When Ellen Kain was born about 1795, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Col. John Daniel Kane, was 26 and her mother, Louisa Phillips, was 23. She married Thomas Wakefield about 1825, in Finchingfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 4 December 1854, in Hoxton New Town, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 60.
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Scottish variant of Irish Kane .
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