He was born in Aberdeen. He was the husband of Annabel Cunningham, née Purvis, of 38 Vespasian Avenue, South Shields. Their marriage on 23 August 1884 was registered in South Shields in the September quarter of 1884.
The Fourteenth List of Mercantile Marine Deaths gives his place of residence as South Shields.
David Cunningham is remembered at South Shields on S86.046 and S86.143 and on our List of Ships’ crews
