When my Ancestry DNA results arrived I was surprised to discover I had only trace amounts of Irish. My X2 great grandfather John (Con)Cannon (who was known as Jack) had been born in Ireland. With wife Edith May Lake he had three daughters. My great grandmother Nellie was their oldest.
After I discovered that Nellie was not the biological child of Jack Cannon my lack of Irish DNA results made sense. On a quick look at the in-common matches of Nellie's sister's descendants & myself it looks like all three girls had different fathers. It's possible Nellie's sisters had the same father, but whether that was Jack I am not able to confirm with my current research.
Nellie talked of her two younger sisters quite a bit. I remember hearing the stories as a child, and my mother told me some as well.
When I began researching Nellie I discovered a lot of confusing records. I found that her parents were married quite a bit after the children were born. That Edith was married to at least one person before marrying Jack.
While looking at birth records on the Manitoba Vital Stats webpage I discovered that Edith May Lake was listed as the mother, she was listed as married to the father, and all carried the Cannon last name from birth. Nellie's birth was registered shortly after her birth, but was amended later for reasons I haven't yet figured out.
More about these events in previous blog posts linked here:
When you're named after your NPE ~ Nellie May Cannon, June 9th 2019
&
Secrets Exposed - Still Working Out How the Deuchars & Lambs fit, January 15th 2019
I didn't know that Nellie had a younger brother that was born when she was 6, sister Kathleen was 4, and sister Florence was 2. John Patrick Cannon died as an infant. I am sad that their younger brother was never talked about, and was likely forgotten by all. As was typical from that era no one talked about babies who died or were born still.
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REMEMBERING
John Patrick Cannon
born March 17th 1911 at the hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
passed away June 4th 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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born March 17th 1911 at the hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
passed away June 4th 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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BIRTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1911,011555
DEATH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1911,003307
DEATH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1911,003307
I have no further information at this time about what happened to my great grandmother's only brother.
No one should be forgotten!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Related Previous Blogs:
Somehow Related Blog Spot
Secrets Exposed - Still Working Out How the Deuchars & Lambs fit
https://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/2019/01/secrets-exposed-still-working-out-how.html
Somehow Related Blog Spot
When you're named after your NPE ~ Nellie May Cannon
https://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/2019/06/when-youre-named-after-your-npe-nellie.html
Sources:
Manitoba Vital Stats search page, John Patrick Cannon, Birth & Death information, 1911, Retrieved July 31st 2019 from
https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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