CUNNINGHAM, SMITH, RIDLEY, WORKMAN
South
It is several years since the passing of my parents, Anita and Bruce Cunningham of South Otago ,New Zealand.
Anita started research many moons ago with the four main families of our ancestors. Firstly on the Paternal side,the Cunningham ex Ireland and Scotland. Secondly the Smiths ex Australia. Thirdly , On the Maternal side, the Ridleys and finally the Workmans.
When my mother started her prize possesion was a little Typewriter that clattered away day and night. There would be lengthy delays between letters and replys with many disappointments . It is just of late I have picked up her notes and I hope to fill in the gaps she struggled with.
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gloucester on 2014-12-25 02:11:58my Ancestor Workman family were Dept,Secretaries Of Barbados 1770s-1790s with Cuningham as the Governor and the names Ridley and Smith also Involed with these Irish/Scot families who eventually ended up in Earley Australia,New Zealand and Canada with links to the 1812-14 War and Fort Negro in Gadsden Florida 1816,also involed with the United Irishman and Chartist Rebellions 1797-1848 and the Canadian Rebellion 1836,,, Cheers John
abakerowen on 2014-12-28 22:35:03I have Cunningham and Workman in m line.... but they are from Eastern Ohio... Belmont County. I do know that these lines are Irish/Scottish. Are any of them in your line?
Jemima Mary Workman Born September 24, 1881 in Ohio
Daughter of Joshua Workman, b. 1848 and Margaret Jane Cunningham, b. 1841
Thanks! Anne
South on 2015-01-20 04:20:21Hi John and Anne , Thank you for you comments . At present it doesn't appear that our lines meet but never say never. What are the odds that that all these families have joined half a world away and apparently 200 years apart. In all likelyhood your two families are closer than ours. Good hunting and I wish you all a happy new year
Regards Dave