Johnny William Gann

Brief Life History of Johnny William

When Johnny William Gann was born on 2 March 1904, in Doyle, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Nathan Adam Gann, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Ella Williams, was 40. He married Lou Bee Rowe on 6 February 1932. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Wall Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1940 and Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States for about 1 years. He died on 20 March 1986, in Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johnny William Gann
1904–1986
Lou Bee Rowe
1903–1993
Marriage: 6 February 1932
Johnnie Lou Gann
1934–2011

Sources (7)

  • Johnnie W Gann, "United States 1950 Census"
  • J W Gann, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Johnnie William Gann, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1907

Oklahoma is the 46th state.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened form of McGann , from Mag Gana.

German: from the personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright, white, clear, beautiful’ (see Kann ).

German: topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree, Middle High German gant.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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