Brief Life History of Ralph Homer
When Ralph Homer Cann was born on 12 September 1905, in Beattyville, Lee, Kentucky, United States, his father, George William Cann Jr., was 44 and his mother, Cora Lillian Tyler, was 36. He married Lillian Elizabeth Johnson in 1923, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Beattyville, Lee, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 January 1979, in Pompano Beach, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pompano Beach, Broward, Florida, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Ralph H Conn, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ralph H Cann, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Ralph Cann, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1915
Historical Boundaries: 1915: Broward, Florida, United States
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
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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