Brief Life History of George Quayle
When George Quayle Cannon was born on 11 January 1827, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Cannon, was 32 and his mother, Ann Quayle, was 28. He married Elizabeth Hoagland on 10 December 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 12 April 1901, in Monterey, Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George Q. Cannon in household of Cordelia A. Ritchie, "United States Census, 1880"
- George Cannon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Quayle Cannon, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1839 · Dueling Prohibited
February 20, 1839, Congress prohibits dueling in Washington D.C. It is inspired by the incident where William Graves, a Kentucky Rep. is killed by Jonathan Cilley, a Maine Rep.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Ó Canann or Ó Canáin ‘descendant of Cano or Canán’. Occasionally, and in the Isle of Man, the surname derives from Mac Canann ‘son of Cano or Canán’, which in Ireland was Anglicized McCann or McConnon . See also Connon . The personal name is from Gaelic cano ‘wolf cub’, of which Canán is a diminutive. In Ulster Cannon may also be shortened from Ó Canannáin ‘descendant of Canannán’, a pet form (double diminutive) of the personal name. This was a cheiftan family in Donegal, and the name was particularly common there.
English: from Middle English canun ‘canon’ (Old Norman French canonie, canoine, from Late Latin canonicus). In medieval England this term denoted a clergyman living with others in a clergy house; the surname is mostly an occupational name for a servant in a house of canons, although it could also be a nickname or even a patronymic.
French: variant of Canon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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