Florence Cann

Brief Life History of Florence

When Florence Cann was born in 1878, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Cann, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Chipling, was 31. She married John James Whitby on 14 January 1901, in Wood Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in London, England in 1881 and Finchley, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died in December 1961, in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

John James Whitby
1878–1938
Florence Cann
1878–1961
Marriage: 14 January 1901
John Cann Whitby
1902–1987
Emily Whitby
1903–1973
Richard Whitby
1905–1999
Edith Whitby
1908–2004
Henry Whitby
1910–
Minnie Whitby
1914–2005
Jessie M Whitby
1917–1932

Sources (5)

  • Florrie Cann in household of John Cann, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • John James Whitty (Whitby) and Florence Cann - London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
  • Florry Whitby - England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

World Events (8)

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1888 · The Whitehall Mystery

The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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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