Out of One Rabbit's Hole and Down the Next

I finally found my grandmother’s uncle’s wedding details from 1890. It verified that the names of his parents were the same as a couple I had stumbled upon years earlier.

Now I want to clean up the life details for his widow, Mary Cunningham Goodwin(c.1865-1903). Her death certificate stated that she was the daughter of Patrick and Ann Cunningham. He marriage record from 13 years earlier listed them as Owen Cunningham and Ann Martin. Martin seems a rather straight forward name easy to spell. 

Upon checking both the civil birth registry through Ancestry and the baptismal registers through both Ancestry and RootsIreland, no Owen Cunningham and Ann Martin appeared as parents. I did however find an entry for a Mary Cunningham baptized on 24 Jul 1859 at Crossmaglen, Upper Creggan, County Armagh the daughter of Owen Cunningham and Anne MARRON. 

The marriage record from 1890 is a transcription. I await the digitized scanned image that FindMyPast will post in the future. 

In the mean time I did discover that Owen Cunningham and Anne Marron/Marrin lived at Monaguillagh townland. From townlands.ie we learn Monaguillagh is in the Civil Parish of Creggan. Monaguillagh is in the Barony of Fews Upper. Monaguillagh is in Co. Armagh

The Irish name for Monaguillagh is Móin na gCailleach

They baptized 5 children there from 1859-1870:

24 Jul 1859 Mary Cunningham Pat Cunningham & Ann Boyle sponsors

18 May 1863 Bridget Cunningham Michael Corrigan & Mary Cunningham sponsors

25 Jun 1865 John Cunningham Hugh Kelly & Bridget Kelly sponsors

25 Jul 1868 Ann Cunningham Thomas Murphy & Jane Cunningham sponsors
19 Mar 1870 Patrick Cunningham Edward Callaghan & Bridget Cunningham sponsors

Owen Cunningham died 25 Aug 1896 at Monaguillagh

Ann Cunningham wed Felix Morris((1865-1905) on 11 May 1897 at Crossmaglen

Anne Marrin Cunningham died 17 Sep 1904 at Monaguillagh

Patrick Cunningham(1870-1907) appeared in the 1901 Irish census. He died 29 Dec 1907 with his sister Anne Faughey(1868-after 1910) as informant, Monaguillagh. The widow Anne Cunningham Morris wed Peter Faughey on 30 Aug 1906. She hand no children in either marriage. 

If this is the right family for Mary Cunningham Goodwin it would move her age up 7 years. She would be older than her sister-in-law by 6 months and the following ages when she married and delivered her six children: 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 42. Her reported ages were: 24, 25, unknown, unknown, 29, 32 and 35.