Ohio Families

Kilkeel 2 Registration District, County Down
Births
February 8, 1870, in Lisnacree
Mary, daughter of James Grant, a farmer of Lisnacree, and Elizabeth Grant, formerly Quin. informant: James Grant, father, of Lisnacree

1901 Census of Ireland
Residents of a house 66 in Cara Street (Clones Urban, Monaghan)
Cunningham, Patrick, 31, Male, Head of Family, Born in Co Monaghan, Fish and Fruit Dealer, Married
Cunningham, Mary, 30, Female, Wife, Born in Co Down, Married
Cunningham, Mary Elisabeth, 2, Female, Daughter, Born in Co Down
Cunningham, Catheran, Female, Daughter, Born in Co Down

All were Roman Catholic, the parents could read and write English, but not Irish.

Mary (Grant) Cunningham's brother Richard died in 1904 and left the family farm to his siblings, in equal shares. On the Valuation Revision Books, the land passes to a Patrick Cunningham, of record as of 1906. There was probably more than one Patrick Cunningham in the area, but Mary's husband seems like the logical choice to be the right one. Based on their censuses and birthplaces of the children, it looks like Mary stayed, for the most part, on the farm in Lisnacree and Patrick was back and forth running his fish dealing business in Co. Monaghan. Descendants would know for sure.

Here are the listings for the Valuation Revision Books from 1899 to 1929:

Valuation Revision Books, Lisnacree

1899 - 1914
Parcels 4A and 4B
1899: Richard Grant
1906: Patrick Cunningham
1912: in fee [= no longer tenants, they owned it]
1914: combined parcels into 4AaB

1915 - 1929
Parcel 4AaB: Patrick Cunningham

 

1911 Census of Ireland
2 April 1911
House 5 in Lisnacree Upper, (Greencastle, Down)

Mary Cunningham, 40, head, married 13 years, 9 children, 9 alive, cannot read or write English
Kathleen Cunningham, 13
Elisia Cunningham, 7
Veronica Cunningham, 5
Eva C Cunningham, 4
James P Cunningham, 2
Ellen? A Cunningham, 8m, female

All Catholic, all born in County Down