Mary Ellen RANKIN
1837 - 1915 (78 years)-
Name Mary Ellen RANKIN Born 5 Nov 1837 Ireland 
Gender Female Died 25 Nov 1915 Orillia, Ontario Person ID I150 David Falconer Family Tree Last Modified 8 Aug 2020
Father William RANKIN
b. Ireland
d. 1848, York County, Ontario Relationship natural Mother Mary MAHOFFEY
b. Abt 1801, Ireland
d. 11 Aug 1883, Whitchurch, York Co., Ontario (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George CUNNINGHAM
b. 1 Nov 1839, Canada West
d. 24 Dec 1910, Barrie, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) Married 12 Sep 1861 York County, Ontario [1] Children 1. Sarah Jane CUNNINGHAM
b. 29 Jun 1862
d. 8 Aug 1862 (Age 0 years) [natural]2. William J CUNNINGHAM
b. 22 Jul 1863
d. 19 May 1888 (Age 24 years) [natural]3. Robert CUNNINGHAM
b. 11 Jan 1865
d. Apr 1915 (Age 50 years) [natural]4. Mary Isabella CUNNINGHAM
b. 13 Mar 1867
d. 7 Sep 1928 (Age 61 years) [natural]5. George Rankin CUNNINGHAM
b. 1 May 1869
d. 27 Apr 1923 (Age 53 years) [natural]6. Jane CUNNINGHAM
b. 26 Aug 1871
d. 14 Sep 1885 (Age 14 years) [natural]7. Edward CUNNINGHAM
b. 26 Aug 1871
d. 21 Aug 1872 (Age 0 years) [natural]8. John Andrew CUNNINGHAM
b. 2 Feb 1874, Whitchurch, York Co., Ontario
d. 1952 (Age 77 years) [natural]9. Albert Abraham CUNNINGHAM
b. 5 Jul 1876, Whitchurch, York Co., Ontario
d. 22 Nov 1933, Simcoe, Ontario (Age 57 years) [natural]10. Allen Arthur CUNNINGHAM
b. 20 Jun 1882, Simcoe, Ontario
d. 31 Aug 1899 (Age 17 years) [natural]Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 Family ID F76 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The Ontario County Marriage Registers 1858-1869 database shows TWO marriages on the same date (12 September 1861) for Mary H. Rankin, resident of Markham Township, age 24, in Haldimand County. One was to Levi Brillinger, age 26. The other was to George Cunningham. Both of these men were shown in the 1861 census for York County, Brillinger in Markham Township and Cunningham in Whitchurch Township. In the same census, Mary was shown living with her widowed mother in Whitchurch Township. Mary's parents were shown correctly on both marriage records as William and Mary. Curiously, both Brillinger's and Cunningham's parents were shown as William and Sarah. The record of the marriage to Brillinger was probably a clerical error. He and a wife named Anna were in the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 York County censuses.
In the 1901 census, Mary was shown married to Robert Cunningham, living with son Albert A. Cunningham. Simcoe East, Orillia subdistrict, enumeration district h-4, page 12, line 35. Her year of immigration to Canada from Ireland was listed as 1840. This may have been a second, perhaps informal) marriage. There is no official record of it. Mary's first husband, George Cunningham, died in 1910 of senility, so perhaps he was in an institution. He was not found in the 1901 census.
In 1911 census, Mary was a widow, living with son-in-law, Oliver B. Patterson, daughter Mary E. and their son. Simcoe South Barrie subdistrict, enumeration district 25, page 1.
Mary Ellen's obituary stated that she came from County Antrim in Ireland.
- The Ontario County Marriage Registers 1858-1869 database shows TWO marriages on the same date (12 September 1861) for Mary H. Rankin, resident of Markham Township, age 24, in Haldimand County. One was to Levi Brillinger, age 26. The other was to George Cunningham. Both of these men were shown in the 1861 census for York County, Brillinger in Markham Township and Cunningham in Whitchurch Township. In the same census, Mary was shown living with her widowed mother in Whitchurch Township. Mary's parents were shown correctly on both marriage records as William and Mary. Curiously, both Brillinger's and Cunningham's parents were shown as William and Sarah. The record of the marriage to Brillinger was probably a clerical error. He and a wife named Anna were in the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 York County censuses.
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