Isabella Cunningham
about 1822–after 1880 (Age 58)
Jefferson Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of Isabella
When Isabella Cunningham was born about 1822, in Jefferson Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Lancelot Cunningham, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Jane Virtue, was 34. She lived in Cross Creek, Cross Creek Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died after 1880, at the age of 59.
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Lancelot Cunningham
Hannah Jane Virtue
Hannah Jane Cunningham
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1 Scottish: habitational name from a district in Ayrshire, first recorded in 1153 in the form Cunegan, a Celtic name of uncertain origin. The spellings in -ham, first recorded in 1180 , and in -ynghame, first recorded in 1227 , represent a gradual assimilation to the English placename element -ingham.2 Irish: surname adopted from Scottish by bearers of Gaelic Ó Cuinneagáin 'descendant of Cuinneagán', a personal name from a double diminutive of the Old Irish personal name Conn meaning 'leader', 'chief'.
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Isabell Boles, "United States Census, 1900"
Isabell Boles in household of James Boles, "United States Census, 1880"