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CUNNINGHAM, Cecilia
(About 1815-Before 1846)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LYNAS, Helen
2. QUIGLEY, Daniel

CUNNINGHAM, Cecilia 2

  • Born: About 1815
  • Marriage (1): LYNAS, Helen 1
  • Marriage (2): QUIGLEY, Daniel
  • Died: Before 8 May 1846

   Other names for Cecilia were RAMSAY, Cecilia 3 and TWIGLEY, Cecilia.3

  General Notes:

Cecilia's daughter Jane Quigly married in 1861. Jane's marriage certificate recorded her mother's name as 'Cecilia Quigley maiden surname Cunningham'. Cecilia was deceased by then.

John Twigley died in 1914. His death certificate recorded him as a mason (journeyman) married to Mary Campbell. His age was recorded as 73 years. Both parents were deceased. The death certificate listed his mother as Cecilia Twigley MS Ramsay, not Ellen Robertson as was recorded in John's marriage certificate. 2 3


Cecilia married Helen LYNAS, daughter of Joseph LYNAS and Margaret SMALL.1 (Helen LYNAS was born about 1889.)


  Marriage Notes:

"James Sutherland, called ' of Kinminitie,' which he acquired from James Grant of Freuchie. He had also Blarich and other lands from John Murray of Aberscors in 1624. He acted for a long time as tutor to his nephew, the young Laird of Duffus, and was styled Tutor of Duffus. He was still alive in October 1679, but died between that and August 1680. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Seaton of Monylangain, co. Longford, and had issue ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1

Cecilia next married Daniel QUIGLEY, son of John QUIGLEY and Jane RAMSAY. (Daniel QUIGLEY was born about 1815 in County Donegal, Ireland and died in 1875 in 49 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland 3.). The cause of his death was chronic bronchitis & cardiac affection.


Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).

2 GRO Scotland, Marriage Clyde 644/5 no 87.

3 GRO Scotland, Death Plantation Glasgow 644/20 no 115 1914.

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