunningham married Maria Lindsey on 23 May 1838 in Morgan county, Illinois. Maria was born about 1814 in Kentucky & moved to Illinois as a young child. According to the censuses, they had the following children;
Allen born:1841 Illinois
George born:1843 Illinois
Nancy J. born: 1845 Illinois
Charles born: 1847 Illinois
Ellen (twin to Charles) born: 1847 Illinois
LR/Seftridg L./Lestridge (male) born:1850 Illinois
Emma born: 1857 Illinois
George died 25 May 1869 Cass county, Illinois and his wife Maria died on 28 July 1891 in Cass county, Illinois. They are buried in Robertson cemetery, Cass county, Illinois.
George immigration:
departed: Greenock, Scotland
arrived: New York, New York on 29 May 1835
ship: Portaferry
George Cunningham age:28 born:1807 Scotland occ:farmer
*he arrived with a William Blair who could be a brother to sister Margaret's husband.
Andrew Cunningham married Helen Allen.
their children:
Margaret born:1840 Illinois
William born:1842 Illinois
James born:1844 Illinois
Florence born: 1847 Illinois
Andrew born: 1850 Illinois died: 1850
** In the 1850 census Andrew & his wife also have Euphemia Cunningham age:24 and John Cunningham age:19 living with them. Both are born in Scotland. John Cunningham is still with them in the 1860 census age:28 and also a Helen A. Cunningham age:13 born in Canada. By 1870 they have moved out. In 1850 on a neighbouring farm to Andrew, there is a James Cunningham age:26 from Scotland working as a labourer.
Andrew died on 7 April 1895 in Cass county, Illinois and his wife Helen died 1 March 1882 also in Cass county, Illinois. Again, they are also buried in Robertson cemetery in Cass county. Their son James died in 1927, their daughter Florence in 1933 and their daughter Margaret in 1937.
Also, George's son Allen died on 9 Oct 1864 at the age of 30.
Margaret Cunningham and Henry Blair married on the 26th of June 1832 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh.
children of Margaret & Henry Blair:
William born:25 May 1833 bap: 26 June 1833 Bendochy, Perth
James born: 2 Aug 1834 bap: 9 Sept 1834 Bendochy, Perth
Margaret born: 2 Oct 1836 bap: 4 Nov 1836 Bendochy, Perth
**it appears that both husband Henry Blair & son James died before 1841
Janet Cunningham married William Hutchison (date ?) and they had one daughter Alice born 2 October 1844 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh. William must have died as Janet Cunningham Hutchison went on to marry Richard Shaen on 3 June 1850 in Edinburgh. Janet died in the March 1878 quarter at age:70 in district of Royston, Cambridgeshire and her husband Richard died in the March 1894 quarter at age:76 in district of Royston, Cambridgeshire. Richard Shaen was born in Hatfield, Paverill, Essex, England.
Mary Cunningham married John Russell on 24 November 1840 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh.
children to John & Mary Russell;
John born: 16 September 1841 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
Margaret born: 4 Dec 1842 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
James born: 22 January 1844 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
**also found that they had children Katherine, Mary, Jane & Charlotte
In the Roll of Burgesses in Edinburgh I came across the following; James Cunningham married B. Wright on 3 January 1782. Its the only reference I could find for a James Cunningham marrying anyone with the name Wright.
Hope this helps, Kim
Mary Cunningham married John Russell on 24 November 1840 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh