Cunegan Patrick Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Arthur Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Catherine Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Christopher Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Daniel Kilkeel Down
Cunigan James Kilkeel Down
Cunigan John Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Patrick Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Peter Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Phelemy Kilbroney Down
Cunigan Shane Kilkeel Down
Cunigan Thomas Kilkeel Down
Cunnigan George Kilkeel Down
Cunnigan Henry Kilkeel Down
Cunnigan Peter Kilkeel Down
no Cunigans (or Colgans) anywhere in Kilkeel
one Divine: Divine, James Lurganreagh Same James & John Divine & W, Thompson
Cunigan Bernard Ballygowan
Cunigan James Jr. Ballygowan
Cunigan James Sr. Ballygowan
Cunigan John Ballygowan
Cunigan Patrick Ballygowan
Cunigan Peter More Ballygowan
Cunigan Peter Ballygowan
Cunigan Thomas Ballygowan
Cunigan William Ballygowan
only one Divine: Mary in Lurganreagh
(many Colgans)
Ann Cunningham baptism 1843
Kilkeel Parish Register, baptisms:
November 2, 1843, Ann Cunningham.
no parents, location, or sponsors in this section of the register
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633230#page/12/mode/1up
Thomas Cunningham baptism 1846
Kilkeel Parish Records, Baptisms
23 August 1846
Thomas, [son] of Jas Cunningham and Cath. ___
sponsors: Bernard and Mary Cunningham
findmypast transcribed her name as Doran
other possibilities are Feran, Toner, Teer?, or maybe Trainor or Divine if the name is cut off.
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633230#page/22/mode/1up
baptism: 17 December 1873 Catherine, of Thomas and Mary Ann Cunningham
baptism 5 January 1876, Mary Margaret, of Thomas and Maria Ann Cunningham
[note: found if you look for 1877]
Catherine Cunningham, 14 January 1874, Ballygowan, Kilkeel, daughter of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: James Cunningham, his mark, occupier, Ballygowan, Kilkeel. This means James was the occupier of the house in which the child was born. OED: occupier = a person living in a dwelling as its owner or tenant
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1874/03165/2161005.pdf
Mary Margaret Cunningham, 31 January 1876, Ballygowan, daughter of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: the father
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03073/2126436.pdf
James Cunningham, 22 May 1880, Ballygowan, son of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: Sarah Cunningham of Ballygowan, her mark, present at birth
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/cert_amends/cert_1880/2054272a.pdf
Thomas Cunningham, 21 August 1883, Benagh, son of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: the father
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1883/02728/2003329.pdf
Note: Thomas, the father, is not in the Valuation Revision Books for Benagh for 1880 to 1883 or 1884 to 1898
Sarah Ann Cunningham, 6 November 1885, Ballygowan, dau of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: the father
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1886/02618/1966378.pdf
Elizabeth Cunningham, 15 November 1889, Ballygowan, dau of Thomas and Maria, formerly Cunningham. informant: the father
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02457/1912898.pdf
house 7 in Ballygowan
Thomas Cunningham, 53, head, farmer
Maria Cunningham, 50
Thomas Cunningham, 17
Sarah A Cunningham, 14
Lizzie Cunningham, 11
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Greencastle/Ballygowan/1235766/
Note: I didn't find a marriage record for Sarah Cunningham in Kilkeel from 1901 to 1911
house 8 in Ballygowan
Thomas Cunningham, 65, farmer, house 8
Maria Cunningham, 63, married 37 years, 6 children, 6 alive
Thomas Cunningham, 27
Lizzie Cunningham, 20
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Greencastle/Ballygowan/245022/
Griffith's Valuation and Valuation Revision Books
parcel year name acreage
4 1864 James Cunningham, senior 4 acres, 2 rods, 30 perches
1879
1883 James Cunningham, senior
1885 Thomas Cunningham
1913 Thomas Cunningham in fee
1915 parcel 5B from Charles Cull to Thomas Cunningham
1924 Maria Cunningham. and 5B to Maria Cunningham
NI will calendar index: d 12 Feb 1922, grant of administration 8 Nov 1922
Full Abstract: Administration of the Estate of Thomas Cunningham late
of 12 Ballygowan County Down Farmer who died 12 February 1922 granted
at Belfast to Maria Cunningham the Widow Effects £47 D.B.N. P.R. 05/08/1937
also 5 Aug 1937 Cunningham Thomas of Ballygowan county Down farmer died
12 February 1922 Administration (d.b.n.) Belfast 5 August to Thomas
Cunningham junior farmer. Unadministered effects £2. Former Grant Belfast
8 November 1922.
There are no other baptisms for children of James Cunningham and Cath in the index to the parish registers.
There is no marriage for a James Cunningham and Cath early enough in the parish registers to be Thomas' parents.
3rd Qtr 1868, age 70 - received June 27, 2023
Returns Year 1868
Returns Quarter 3
Returns Volume No 11
Returns Page No 360
That woman died in Drummondlane, Kilkeel, and was a widow.
3rd Qtr 1866, age 61
Returns Year 1866
Returns Quarter 3
Returns Volume No 11
Returns Page No 353
parcel year name acreage
13 1864 James Cunningham, publican 3, 1, 0
1878 reevaluated, increased rates, noted: public house in holdings
1883 James Cunningham, publican
1892 William Cunningham
1906 Henry Nicholson
12a,b 1891 William Cunningham "Ho[use?]corn mill laboress", office, land
1895 William Cunningham flax mill
1904 Henry Nicholson
John Cunningham, 55, farmer, not married Mary Cunningham, 62, sister, not married
William Cunningham, 52, head
Serah Cunningham, wife, 42
Patrick, 22
Ellen 18
Tessia 16
Fredrick 13
Edmond 11
Dorothy 9
Minnie 7
Nellie Cahalane, 2, grand daughter