William Reuben Cane

Male5 August 1902–30 November 1985

Brief Life History of William Reuben

When William Reuben Cane was born on 5 August 1902, in Creek Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Charles Ruben Cane, was 31 and his mother, Mollie Belle Foster, was 25. He lived in Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Blue Mound Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 30 November 1985, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Ruben Cane
1870–1946
Mollie Belle Foster
1877–1963
Minnie Pearl Cane
1895–1993
Hattie N. Cane
1899–2001
William Reuben Cane
1902–1985
Robert Carl Cane
1904–1975
Cecil Cane
1906–
John L Cane
1908–
Gordon Cane
1911–1913
Addison Woodrow Cane
1914–2005
Omega L Cane
1920–

Sources (6)

  • Ruben W Cane in household of Charles Z Cane, "United States Census, 1920"
  • William Ruben Cane, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • William Cane, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 1

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1907

Age 5

Oklahoma is the 46th state.

1927

Age 25

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Caen in Calvados (France). See also Cain and Cam .

English: from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Cana, which is probably of ancient Germanic origin.

English: nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle English, Old French cane ‘cane, reed’ (from Latin canna). It may also be a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered reeds, which were widely used in the Middle Ages as a floor covering, as roofing material, and for weaving small baskets.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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