Individual Details
Johanna (Sr. Mary Ellen) CUNNINGHAM
(25 Nov 1895 - 13 Aug 1989)
Johanna's baptismal sponsors were Michael Stack and Mary Dore.
Johanna was also known as Hannie. She and her sister Maggie left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas.
Ellis Island records (on www.ellisisland.org) show that the sisters arrived in New York on 12 September 1915 and were joining a "cousin", Bishop John Francis Cunningham, of Concordia, Kansas. Johanna and Maggie appear to have been first cousins twice removed of the bishop's (their grandfather Bryan Cunningham would have been a first cousin of his). Bishop Cunningham apparently encouraged several other Cunningham family members - along with Mulvihill and Fitzgerald relatives - to enter religious life in Kansas.
Sr. Mary Ellen was a nursing sister and worked in El Paso, Texas for a time before returning to Kansas to work in St. Anthony's Hospital in Concordia.
Johanna was also known as Hannie. She and her sister Maggie left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas.
Ellis Island records (on www.ellisisland.org) show that the sisters arrived in New York on 12 September 1915 and were joining a "cousin", Bishop John Francis Cunningham, of Concordia, Kansas. Johanna and Maggie appear to have been first cousins twice removed of the bishop's (their grandfather Bryan Cunningham would have been a first cousin of his). Bishop Cunningham apparently encouraged several other Cunningham family members - along with Mulvihill and Fitzgerald relatives - to enter religious life in Kansas.
Sr. Mary Ellen was a nursing sister and worked in El Paso, Texas for a time before returning to Kansas to work in St. Anthony's Hospital in Concordia.
Events
| Birth | 25 Nov 1895 | Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry | |||
| Christen | 27 Nov 1895 | Moyvane, Co. Kerry | |||
| Death | 13 Aug 1989 | Concordia, Kansas |
Families
| Father | Richard (Richie Bryan) CUNNINGHAM (1852 - 1926) |
| Mother | Brigid (Brigie) DORE (1857 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Mary (Molly) CUNNINGHAM (1893 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Bryan (Brianeen) CUNNINGHAM (1894 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Hanora (Nora) CUNNINGHAM (1896 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Thomas CUNNINGHAM ( - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret (Sr. Mary Estelle) CUNNINGHAM (1898 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Ellen CUNNINGHAM (1898 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Eileen CUNNINGHAM (1899 - 1988) |
| Sibling | John (Jack) CUNNINGHAM (1901 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Bridget (Bridie) CUNNINGHAM (1904 - 1982) |