Ruth (Knighton) Cunnington (1822 - 1898)

Born 1822 in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Cunnington — married 4 Apr 1854 in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1898 at about age 76 in Lutton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ruth (Knighton) Cunnington was born in Huntingdonshire, England.

Ruth Knighton was born in 1822 in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. Her parents were John Knighton and Mary Nichols. She married John Cunnington on April 04, 1854. Together they had 5 children:

1. Mary Ann Cunnington
2. Humphrey Cunnington
3. Humphrey Cunnington
4. Ernest Cunnington
5. Healey Thomas Cunnington

She died on February 12, 1898 in Lutton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.

Sources

• Baptism: "England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980"
  Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition
  Ancestry uk Record 1351 #4712509 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Knighton baptism on 25 Aug 1822, daughter of John Knighton & Mary Knighton, in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England.
• 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 817; Book: 1; Civil Parish: St John The Baptist; County: Northamptonshire; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 41; Page: 19; Line: 8; GSU roll: 438883
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8978 #8886741 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Knighton (18) in St John The Baptist in Peterborough registration district in Northamptonshire, England.
• 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 1747; Folio: 203; Page: 22; GSU roll: 87702-87703; ED, institution, or vessel: 16a; Household schedule number: 91
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8860 #4329779 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Knighton (28) servant in household of Healey Thos Chapman (38) in Farcet in Peterborough registration district in Huntingdonshire, England. Born in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England.
• Marriage: "England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988"
  Place: Holme, Huntingdonshire, England; Date Range: 1821 - 1876; Film Number: 1040634
  Ancestry uk Record 1352 #2547601 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Knighton marriage to John Cunnington on 4 Apr 1854 in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England.
• 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
  Class: Rg 9; Piece: 2328; Folio: 24; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542954; ED, institution, or vessel: 12d; Household schedule number: 74
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8767 #21744868 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Cunnington (38), wife, in household of John Cunnington (43) in Sutton St Nicholas Or Lutton Bourne in Holbeach registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Holme, Huntingdonshire, England.
• 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
  The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3329; Folio: 14; Page: 4; GSU roll: 839351; ED, institution, or vessel: 13; Household schedule number: 27
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7619 #29263309 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Cunnington (48), wife, in household of John Cunnington (53) in Sutton St Nicholas alias Lutton in Holbeach registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Holme Huntingdonshire England.
• 1881 Census: "1881 England Census"
  Class: RG11; Piece: 3209; Folio: 43; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341765; ED, institution, or vessel: 13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7572 #12540401 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Cunnington (58), widowed, Farmer 27 Acres Employ 1 Man, head of household in Church, Lutton in Holbeach registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Holme, Huntingdon, England.
• 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
  The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 2568; Folio: 49; Page: 9; GSU roll: 6097678
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #19760526 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Cunnington (68) head of household in Sutton St Nicholas, Lutton in Holbeach registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Holme, Hampshire, England.
• Death Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915"
  Original data: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 7a; Page: 257
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8914 #8241165 (accessed 20 September 2023)
  Ruth Cunnington death registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1898 in Holbeach (age 75).
• Burial: Free UK Genealogy, "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58184a3ae93790ec75ff5d25 : viewed 20 Sep 2023), burial of Ruth Cunnington, Lutton, Lincolnshire, 16 Feb 1898; citing Lutton St Nicholas parish registers.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to James Knighton for creating WikiTree profile Knighton-201 through the import of Knighton_Tweedie Family Tree.ged on May 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by James and others.