Allan Carswell Cannon

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Died:
1938, Thursday December 22, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Allan C. Cannon Called By Death
Member of Pioneer Ramsay Family
In Ill Health For Some Time
?/b?The death occurred at his home 8th line of Ramsay on Wednesday of a wellknown resident of this district in the person of Mr Allan Carswell Cannon. he was in his 78th year and had been in poor health for some time. The late Mr Cannon was a member of one of Ramsay's pioneer families. He was born on the homestead where he died, a son to the late John Cannon and his wife Harriet Carswell. Dr William Cannon, the first registered medical doctor in this part of the country, was his grandfather, He lived on the farm next the one where Mr Cannon died.
Married In Utah
Early in life deceased went to Utah where he married Miss Jennie Austin, a native of Antwerp, N.Y. She predeceased him in 1935. From there Mr and Mrs Cannon went to Alberta, where they were pioneer settlers, arriving shortly after the railway was built through to the Coast. later they came East and resided in Almonte. Mr Cannon left the family here, while he spent some time in the newly opened mining country of Northern Ontario, mostly in the vicinity of Kerr Lake, In 1908, the family went West again to Alberta, remaining there until 1928 when they returned to this part of the country and took up residence on the Cannon farm, 8th line of Ramsay. Three daughters survive, namely, Miss Jean of Chicago; Miss Dora at home and Florence (Mrs William Broderson) of Rimbey, Alta. One son, Gilbert, died in 1933.
One Brother Survives
Out of a family of seven, only one brother, Dr Gilbert Cannon, survives. He practised for many years in Watertown, N.Y. but of late years lived retired with his brother, the late Mr Allan Cannon. Other brothers were James, William, John, David and one sister, Harriet. Mr Cannon never took part in municipal politics or other public affairs, living quietly on th homestead which was located close to the town of Almonte. The funeral was held this Thursday afternoon to the Auld Kirk Cemetery, Rev C.D. McLellan of Bethany United Church and Rv A.J. Fowlie of Almonte Presbyterian Church, conducting the services. The pallbearers were Dr J.K. Kelly and Messrs W.C. Pollock, Hugh Bowland, Melville Paul, W.J. Rea and Norman Bowes.

Buried:
Plots A97 to A108 Stone 74 pg 5

Allan C. CANNON 1861-1938 His wife Jennie AUSTIN 1863-1935

Allan married Jennie May Austin on 1 Jun 1889 in Park City, Summit County, Utah, United States. Jennie was born on 15 Mar 1863 in Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, United States; died on 26 Oct 1935 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
full name on marker - Dora Briggs Cannon
shares a marker with John Malcolm Chapman

1980, Wednesday January 9 The Almonte Gazette page 6

?b?Dora Briggs Chapman?/b?
Dora Briggs (Cannon) Chapman, RR 3 Almonte, died January 2, in Barrie, Ontario. She was 79. Mrs Chapman was born August 14, 1900, in Lacombe, Alberta, which was at the time part of the Northwest Territories. She was the daughter of Alan Cannon and Jennie May Cannon, who lived for many years on the 8th line of Ramsay Township. Mr Chapman was educated in Lacombe and in Calgary, where she trained as a nurse, graduating from Calgary General Hospital in 1922. Later she worked as a registered nurse at the Children's TB Hospital in Seattle, Washington. In 1939 Mrs Chapman married John Chapman, a farmer, in Almonte. She attended Zion Memorial United Church in Carleton Place, and was a member of a church group and the women's Institute. Mrs Chapman is survived by two sisters, Jean Cannon of San Francisco, and Florence Brodersen of Rimby, Alberta, and by a sister-in-law, Marion Gow, of Ottawa. She is also survived by many nephews and nieces. Mrs Chapman is also survived by another sister-in-law Mrs Lillian Chapman of Ottawa.

Dora married John Malcolm Chapman on 10 Jan 1939. John (son of Joseph Chapman and Christina Margaret Drummond) was born on 17 Jan 1898 in Bristol, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Ontario; died on 11 Jul 1952 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 14 Jul 1952 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]