Leo C Cunningham

Birth Name Leo C Cunningham
Gender male
Age at Death less than 78 years, 9 months, 16 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth November 26, 1888 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   1a 2a
Event Note

This is probably Leo's birth record, maybe the date is when the informant/doctor/midwife turned in the report.
Return of a Birth
male Cunningham
December 4, 1888
at 1942 Burke
mother: Ellen McQuin, 29, born in Ohio
fathe: Rch Cunningham, 30, born in Canada

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6ZQ-VHN

Census (Son) June 12, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States at 53 Burke Street 3a
Event Note

1900 Census Ward 26, Cleveland, ED 136, sheet 5
June 12, 1900
at 53 Burke Street

Rich Cunningham, 40, May 1860, married 17 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1880, naturalized, pipefitter
Ellen Cunningham, 36, April 1864, married 17 years, 6 children, 6 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
Joseph Cunningham, 16, December 1883
Mary Cunningham, 14, May 1886
Leo Cunningham, 11, November 1888
William Cunningham, 8, December 1891,
Helen Cunningham, 5, February 1895
Rose Cunningham, 3, November 1896

children born in Ohio

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Census May 10, 1910 St Ferdinand Township, St Louis County, Missouri, United States   4a
Event Note

1910 Census St Ferdinand Township, St Louis, Missouri, ED 128, sheet 23A
May 10, 1910
St Stanislaus Seminary, Florissant, Missouri

Leo C Cunningham, 22, single, born in Ohio [Cleveland scratched out], father in Ireland, mother in Cleveland, student

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMJ-PD9

Draft Registration June 5, 1917 Todd County, South Dakota, United States   1a
Event Note

World War I Draft Registration Cards
Leo Cornelius Cunningham
age 28, born 26 November 1888, Cleveland, single
home address: St Francis SD
occupation: disciplinarian
employer: Member of Society of Jesus, St Francis, SD
claim exemption? yes: duly ordained minister of religion in minor orders (Roman Catholic)
tall, slender build, gray eyes, dark brown hair, no disabilities

June 5, 1917
Precinct 5 Todd County SD
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z1-518

Arrival 1922 South Dakota, United States   5a
Event Note

his 1935 census said he had been in So. Dakota for 13 years

Census April 28, 1930 Shannon County, South Dakota, United States   6a
Event Note

1930 Census, Township 36, Range 45, Shannon, South Dakota, ED 57-13, sheet 4A
April 28, 1930
Holy Rosary Mission

Leo C Cunningham, lodger, 41, single, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio, Catholic priest, missionary

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Census 1935 Porcupine, Shannon County, South Dakota, United States   5a
Event Note

1930 Census, South Dakota, Shannon County, Porcupine Post Office, sheet 574
Leo C Cunningham SJ, age 47
missionary
born in Cleveland, ancestry: Irish
white, male, single, can read
father: born in Ireland
mother: born in Cleveland, Ohio
education: 25 years. graduate of St. Louis University
years in US: 47. years in South Dakota: 13
church affiliation: Roman Catholic

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV4N-5CK

Census April 5, 1940 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States   7a
Event Note

1940; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T627_3189; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 91-88
April 5, 1940
St Xavier High School, Sycamore Street

Leo C Cunningham, 51, born in Ohio, teacher, high school, education: 11y college

1935: lived in Porcupine, SD

found this at ancestry.com but not at familysearch.org

Draft Registration April 25, 1942 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States   8a
Event Note

WW II Draft Registration
Leo C [initial only] Cunningham
635 Sycamore St, Cincinnati
age 53, born November 26, 1888, Cleveland
contact person: James McGuire, same address
employer: Society of Jesus, same address

5'9", 186lb, brown eyes, gray hair, light complexion

April 25, 1942, Local Board 7, Cincinnati

Residence 1946 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States    
Event Note

His brother Joseph's death notice said Leo was living in Detroit

Death before September 13, 1967      
Event Note

His sister Mary's death notice said he had died before her.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Richard CunninghamMay 4, 1858June 1, 1901
Mother Ellen T McKeonApril 12, 1865October 20, 1953
    Brother     Joseph Cunningham December 12, 1883 March 8, 1946
    Sister     Mary Cunningham May 29, 1886 September 11, 1967
    Sister     daughter Cunningham May 30, 1887
         Leo C Cunningham November 26, 1888 before September 13, 1967
    Brother     William A Cunningham December 6, 1891 August 19, 1968
    Sister     Helen Cunningham February 9, 1895 August 19, 1986
    Sister     Rose G Cunningham November 1896 before September 13, 1967

Source References

  1. United States, Selective Service System: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      • Page: Leo C Cunningham, June 5, 1917, Todd County, SD
  2. Ohio County Births
      • Page: Male Cunningham, December 4, 1888, Cleveland
  3. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Rich Cunningham, Ward 26, Cleveland, ED 136, sheet 5
  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Leo C Cunningham, St Ferdinand Township, St Louis, Missouri, ED 128, sheet 23A
  5. 1935 South Dakota Census
      • Page: Porcupine, Shannon Co, sheet 574
  6. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Leo C Cunningham, Township 36, Range 45, Shannon, South Dakota, ED 57-13, sheet 4A
  7. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: Leo C Cunningham, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T627_3189; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 91-88
  8. United States, Selective Service System: United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
      • Page: Leo C Cunningham, April 25, 1942, Local Board 7, Cincinnati