Brief Life History of Richard William
When Richard William Cann was born on 4 September 1870, in Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Nathan Cann, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Crosby, was 26. He married Annie Bell Suttie on 15 April 1899, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1899 and Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 September 1936, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66.
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Sources (18)
- Richard Cana, "United States Census, 1900"
- Richard Wm Cann, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Richard Cann in entry for Carl Dalton Cann, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1870–1936 Male
1873–1961 Female
Children (2)
1900–1987 Male
1912– Female
Parents and Siblings
1844–1906 Male
1844–1920 Female
Siblings (2)
1870–1936 Male
1878–1961 Female
World Events (8)
1871
Age 1
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 20
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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