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Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM (1867 - 1901)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM (1867 - 1901) + Joseph AHEARNE (1849 - 1926)	Edward CUNNINGHAM (1834 - 1898)
		Caroline Sharp HANN (1842 - 1880)	Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
			Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)

b. 1867 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1885 Joseph AHEARNE (1849 - 1926) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1901 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia aged 34

Near Relatives of Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM (1867 - 1901)
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	Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM	1867	Queensland, Australia	1901	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	34
Husband	Joseph AHEARNE	1849		1926	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	77
Sister	Louisa Augusta CUNNINGHAM			1926	North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sister	Alice Maud Mary CUNNINGHAM	1866	Queensland, Australia	1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Sister	Jenny CUNNINGHAM	1869	Queensland, Australia	1869	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister	Isabella Mary CUNNINGHAM	1870	Burdekin Downs, Queenland, Australia	1891	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	21
Brother	Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM	1873	Queensland, Australia	1892	Queensland, Australia	19
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	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 Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM (1867 - 1901)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1867		Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1880	13	Death of mother Caroline Sharp HANN (aged 38)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1885	18	Married Joseph AHEARNE (aged 36)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1898	31	Death of father Edward CUNNINGHAM (aged 64)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	60
1901	34	Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM died	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Ancestry trees

Note 1: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham Birth Date: 31 Mar 1867 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1867 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Edward Cunningham Mother: Caroline Sharp Hann Page number: 3378 Registration Number: 002524

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: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1885 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Spouse: Joseph Ahearne Registration Number: 001869 Page number: 3378

Note 4: Burial info Northern Register (Townsville) 21 Nov 1898 Very sincere and general regret (says the "Townsville Star,") was ex pressed on Saturday when the sad news of the death of Mr. Edward Cun ningham was made known in Towns ville. The deceased was a fine speci men of the North Queensland pioneer, and possessed hosts of friends through out this great territory. Mr. Cunning ham arrived in Northern Queensland in 1803, being one of the first white men here, and he took up the Burde kin Downs station, one of his cattle camps being on the site of the present Charters Towers goldfield. Later on he took up the Woodhouse run, and the Burdekin Delta sugar plantations are now upon part of his original sta tion. Mr. Cunningham experienced all the ups and downs of the pioneer of settlement, and was in recent years one of the severest sufferers from the disastrous tick plague. His death re moves from amongst us a man of the stamp we can ill afford to lose. He leaves a widow and several children. The eldest daughter is Mrs. A. T. Clerk, the second is Mrs. Joseph Ahearne, and the third Mrs. Potier, junr.

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham Birth Date: 31 Mar 1867 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1867 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Edward Cunningham Mother: Caroline Sharp Hann Page number: 3378 Registration Number: 002524

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizabeth Frances Cunningham Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1885 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Spouse: Joseph Ahearne Registration Number: 001869 Page number: 3378

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