Hi sandra remember me. I found your Cunningham on the 1841 census. On the Canongate burial records there is a Charles Sheppard age 26 In 65yh regiment at the Castle who died of sore throat in 1824 and I assume his brother samuel Sheppard also in 65th regiment died 1824 of fever. As Sheppard is such an unusual name I wonder if they might be brothers of Cunningham senior? probably a long shot but might be worth having a look. The 1851 census is now online now Scotlandspeople. Is cunningham junior there? if I come acroos anything I'll be in touch<html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" color=#660099>June <IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif" width=12></FONT></DIV></html> > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:35:56 -0600> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]> Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] "seaman" help, please!> > Were there any age requirements for a young man to "run off" and become > a seaman?> > My gg-grandfather (Cunningham Sheppard) was born in Edinburgh 14 April > 1833. He appears on the 1841 census living with his > mother/step-father, age "8". From that point, he "disappears" until the > 1860 census where he shows up in a seaman's boarding house in > NYC---occupation is shown as "seaman". (He married in NYC, 15 January > 1861, moved to Tennessee in 1870.)> > I also suspect that his father (by the same name) also became a > "seaman", at least temporarily. He appears to have been in Edinburgh in > Sept 1832 when he married. Then, he "disappears"! Wife and son came to > the USA in 1834 but returned to Scotland where she remarried in 1839. > Marriage record says she was the relict of Cunningham Sheppard, > Connecticut, USA.> > I have no idea of how long the woman/child were in the USA, when the > husband "died", or if she was actually abandoned. Her father died > before the 1839 marriage so that could have played a part in their > returning to Scotland.> > ANY thoughts would be greatly appreciated!> > Sandy Ellis> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d
Hi, June! Yes, I definately remember you! (I still have all the emails.) Scotlandspeople is going to own my house if I don't stay off there! I have everything I can find relating to these people. Now, you've given me a couple more names to look in to. Sandy