William John Rolland Cuningham

Born: 21 Sep 1875, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Marriage (1): Elsie Elizabeth Otto on 2 Sep 1903 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Died: 17 Apr 1947, Durban, Natal, South Africa aged 71

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Elsie Elizabeth Otto

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bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/55199057/person/13781435827?ssrc=&ml_rpos=3

bullet Death Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/40599441/person/20320148899?ssrc=&ml_rpos=5

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 00
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 735/1947
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CUNINGHAM, WILLIAM JOHN ROLLAND. PR/SP CUNINGHAM, ELSIE ELIZABETH
(BORN OTTO).
STARTING 19470000
ENDING 19470000
REMARKS DE30186

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 30186/1939
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CUNINGHAM, ELSIE ELIZABETH. (BORN OTTO) (S/S WILLIAM JOHN ROLLAND).
STARTING 1939
ENDING 1939
REMARKS NOTE: DOCUMENTS FILED HERE REFER TO MSCE 30 187.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Census: Scotland, 1881. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=william+john+rolland&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=cunningham&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1875&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=2&cp=9&pcat=35&h=2151675&db=1881Scotland&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2

William married Elsie Elizabeth Otto, daughter of Ryno Van Der Riet Otto and Dinah Maria Muller, on 2 Sep 1903 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. (Elsie Elizabeth Otto was born in Aug 1874 in Riet Vlei, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ⁸¹ and died on 30 Dec 1939 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa ⁸¹.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11080-30399-61?cc=2063749
They were married in the Magistrate's Court.
Witnesses:-
T.J.Allison
J.J. Bisset

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years