Brief Life History of William A.
When William A. Cann was born on 1 January 1829, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Lyman Corning Cann Sr., was 26 and his mother, Sarah Bain, was 23. He lived in Salmon River, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1891. He died on 12 December 1901, in Hectanooga, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- William A Cann, "Canada Census, 1891"
- William A. Cann, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1802–1868 Male
1805–1851 Female
Siblings (11)
1825–1888 Male
1827–1901 Male
1829–1901 Male
1832–1833 Female
1833–1890 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (2)
1869
Age 40
1871
Age 42
Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from Cann, a place in Dorset, named from Old English canna ‘can, cup’, used in the transferred sense of a deep valley, or a topographic name from the same word used elsewhere in southwestern England. Alternatively, from Middle English canne ‘can, vessel’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name denoting a maker of vessels for holding liquids.
Irish: shortened form of McCann .
Americanized form of German Kann and Kahn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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