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Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM (1873 - 1892)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM (1873 - 1892)	Edward CUNNINGHAM (1834 - 1898)
		Caroline Sharp HANN (1842 - 1880)	Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
			Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)

Pic 2. SACRED to the memory of EDWARD P. CUNNINGHAM who deid 18th March 1892 aged 19 years

b. 1873 at Queensland, Australia

d. 1892 at Queensland, Australia aged 19

Near Relatives of Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM (1873 - 1892)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Joseph HANN	1815	England	1864	Queensland, Australia	49
Grandmother	Elizabeth SHARPE			1864	Queensland, Australia
Father	Edward CUNNINGHAM	1834	Wiltshire, England	1898	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Caroline Sharp HANN	1842	Wiltshire, England	1880	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	38
Step Mother	Annie Collett CLEMENTS	1859	Murrurundi, NSW, Australia	1916	Middlesex, England	57
Self	Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM	1873	Queensland, Australia	1892	Queensland, Australia	19
Sister	Louisa Augusta CUNNINGHAM			1926	North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sister	Alice Maud Mary CUNNINGHAM	1866	Queensland, Australia	1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Sister	Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM	1867	Queensland, Australia	1901	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	34
Sister	Jenny CUNNINGHAM	1869	Queensland, Australia	1869	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister	Isabella Mary CUNNINGHAM	1870	Burdekin Downs, Queenland, Australia	1891	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	21
Sister	Agnes CUNNINGHAM	1875	Queensland, Australia	1875	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister	Amy Bond Jessie CUNNINGHAM	1877	Queensland, Australia	1905	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	28
Brother	Arthur Henry Wickam CUNNINGHAM	1879	Queensland, Australia	1942	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	63
Half Brother	Norman Clements CUNNINGHAM			1883	Queensland, Australia
Half Sister	Helen Maud CUNNINGHAM	1884	Queensland, Australia
Half Brother	Arundel Howard CUNNINGHAM	1886	London	1938	Queensland, Australia	52
Half Sister	Gladys Gwendolen CUNNINGHAM	1888	Queensland, Australia
Uncle	William HANN	1837	Wiltshire, England	1889	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	52
Aunt	Mary Burge HEARN	1833	England	1894	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	61
Uncle	James Charles HANN	1839	Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England	1923	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	84
Aunt	Katherine STANWAY	1839		1920	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	81
Uncle	John Thomas HANN	1840	Wiltshire, England
Aunt	Henrietta Georgina TAYLOR	1850	Battersea, Surrey, England	1910	Victoria, Australia	60
Uncle	Frank Hugh HANN	1846	Wiltshire, England	1921	Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia	75
Cousin	Louisa Clarke HANN	1860		1895	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	35
Cousin	Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN	1868	Queensland, Australia	1943	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	75
Cousin	Eugene Frank HANN			1916	Bullecourt, France
Cousin	John Marcus HANN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1947	Nyah, Victoria, Australia	58
Nephew	Edward (Ted) CUNNINGHAM	1914		1993		79
Brother in Law	Reginald Alfred Maides POTIER	1873	Queensland, Australia	1915	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	42
Brother in Law	Arthur Temple CLARK CLERK
Brother in Law	Joseph AHEARNE	1849		1926	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	77
Brother in Law	John YOUNG
Sister in Law	Nellie Maud WHARTON	1892	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1957	Darling Point, Woollhara, Sydney, NSW, Australia	65
Brother in Law	Edmund Francis HOGG
Sister in Law	Amy Irene WHELAN			1974	Queenland, Australia

Events in Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM (1873 - 1892)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1873		Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1880	7	Death of mother Caroline Sharp HANN (aged 38)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1892	19	Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM died	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1892	19	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	90

Note 1: Burial info Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Edward Robertson Cunningham Birth Date 5 Apr 1873 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1873 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Edward Cunningham Mother Caroline Sharpe Hann Page number 3377 Registration Number 003894, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Note 2: Death 3 April, 1880 (aged ~ 38) Townsville, Queensland, Australia Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 April 1880 SUICIDE. A TELEGRAM from Townsville, dated Saturday, informs us that a Mrs. Cunningham committed suicide that morning by hanging herself with a saddle strap, at the residence of Mrs. Aplin near the town. The deceased woman had been suffering from melancholy and had been watched by Mrs. Aplin during the early part of the night, while her husband kept watch, during the second part. The latter, however, fell asleep and his wife took advantage of this to commit the dreadful deed. On awakening the husband found his wife gone, and on making search was horrified to discover her hanging as already described. Northern Miner (Charters Towers) 10 April 1880 Sudden Death. A MOST painful and distressing circum- stance took place on Saturday morning last. It appears that Mrs. Cunning- ham, the wife of Mr. Edward Cunning- ham, of Woodhouse station, has recently been staying at Mr. William Aplin's residence at Mundingburrah, and has been in ill-health for some time past. During the early morning of Saturday, the lady must have left her bedroom and proceeded to the bath-room, where she was discovered in a lifeless state by her husband. It is supposed that while suffering from some derangement of the mind she must have suspended herself in the bath-room and that death ensued therefrom. Dr. Frost was at once sent for and immediately repaired to Mr. Aplin's residence, but was not in time to be of any service as life was extinct. The funeral, which was largely attended, took place on Saturday afternoon, the Rev H. Plume officiating.

Note 3: Burial info Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Edward Robertson Cunningham Death Date 20 Nov 1892 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1892 Registration Place Australia Father Edward Robertsen Cunningham Mother Caroline Sharp Hann Registration Number 004042 Page number 5834 North Queensland Register (Townsville) 30 Nov 1892 A correspondent at Ayr sends us the following:-Edward Cunningham, son of the owner of Woodhouse and other cattle stations, was found dead on Thursday. It is thought that the young man came by his death through an accident, as he was found lying with a gun by his side. On examina tion it was found that the shot had gone through the eye, and that death must have been instantaneous. The police were com municated with, and the body brought into Ayr by them for burial. One strange feature in the matter is that two blackboys saw the body on Tuesday, but did not make the matter known till Thursday. Mr Howard Haywood, the well-known traveller and lecturer, has been on a visit to Ayr and sur rounding districts: he did not, however, visit the sugar plantations, having already visited many in other parts of the colony.

Note 4: Edward Robertson Cunningham Birth 5 Apr 1873 Queensland, Australia Death 18 Nov 1892 (aged 19) Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Section 2, Row 54, Grave 6 Headstone has death as 18/11/1892 QLD BDM has death as 20/11/1892 19y; son/Edward & Caroline Sharpe

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Edward Robertson Cunningham Death Date 20 Nov 1892 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1892 Registration Place Australia Father Edward Robertsen Cunningham Mother Caroline Sharp Hann Registration Number 004042 Page number 5834

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Edward Robertson Cunningham Birth Date 5 Apr 1873 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1873 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Edward Cunningham Mother Caroline Sharpe Hann Page number 3377 Registration Number 003894, Birth Index, 1788-1922

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: North Queensland Register (Townsville) 30 Nov 1892 A correspondent at Ayr sends us the following:-Edward Cunningham, son of the owner of Woodhouse and other cattle stations, was found dead on Thursday. It is thought that the young man came by his death through an accident, as he was found lying with a gun by his side. On examina tion it was found that the shot had gone through the eye, and that death must have been instantaneous. The police were com municated with, and the body brought into Ayr by them for burial. One strange feature in the matter is that two blackboys saw the body on Tuesday, but did not make the matter known till Thursday. Mr Howard Haywood, the well-known traveller and lecturer, has been on a visit to Ayr and sur rounding districts: he did not, however, visit the sugar plantations, having already visited many in other parts of the colony.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Edward Robertson Cunningham Birth 5 Apr 1873 Queensland, Australia Death 18 Nov 1892 (aged 19) Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Section 2, Row 54, Grave 6 Headstone has death as 18/11/1892 QLD BDM has death as 20/11/1892 19y; son/Edward & Caroline Sharpe

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