Mary (Hodgson) Cunningham (1853 - 1930)

Born 23 Apr 1853 in North-Western Territory, Rupert's Land

Ancestors

Wife of James C Cunningham — married Feb 1878 in St Albert, North-Western Territory, Rupert's Land

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1930 at age 76 in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Mary (Hodgson) Cunningham was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Mary was born in 1853 at North-Western Territory, Rupert's Land (Alberta), the daughter of George Hodgson and Mary Rowland. She married P James Cunningham in 1878.

Sources

• Obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71840721/
• Department of the Interior : Registers and indexes relating to Métis and Original White Settlers land records, 1877-1927 : C-11872; Page 50. https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c11872/50?r=0&s=3
• Métis Scrip documentation, viewable here.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6N-2MJ : 15 December 2020), Mary Cunningham in household of James Cunningham, Edmonton, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images; citing James Cunningham, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• 1891 Census of Canada; Year: 1891; Census Place: St Albert, Alberta, Territories, Canada; Roll: T-6425; Family No: 151.
• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHRJ-86T : 9 December 2020), Marie Cunninhham in household of James Cunninhham, Alberta, The Territories, Canada; citing p. 4, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVD-CT2 : 1 April 2016), Mary Cunningham in household of James Cunningham, 20, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2768-Q68 : 16 March 2018), Mary Cunningham in entry for James Cunningham, 1911; citing Census, Edmonton Sub-Districts 1-61, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,652.
• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5J-3CN : 12 December 2020), Mary Cunningham in household of James Cunningham, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 24, line 35; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,965.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #38099039.