Cyril Grant Cunard

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• Baptism: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Birth: 30 Sep 1867, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Sussex
• Residence: 1881, Langley Marish, Buckinghamshire; Relation to Head of House: Boarder
• Arrival: 10 Apr 1893, New York, USA
• Arrival: 10 Jun 1893, Liverpool, Lancashire

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Uncle of Euphemia C. Gibbs. 3rd son of william Cunard, by Laura Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (see Cunard, Bart. in 'Burke's Peerage'). Baptised at Windsor, nr Halifax, Nova Scotia. Educated at Eton College.

Buried at Notgrove, Glos. Memorial Inscription in churchyard. Will proved 17 June 1914.

He was sometime Lieut, in the S.E. of Scotland Artillery, and a Justice of the Peace for Berks.

Cyril married Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs on 23 Jul 1896 in Bibury, Gloucestershire. Beatrice (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Laura Kathleen Cunard was born on 22 Nov 1898 in Westminster, London; died on 14 Oct 1988 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
2. Priscilla Cunard was born on 6 Mar 1900 in Westminster, London; died on 23 Nov 1907 in Chettle, Dorset.
3. Veronica May Cunard was born on 12 Jan 1902 in St. Moritz, Switzerland; died on 11 Feb 1985 in Ealing, Middlesex.
4. Barbara Haliburton Cunard was born on 17 Feb 1906 in St Marylebone, London; died on 20 Mar 1976.
5. Penelope Elton Cunard was born on 28 Jan 1909 in 95 Eaton Square, Westminster, London; died about 1995; was buried in 1995 in Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire.
6. Virginia Beatrice Cunard was born on 20 Feb 1912 in Westminster, London; died on 6 Jun 2002 in Wandsworth, London.

William married Laura Charlotte Haliburton on 30 Dec 1851 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Laura (daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Louisa Neville) was born on 8 Sep 1824 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 22 Dec 1910 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 8 Sep 1824, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Occupation: Canadian shipping magnate

Notes:

Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.

For further details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cunard

Samuel married Susan Duffus on 4 Feb 1815 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susan (daughter of William Duffus and Susannah Murdoch) was born on 25 May 1795 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 28 Feb 1828 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Thomas married Louisa Neville in Jul 1816 in England. Louisa was born in 1785 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Feb 1762, Gamrie, Banff, Scotland

William married Susannah Murdoch on 29 Jun 1793 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Rev. James Murdoch and Abigail Salter) was born on 30 May 1772 in Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 7 Jan 1858 in Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]