Researching Jim 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 Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Cunningham on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Cunningham and the Cunningham Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cunningham Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cunningham family tree.
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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. |
Cunningham Family History Databases
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Cunningham Forums
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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. |
Miscellaneous Cunningham Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Jim Cunningham. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jim Cunningham
Jim Cunningham (American football)
James Walter Cunningham (born March 11, 1939 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania) is a former American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the third round of the 1961 NFL Draft. Cunningham was also drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1961 AFL Draft by the New York Titans. Cunningham played three seasons for the Redskins from 1961 to 1963 and played minor league football with the Wheeling/Ohio Valley Ironmen for six seasons.
Source: Jim Cunningham (American football), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Jim Cunningham (basketball)
James W. Cunningham (November 14, 1935 – December 17, 1991) was an American standout basketball player at Fordham University in the 1950s.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Cunningham starred in both football and basketball at Canisius High School from 1950 to 1954. He enrolled at Fordham where he played for head coach Johnny Bach between 1955 and 1958 because college freshmen were ineligible to play varsity sports during this era. Standing and weighing 190 lb (86 kg), Cunningham played the shooting guard position. In just three varsity seasons he scored a then-school record 1,744 points. In his senior season of 1957–58, Cunningham led the Rams to a berth in the National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to Dayton. Upon the conclusion of the season he was named an All-American as well as the recipient of the Haggerty Award. The Haggerty Award is presented to the best male collegiate basketball player in the greater New York city area every year since 1935–36, and Cunningham was only Fordham's second-ever recipient. For his career at Fordham, he averaged 22.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in 76 games played.
The NBA's Boston Celtics selected Cunningham in the 1958 NBA Draft. He was taken in the third round (23rd overall) but ultimately never played in the league. In his later life he coached high school basketball.
Source: Jim Cunningham (basketball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cunningham
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