Individual Details
William Cannon
(Abt 1790 - 6 Jun 1841)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1790 | Ireland |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Nov 1813 | Barony, Lanark, Scotland - Margaret King | |  | |
| Arrival | Abt May 1833 | Montreal, Canada | | ||
| Property | 1836 | | |||
| Property | 1839 | Ramsay lot purchased in 1839 and 1840. - Ramsay Concession VII, Lot 12 | |||
| Burial | Jun 1841 | Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Ontario | | ||
| Death | 6 Jun 1841 | From gravestone inscription and Gemmill history p28 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Residence | Canada | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret King (1788 - 1870) |
| Child | William Cannon (1816 - 1893) |
| Child | John Cannon (1818 - 1879) |
| Child | Margaret Dilkes Cannon (1820 - 1857) |
| Child | Janet Cannon (1822 - 1895) |
| Child | James King Cannon (1824 - 1825) |
| Child | Mary Cannon (1827 - 1910) |
| Child | Gilbert Cannon (1829 - 1899) |
| Child | Andrew Cannon (1832 - 1836) |
Notes
Birth
Birth year calculated from death year and age on gravestone. Born Ireland, raised Glasgow according to Schnarr family history.Marriage
Date 15 Nov, 1815 from family bible of Mrs. Mills. ( Mrs. Mills was probably Marion "Minnie" Cobb, daughter of Margaret Dilkes Cannon, grand daughter of Margaret King, wife of Thomas Mills. )Arrival
From Montreal Gazette, 30 May, 1833. This is very likely the same William Cannon. The Gemmill History p28. says that William Cannon and family arrived in 1835.Property
1836 is date of a Land Grant to a William Cannon, hospital assistant, in Belmont township, Northumberland county. (Belmont became part of Peterborough county before 1871.)Burial
Inscription "William Cannon surgeon Royal Navy, departed this life at Ramsay Canada June 6, 1841, AE 51 yrs"Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
2. Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
3. Anonymous, Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Records of Immigrants to Canada.Original data: Records of Immigrants to Canada.;).