Anthon Steffensen Cannon

Brief Life History of Anthon Steffensen

When Anthon Steffensen Cannon was born on 26 January 1906, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, George Mousley Cannon Sr., was 44 and his mother, Ellen Christina Steffensen, was 28. He married Flora Wrathall Matthews on 24 May 1930, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Election District 4, Albany, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 2 November 1976, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthon Steffensen Cannon
1906–1976
Flora Wrathall Matthews
1908–1987
Marriage: 24 May 1930
Flora Ann Cannon
1931–2018
Anthon Steffensen Cannon Jr
1938–2023

Sources (24)

  • Anthon S Cannon, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Anthon Steffensen Cannon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Anthony Steffenson Cannon, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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1926

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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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Grandpa Cannon and His Ducks

As you know, Grandpa (Jonathan Steffensen) Cannon grew up on a ranch in Centerville, Davis County, Utah. One Saturday, in what must have been the 1970's, he and Dad took us kids up to see it. The fa …

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