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Post by eardley on Mar 4, 2014 19:56:48 GMT
Are you or do you know anyone from the Weaste area of Salford, who is related to George Carlin Cunningham or Thomas Cunningham. Their parents lived in Southern Street Seedley. These two brothers are remembered on the war memorial at St John's weaste and also on the National Roll of the Great War.
I am currently researching the Cunningham family who lived at 6 Griffiths Buildings. Stephen Cunningham was my Grandad, born 15/1/1899. There are so many Cunninghams living in this area at the time! I am having difficulty sorting out who is who for a school project about the 1st World War.
I suspect that my Great Grandma Mary Ann Cunningham (born Matthews) had many children. Are you related to her?
My grandad married Bertha Eardley in 1925. Her father had a butchers shop near Wyatt street. They were related to the Totton family.
If anyone can help me sort out who was who, I would be very grateful. Also if you are related to me, I would love to meet you.
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Post by shred on Mar 4, 2014 20:50:44 GMT
Eardley,
Welcome to the forum.
You state that you are doing a school project. Are you of school age?
Whilst we do not have any age restrictions on membership we must be careful to protect any younger members. If you are of school age may I ask you to be very careful about offering to meet people who may, or may not, be related to you. If you are an adult please ignore this warning.
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Post by eardley on Mar 5, 2014 19:30:11 GMT
Thank you Moderator, I appreciate your concern. No, I'm 60 years of age, and I'm trying to help my brother aged 55 and my niece in her early 20s present a little lesson about the 1st World War. By a curious twist of fate, they both are teachers in a school in Stockport! It was only when I started to give them some information, that I realised that I knew very little. When I started to dig, I discovered that my Great Grandma had had many children and that some of them having been in Withington Workhouse in 1903, MAY have been fostered with other branches of the Cunningham family, all of whom lived in Weaste.
It has really come home to me, the terrible overcrowding and poverty of Salford around the early 1900s. |
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Post by shred on Mar 5, 2014 20:24:44 GMT
Well, I couldn't have been much more wrong in my presumption of your age. Please accept my apologies. I hope this small snippet will help with your research.  I will see if there is anything else that can be found. Regards, Garry |
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Post by shred on Mar 5, 2014 20:59:37 GMT
1918 Salford absent voters list:  |
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Post by eardley on Mar 13, 2014 22:18:34 GMT
Roland Gordon Cunningham was my great grandad, but thank you for this information because I know very little about him. I didn't know he served in the army. He seems to come and go a bit in my Grandad's life. For example, my great grandma took three sons into Chorlton Union workhouse for 3 weeks in June 1903. He also changes his name from Rowland, Roland and is Ronaldson on his death certificate! Bit of a mystery man. The reason I wanted to know information is that Mary Ann, my great grandma, seems to have had a lot of children that drop off the radar between censuses, including Godfrey Cunningham who went into the workhouse with her in 1903, but is never recorded again!
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Post by eardley on Mar 13, 2014 22:31:42 GMT
Just realised that entry1709 is my Grandad stephen Cunningham, incorrectly spelt on this record. I have checked his service number in the KSLI, and it's his!, how old would men be before they were exempt from war service? Is Roland Gordon Cunningham Stephens father or yet another brother?
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Post by shred on Mar 15, 2014 10:53:02 GMT
how old would men be before they were exempt from war service? Regular Army - Had to be 38 or under to join. Special Reserve - Could not serve beyond 40. An ex-regular could serve until 42. Group Scheme - 40 The military Service Act (1916) - 41 www.1914-1918.net/recruitment.htmMany older men would knock a few years off their real age in order to enlist/attest. |
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