First Name:
Elizabeth and James
Place:
Bolton Street Newcstle
Source:
Newcastle Chronicle
Details:
Death on 14th instant, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. James Cann aged 57 years
Details:
William Dawson assigned servant
Details:
Assigned a convict butcher in November 1833
Place:
5 acres. Parish of Barford, Co. Durham
Details:
Application for land being sold at auction
Details:
Signed address to Edward Flood, representative of the NE Boroughs in the Legislative Council, showing support as he had sustained serious losses in the recent disastrous floods on the Murrumbidgee
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages. p12
Details:
Mariage of James Cann and Mary Chapman of Patterson's Plains
Place:
St. Ann's Church, Paterson
Details:
Marriage of James Cann, eldest son of William Cann of Paterson to Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Tucker of Brisbane Grove, Paterson on 14th February. Officiating minister Rev. Thomas Stirton
Details:
Marriage of Thomas, eldest son of G. Williamson and Elizabeth, second daughter of James Cann of Newcastle on 23 August. Minister Rev. A. McIntyre
Source:
AO NSW Convict Indents, Fiche No. 678
Details:
Thomas Tobin per 'Edward' assigned servant
Place:
St. Anns Church, Paterson
Details:
Marriage of James, eldest son of William Cann of Paterson and Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Tucker of Brisbane Grove, Paterson on 14th February 1861. Minister Rev. Thomas Stirton
Place:
County of Durham, Parish of Butterwick
Source:
Index to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter... by Henry Dangar (London : Joseph Cross, 1828). p14
Details:
Granted 60 acres of land. Annual quit rent 9s
Source:
AO NSW Convict Indents. Fiche No. 674
Details:
William Sweet per 'Claudine' assigned servant
Place:
St. Andrews Church Burial Ground, Waratah
Source:
Newcastle Morning Herald
Details:
Mr. James Cann was a familiar figure in Newcastle in his day and took a keen interest in public matters. For many years he carried on business as a baker. The memorial over his grave in inscribed - Sacred to the memory of James Cann, died at Newcastle February 3, 1884 aged 75. His end was peace.
Source:
Morrison, W. Frederic (1888). The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison. Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company.
Details:
JAMES CANN, Storekeeper, was born in Devonshire, England, in 1837, and in 1838 accompanied his parents to Australia. Mr. Cann -the grandfather of the above-had filled the position of overseer on the Tilimby estate of John H. Boughton, and received the usual grant of land in the year 1824, which, upon his death, became the property of his son William. This is still in the possession of James Cann. For some years William Cann-father of the subject of this sketch-followed the business of farming, also his trade of wheelwright and machinist; and when gold was discovered went to the diggings and started storekeeping. In 1861 Mr. James Cann commenced business on his own account as a hawker. In 1868 he, in company with his brother, established the business under notice. This firm carry on three establishments-two in Paterson and one at Vacy, the latter being conducted by his brother and do the largest trade of any merchants on the Paterson. Mr. Cann is married, and the father of seven children. Mr. Cann, senior, died in 1873
Place:
Patterson's Plains
Details:
Came Free. Overseer employed by John Herring Boughton
Place:
Patterson's Plains
Details:
Came free. Granted land at Patterson's Plains
Source:
Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details:
Born in Devon 1787. Died May 1834 at Paterson. Spouse Mary Chapman. For information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 188
Details:
Steerage passenger on the Salopian barque from Newcastle to Melbourne
First Name:
James and Elizabeth
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle. Burials p29
Details:
Eliza, daughter of James and Elizabeth Cann died aged 15 years. Burial date
First Name:
James and Mary
Place:
Abode Paterson Plains
Source:
Maitland Baptism Register p. 96
Details:
Susannah, daughter of James and Mary Cann born 24 September 1828. Baptised 9 October 1835. Occupation of James Cann - free settler
