s/o Samuel Cunard of Philadelphia
h/o Margaret Murphy, married 1783
BIO from WIKI
Abraham Cunard was a United Empire Loyalist carpenter, timber merchant, and ship owner from Halifax, Nova Scotia, best known as the father of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard.
Abraham Cunard was a descendant of Thones Kunders, a German Quaker who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. Abraham enjoyed youthful success as a timber merchant and shipowner, but his entire fleet was confiscated by rebels in the American Revolution and Cunard came to Halifax with the Loyalist migration in 1783.
In 1783, Abraham Cunard married Margaret Murphy, another Loyalist whose family had immigrated in 1773 to South Carolina from Ireland. They had nine children: two girls and seven boys. His sons, William, Samuel, Edward, Joseph, John, Thomas and Henry followed into the family firm as well as founding their own ventures. Abraham's son Joseph Cunard became a major timber merchant and politician in New Brunswick. However it was Abraham's second son Samuel Cunard who emerged as the leader in the family firm. Using his father’s company as a base, Samuel Cunard launched his own shipping empire after his father’s death, which eventually became the famous Cunard Line.
h/o Margaret Murphy, married 1783
BIO from WIKI
Abraham Cunard was a United Empire Loyalist carpenter, timber merchant, and ship owner from Halifax, Nova Scotia, best known as the father of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard.
Abraham Cunard was a descendant of Thones Kunders, a German Quaker who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. Abraham enjoyed youthful success as a timber merchant and shipowner, but his entire fleet was confiscated by rebels in the American Revolution and Cunard came to Halifax with the Loyalist migration in 1783.
In 1783, Abraham Cunard married Margaret Murphy, another Loyalist whose family had immigrated in 1773 to South Carolina from Ireland. They had nine children: two girls and seven boys. His sons, William, Samuel, Edward, Joseph, John, Thomas and Henry followed into the family firm as well as founding their own ventures. Abraham's son Joseph Cunard became a major timber merchant and politician in New Brunswick. However it was Abraham's second son Samuel Cunard who emerged as the leader in the family firm. Using his father’s company as a base, Samuel Cunard launched his own shipping empire after his father’s death, which eventually became the famous Cunard Line.
s/o Samuel Cunard of Philadelphia
h/o Margaret Murphy, married 1783
BIO from WIKI
Abraham Cunard was a United Empire Loyalist carpenter, timber merchant, and ship owner from Halifax, Nova Scotia, best known as the father of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard.
Abraham Cunard was a descendant of Thones Kunders, a German Quaker who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. Abraham enjoyed youthful success as a timber merchant and shipowner, but his entire fleet was confiscated by rebels in the American Revolution and Cunard came to Halifax with the Loyalist migration in 1783.
In 1783, Abraham Cunard married Margaret Murphy, another Loyalist whose family had immigrated in 1773 to South Carolina from Ireland. They had nine children: two girls and seven boys. His sons, William, Samuel, Edward, Joseph, John, Thomas and Henry followed into the family firm as well as founding their own ventures. Abraham's son Joseph Cunard became a major timber merchant and politician in New Brunswick. However it was Abraham's second son Samuel Cunard who emerged as the leader in the family firm. Using his father’s company as a base, Samuel Cunard launched his own shipping empire after his father’s death, which eventually became the famous Cunard Line.
h/o Margaret Murphy, married 1783
BIO from WIKI
Abraham Cunard was a United Empire Loyalist carpenter, timber merchant, and ship owner from Halifax, Nova Scotia, best known as the father of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard.
Abraham Cunard was a descendant of Thones Kunders, a German Quaker who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. Abraham enjoyed youthful success as a timber merchant and shipowner, but his entire fleet was confiscated by rebels in the American Revolution and Cunard came to Halifax with the Loyalist migration in 1783.
In 1783, Abraham Cunard married Margaret Murphy, another Loyalist whose family had immigrated in 1773 to South Carolina from Ireland. They had nine children: two girls and seven boys. His sons, William, Samuel, Edward, Joseph, John, Thomas and Henry followed into the family firm as well as founding their own ventures. Abraham's son Joseph Cunard became a major timber merchant and politician in New Brunswick. However it was Abraham's second son Samuel Cunard who emerged as the leader in the family firm. Using his father’s company as a base, Samuel Cunard launched his own shipping empire after his father’s death, which eventually became the famous Cunard Line.
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