About Cunningham, Jones, Saunders and O'Leary Families
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The name "Saunders" is from Saxon origin in the British Isles. The word comes
from the phrase, "belongs to Alexander." The shortened word, "Alexander's"
pronounced without the "x" became "Alesanders's." Throughout the ages the word
became Saunders, pronounced as "Sahnders" and finally written, Saunders.
(Society of Genealogists, Kensington, England).
The name O'Leary in Ireland is among the fifty most frequently found in the
country and is derived from the native Gaelic Sept O'Laohaire that was located
in the Province of Munster and especially in County Cork. It is here that the
majority of descendants can stil be found.
O'Laohaire in Gaelic means calf-herd.
The name Cunningham in Ireland was brought to the country by settlers from
Scotland who arrived into Ulster Province during the seventeenth century. The
native Gaelic O'Connagain and MacCuinneagain Septs adopted Cunningham as the
anglicized form of their name. There are a number of variants including
Counihan and Conaghan.
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