Cunningham family papers, 1877-1954

A 5371

fonds

1877-1954

932236

1 box of textual material

Andrew Cunningham, d.1887, left his estate at Lanyon near Queanbeyan, N.S.W., to two of his sons, Andrew Jackson Cunningham and James Cunningham, as tenants in common. These two formed a partnership for the management of the estate, which they dissolved in 1905, James Cunningham selling his portion of the estate and buying Moonin Plains station near Bulyeroi. This collection mainly concerns these two sons, with some papers referring to their sister, Sarah Alicia Cunningham, and to the children and grandchildren of James Cunningham

Series 01: Estate papers, 1886-1954
Items 1-8
a. Andrew Cunningham, papers 1886-1905; includes will, 1886

Items 9-17
b. Andrew Jackson Cunningham, papers 1913-1954

Items 18-26
c. James Cunningham, papers 1907-1943; including wills 1907-1918

Item 27
d. Sarah Alicia Cunningham, papers 1931

Series 02: Business partnerships, 1881-1905
Items 28-30
a. Papers regarding Cunningham and Baxter, 1895-1900; also papers 1881-1895 regarding John Davidson's surrender of interest in Baxter & Co. to A. J. Cunningham

Items 31-39
b. Papers, 1889-1905 regarding partnership of A. J. and J. Cunningham

Item 40
c. Partnership agreement, 1900 between J. B. Fitts of South Africa and W. J. Cunningham

Series 03: Papers regarding land, 1888-1907
Items 41-47
a. Mortgages, 1888-1900 on land at Goulburn, in Gunning district, and in Bourke Street, Sydney

Items 48-50
b. Documents, 1907 regarding sale of land at Congwarra by J. Cunningham and his purchase of Moonin Plains station near Bulyeroi

Item 51
c. Memorandum of agreement, 1910 regarding sale of Black and White mine near Queanbeyan to T. W. Taylor by A. J. Cunningham

Series 04: General papers, 1877-1935
Items 52-53
a. Papers, 1877-1923 regarding life insurance premiums of Andrew Jackson Cunningham and James Cunningham

Items 54-55
b. Schedules, 1906-1908 of deeds held by Norton Smith & Co., with related correspondence to 1935

Items 56-60
c. Miscellaneous papers, 1884-1922

Item 61
d. Descendants of Andrew Cunningham: sketch of family tree compiled in Mitchell Library

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-266B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Norton Smith & Co. Papers - Clients' Documents

Keyword subjects:
Business enterprises -- New South Wales