Lucy A. Cann

Brief Life History of Lucy A.

When Lucy A. Cann was born in 1848, in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Josiah C. Cann, was 50 and her mother, Maria MacDormand, was 30. She married John B. Titus in 1864, in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died in 1908, in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 60.

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John B. Titus
1845–
Lucy A. Cann
1848–1908
Marriage: 1864
Cynthia L. Titus
1865–1880
Esther L. Titus
1872–

Sources (13)

  • Lucy A Titus, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Luca A Cann Titus, "Canada, Nova Scotia, Births, 1864-1877"
  • Lucy A. Cann in entry for George R. Presby and Esther L. Colby, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1869

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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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