Researching Ben Cunningham
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14103 people with the Cunningham surname? In that year Cunningham was ranked number 280 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ben means "Son" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ben Cunningham on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ben Cunningham and the Cunningham Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 26712 people with the Cunningham surname in the UK? Cunningham is now ranked number 189 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 164065 people with the Cunningham surname in the USA? Cunningham is ranked number 103 for popularity in the USA. |
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Ben Cunningham (activist)
Ben Cunningham (born 1947 in Sheffield, Alabama) is a Gallatin, Tennessee real estate investor and founder and spokesman of the grassroots political group Tennessee Tax Revolt, Inc.
Cunningham is a Republican, but his group includes many Libertarians and conservative Democrats. The group is a result of the attempt to implement a state income tax during the administration of former governor of Tennessee Don Sundquist.
Cunningham was an early developer of infrastructure for what became the Internet and established a computer bulletin board service called Nashville Exchange. Cunningham sold the bulletin board service for a sum which enabled him to become a major real estate investor in the Nashville market. He has stated that his opposition to the state income tax is primarily a philosophical one and that he desires to limit the growth of government.
Cunnigham and his group advocate a "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" which would amend the Tennessee Constitution in a manner similar to that done in Colorado in the 1990s. Their plan would require that any tax increase resulting in an increase of revenues to state government growing at a rate faster than the combined rate of population increase and the cost of living index be subjected to a referendum.
While considered highly unlikely to be enacted by the Tennessee state legislature in the near future, the concept has already been accepted by the city of Spring Hill, Tennessee, home of Saturn Corporation. Cunningham and his supporters trumpet the high rate of growth of this jurisdiction, which has resulted in tax reductions in each of the last five years. The "Bill of Rights" concept is being pushed for by advocates in several other jurisdictions in Tennessee as well.
Source: Ben Cunningham (activist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBen Cunningham (Australian footballer)
Ben Cunningham (born 22 November 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2000 and 2004. He was drafted from the Claremont in the West Australian Football League as the 49th selection in the 1999 AFL draft and played mainly as a midfielder.
Cunningham is best remembered for kicking a goal from 50 m in the final minute of the game against St Kilda in Round 2, 2002 at Subiaco Oval, to put Fremantle ahead for the first time in the match. he was delisted at the end of the 2004 season.
His other notable item was his afro hairstyle which he grew in the 2003 preseason, and although he did not play many games with it due to injury he was a much loved character at the club. It was used as his official AFL photograph for the 2003 season.
Source: Ben Cunningham (Australian footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBen Cunningham (artist)
alt=|thumb|Resources of the Soil - 1938 WPA Mural by Ben Cunningham 1938 (Ukiah, California Post Office)Ben Cunningham (1904-1975) was an American artist and teacher whose works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Cunningham, known for his manipulation of color, served as supervisor of mural painting for Northern California under the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project.
Source: Ben Cunningham (artist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cunningham
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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