LTC Douglas Gordon "Ben" Cunningham

Male 1908 - 1992  (84 years)


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  1. 1.  LTC Douglas Gordon "Ben" Cunningham was born on 22 Mar 1908 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (son of Arthur Breden Cunningham and Kathleen Moore Gordon); died on 18 Jul 1992 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ben Cunningham
    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167303073
    • _FGRAVE: 167303073
    • _FSFTID: GK9W-B8S
    • _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GK9W-B8S

    Notes:

    Died:
    Married Mary Isabella Simpson Nov 1939. Find A Grave #57505895 lovingly created by contributor M Knapp

    Served in WWII as a Lieutenant Colonel.

    Lawyer.
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    ?b?CUNNINGHAM, Douglas Gordon (Brig. General, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, QC, LLD).?/b?
    With quiet dignity and great courage, at home in Kingston on Saturday, July 18, 1992, Douglas Gordon (Ben) Cunningham, in his 85th year, beloved husband of Isabelle Simpson, loving father of two sons Douglas and his wife Jane and Ian, and daughter Kathleen Madden all of Kingston; loving Poppa Ben to seven adored grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Robert J. Reid and Sons Funeral Home, 309 Johnson Street, (at Barrie), on Monday from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in Sydenham Street United Church, on Wednesday, July 22 at 2:30 p.m. followed by Cremation. In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations may be made to the Kingston Corps of the Salvation Army, 202-736 Princess Street, Kingston, K7L 1G2; Sydenham Street United Church, 82 Sydenham Street, Kingston, K7L 3H4; or a charity of your choice.

    Published in The Whig Standard, 21 Jul 1992, Page 16 Accessed 6 Sep 2019 at the Johnson Street library second floor microfiche, Kingston

    Douglas married Mary Isabella "Bud" Simpson in 1939. Mary (daughter of Dr. Samuel Huntington Simpson, D. D. S. and Edith Adeline Mills) was born on 14 Jul 1913 in City of Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Sep 2005 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was cremated on 23 Sep 2005 in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Douglas Cunningham and died.
    2. Ian Cunningham and died.
    3. Kathleen Cunningham and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Arthur Breden Cunningham and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FSFTID: GK9Z-1P6
    • _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GK9Z-1P6

    Arthur married Kathleen Moore Gordon. Kathleen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Kathleen Moore Gordon and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FSFTID: GK98-QWN
    • _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GK98-QWN

    Children:
    1. 1. LTC Douglas Gordon "Ben" Cunningham was born on 22 Mar 1908 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Jul 1992 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.




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