Brief Life History of Elizabeth J.
When Elizabeth J. Cann was born on 13 June 1817, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Cann Jr., was 20 and her mother, Martha Perry, was 19. She married Ebenezer Crosby on 28 January 1841, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 3 March 1903, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 85, and was buried in South Ohio, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (38)
- Elizabeth Caun in entry for Annie Crosby, "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
- Elizbth in entry for Albert H Clements, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Elizabeth Cann in entry for Carrie Augusta Clements, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1956-1957"
Spouse and Children
1815–1898 Male
1817–1903 Female
Children (13)
1842–1930 Female
1843–1912 Male
1844–1879 Female
1846–1906 Female
1848–1870 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1796–1856 Male
1798–1843 Female
Siblings (12)
1815–1870 Male
1817–1903 Female
1819–1883 Male
1823– Female
1824–1884 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1823
Age 6
1846
Age 29
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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