Brief Life History of Harry E.
When Harry E. Cannell was born on 30 January 1924, in Missouri, United States, his father, William Edgar Cannell, was 37 and his mother, Mary Anna Potter, was 22. He married Mary Ellen Crader. He lived in St. Francois, St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 4 August 1988, in Park Hills, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Desloge, St. Francois, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Harry Cannell in household of William E Cannell, "United States Census, 1930"
- Harry E. Cannell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Harry Cannell in entry for Thomas S Or Tom Cannell and Tom' S Cannell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnaill ‘son of Domhnall’. It is equivalent to Scottish McDonald and Irish McConnell . Domhnall was sometimes Anglicized as Daniel in Ireland and the Isle of Mann. The Manx placename Ballacannell (one in Arbory, another in Lonan) is ‘Cannell's farm’, from the surname.
English: perhaps from Middle English canel ‘cinnamon’ (Old French canele), a metonymic occupational name denoting a spicer.
English: alternatively, perhaps from Middle English can(n)el, Old French canel, chanel, denoting someone who lived by a water channel or a city drain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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