Nelson Howard Cunningham^[1]

1874 - 1953  (78 years)

• Name	Nelson Howard Cunningham
  Born	12 Jun 1874	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215793883
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Tailor
  Occupation	1904	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clothier
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tailor, Tailor Shop
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1921	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	?
  Residence	1921	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Presbyteian
  Residence	1953	124 Cameron St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-49423
  Died	11 May 1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I49423	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas West Cunningham,   b. 23 Dec 1840, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1917  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Sarah Ballard,   b. 13 Jun 1843, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1910, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F12861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida Rosetta Frey,   b. 8 Jan 1881, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jul 1949  (Age 68 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1904	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Eldon Cunningham,   b. 4 Mar 1906, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jul 1931  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F169287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Following a lengthy illness, Nelson Cunningham, 78, of 124 Cameron St. North, died yesterday at K-W Hospital. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cunningham he was born at Hawkesville, June 12, 1874. He was a member of the Benton St. Baptist Church. His marriage to the former Ida Frey, who died in July, 1949, took place at Hawkesville, Feb. 3, 1902. One son, Eldon, died July 26, 1931. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Bell, Grandview, Man., and Mrs. Mary Snider, Kitchener. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the service will be held Wednesday at 2: 30 p.m. Interment will be made in Woodland Cemetery. Rev. Leander Roblin will officiate Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 May 1953 ______________ Nelson Cunningham. If there is one class for which the Chronicle scribe takes pride in expressing words of praise and encouragement, it is young men who are first starting out on a business career for themselves. Mr. Cunningham is of this class, being now only in the twenty-third year of his age. He was born on the farm of his father, three miles from Hawksville, in 1875, where he was raised and lived until he went to Listowel to learn the tailoring trade. There he underwent a thorough course of instruction. He opened his present shop in Hawksville, on November 23rd last, and is now prepared to turn out a neat, perfect- fitting and stylish suit of clothes, just as prompt as the best of them. He has been encouraged by a fine patronage since he started in, and at present is compelled to work from the early hours of the morning until late in the night in order that he may not disappoint any of his customers. Mr. Cunningham is yet single, but as the matrimonial fever has been raging rather briskly of late, there is no telling what might happen in the near future in the way of changing his present mode of living. He is of a genial disposition a characteristic that is bound to make friends and patrons. Waterloo County Chronicle 23 Jun 1898, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018771-04. Nelson Howard Cunningham, 29, Occ. Clothier, b. Wellesley Twp, Res. Hawkesville, son of Thomas Cunningham and Elizabeth Sarah Ballard, married Ida Rosetta Frey, 22, b. Hawkesville, Res. Hawkesville, daughter of Henry M. Frey and Catherine Reinhardt, Witn: Edith Stoll of Listowel and Edward Snider of Hawkesville, 3 February 1904 in Hawkesville [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 11. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 24. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 2. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, Sub Dist 8 Page 13. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Nelson Cunningham - 12 May 1953. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . [Large Stone] Cunningham [A] Nelson Cunningham/ Born June 12, 1874/ Died May 11, 1953/ Till We Meet Again [B] Ida R. Frey/ His Beloved Wife/ Born Jan. 8, 1881/ Died July 14, 1949/ Till We Meet Again [C] At Rest/ Eldon Cunningham/ Born Mar. 4, 1906/ Died July 26, 1931/ Till We Meet Again [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215793883. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Thomas Cunningham aged 22, res. Wellesley Twp., b. Canada West, s/o William Cunningham & Elisa Lewis married Elisabeth Ballard aged 20, res & b. Wellesley s/o George Ballard and Mary Perry. witnesses: Elisabeth Tyson of Berlin & William Meiseburger of Waterloo Village [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Thomas Cunningham b. Ontario res: Wellesley Township Age: 22 born abt 1840 father: William mother: Eliza Leeves married Elisabeth Ballard Age:: 20 born abt 1842 b. Wellesley Township Spouse res: Wellesley Township father: George mother: Mary Perry married 19 Oct 1862 county: Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jun 1874 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clothier - 1904 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Feb 1904 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor, Tailor Shop - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? - 1921 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyteian - 1921 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1953 - 124 Cameron St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 May 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth