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Personal data Margaret Cunningham 

Source 1

Household of Margaret Cunningham

She is married to Thomas Young.

Their notice of marriage was on January 24, 1783 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3

They got married on February 14, 1783 at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 28 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Young  1784-1857 
  2. Thomas Young  1793-1884
  3. Thomas Young  1785-< 1793
  4. Mary Young  1788-????
  5. Janet Young  1791-1868 


Notes about Margaret Cunningham

1. https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/robert-young-father-and-son-of-ayrshire.html

THOMAS YOUNG AND MARGARET CUNNINGHAM.

[A] Thomas YOUNG and Margaret CUNNINGHAM, both of Kilwinning, gave in their names for marriage on Friday 24 January, 1783, and were duly proclaimed in the Kirk, and married there on 14 February following.
Margaret was born at Lower Fergusshill, in Kilwinning Parish, on 22 January 1755, a daughter of Robert CUNNINGHAM and Janet FERGUSSON.

No details have yet been found of the deaths of either Thomas or Margaret.

They had issue:

1. Robert YOUNG, born at Blacklands, 13 January 1784. See [B] below.

2. Thomas YOUNG, born at Blacklands, 9 December 1785, and baptised at Kilwinning Kirk, 11 December; evidently died young.

3. Mary YOUNG, born at Blacklands, 13 May 1788 (her mother recorded, evidently in error, as Agnes CUNNINGHAM); perhaps the Mary INNES, aged 60, living with Robert and Thomas YOUNG in the 1841 Census?

4. Janet YOUNG, born at the Byres, 20 January or June 1791, and baptised at Kilwinning Kirk, 3 July; she died at Bridgend, Kilwinning, 26 November 1868, aged 77 (parents named); she was married at Kilwinning, 7 November 1812, to James SERVICE, Blacksmith, of Bridgend; they were at Bridgend, 1841 census, with three children; ditto, 1851, with a son; ditto, 1861, with a grand-daughter; they had issue:
a. William SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 10 April 1814; of Carsehill, Kilwinning pasrish, 1851 Census, aged 36, Blacksmith, with his wife and five children; he was probably married at Kilmaurs, 24 May 1839, to Mary MILLER; with issue:
i. Charles SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 1844.
ii. Janet SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 1846.
iii. James SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 1850.
iv. Margaret SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 1855.
v. William SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 1858.
b. Margaret SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 15 October 1816.
c. James SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 16 August 1818.
d. Margaret SERVICE, born at Kilwinning, 6 August 1820; with her parents, 1841; she died at High manor, Kilwinning, 19 March 1896, aged 77 (parents named), the death informed by her son-in-law Robert BRYSON; she was married at Kilwinning, 3 February 1843, to James HUNTER; they had issue:
i. a daughter; married Robert BRYSON.
e. James SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 24 November 1822.
f. Janet SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 4 September 1825.
g. Agnes SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 17 December 1826; with her parents, 1841; at Carsehill, Kilwinning, 1861 Census, aged 34, Widow, Shirt and cap maker (Pauper), with four children; she was married at Kilwinning, 22 April 1845, to James WILSON; with issue:
i. Janet WILSON, born in 1846.
ii. John WILSON, born in 1847.
iii. Margaret WILSON, born in 1850.
iv. James WILSON, born in 1852.
v. Sarah WILSON, born in 1854.
vi. James WILSON, born in 1858-59.
h. Janet (?) SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 25 April 1830.
j. Thomas SERVICE, baptised at Kilwinning, 20 May 1832; with his parents, 1841; with his parents, 1851, Blacksmith; ditto, with his mother, 1861.

5. Thomas YOUNG, born at the Byres, 29 November 1793, and baptised at Kilwinning Kirk, 1 December; aged 45+, a Cotton Hand Loom Weaver, residing with his brother Robert in the 1841 Census; aged 55, Silk Weaver, with his brother Robert in the 1851 Census; at Townhead, Kilwinning, 1861 Census, aged 67, Silk Weaver; ditto, 1871, aged 78, Cotton Weaver; at Townhead Road, Kilwinning, 1881 Census, aged 87, formerly Silk weaver; he died at Town Head, Kilwinning, 22 September 1884, Weaver, aged 90 (parents named), the death informed by his grand-nephew, Robert YOUNG, of Winton Place, Beith; unmarried.
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Margaret Cunningham
1755-< 1857

1783

Thomas Young
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1784-1857
Thomas Young
1793-1884
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1785-< 1793
Mary Young
1788-????
Janet Young
1791-1868

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Sources

  1. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1857 YOUNG, ROBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 599/ 32)
    1857 YOUNG, ROBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 599/ 32)
    Deaths in the Parish of Kilwinning in the County of Ayr 1957.
    Young, Robert
    Cotton Weaver (Married)
    1857 February Twentythird 1h 50m, P.M.
    Byers, Kilwinning M. 73 years
    Parents: Thomas Young
    Agricultural Labourer (Deceased)
    Margaret Young
    Maiden name, Cunningham (Deceased)
    COD: Disease of the Bladder, 19 Months
    as certified by David D. Fernie
    MD, Surgeon,
    who saw deceased February 21st
    Burial: Churchyard, Kilwinning
    as certified by Robert Allison, Sexton
    Inf. Elizabeth Young
    Daughter, Present
    Registered
    1857 March 2d, Kilwinning
    John Service
    Registrar
  2. Web Site Information, THE PIGOTT FAMILY OF QUEEN'S COUNTY, IRELAND; SOME ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS. Some details of the lives of Bartholomeo COMPAGNI, Florentine Merchant in London; Giovanni Battista CASTIGLIONE, Groom of Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber; Thomas KEYES, Sergeant-Porter; Sir Robert PIGOTT of Dysart, Queen's County; Major John PIGOTT of Grangebegg; Sir William GILBERT of Kilminchy; Captain John PIGOTT of Stradbally, M.P.; Rev Henry Robert PIGOTT of Dublin, Ceylon & N.S.W.; Rev John Eustace GILES; & Henry Robert Maguire PIGOTT, M.H.R.
    https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/robert-young-father-and-son-of-ayrshire.html
  3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1783 YOUNG, THOMAS MARGARET CUNNINGHAM 14/02/1783 599/ 30 83 Kilwinning Not downloaded
    1783 YOUNG, THOMAS MARGARET CUNNINGHAM 14/02/1783 599/ 30 83 Kilwinning

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    Thomas YOUNG and Margaret CUNNINGHAM, both of Kilwinning, gave in their names for marriage on Friday 24 January, 1783, and were duly proclaimed in the Kirk, and married there on 14 February following.

Historical events

Birthday January 22, 1755

  • The temperature on January 22, 1755 was about -3 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
    • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
    • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
    • November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

Day of marriage February 14, 1783

  • The temperature on February 14, 1783 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
    • February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
    • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
    • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
    • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
    • December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.


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