McCANN

Our account of the McCann family owes much to the excellent notes of Florence (Healy) Keller, a great-granddaughter of the immigrant Patrick McCann and his wife Anne FitzPatrick, who in July 2006 was still alive at the age of 79 years. Also, we must acknowledge our debt to Christine M. Spencer, of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, whose series of transcriptions of Leeds County source materials are cited repeatedly in these notes.
    In the preparation of these notes, we have consulted some works which yielded absolutely no material, and we mention a few of these here in order to save others unnecessary effort: The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, vol. 8 — Johnstown District (2 vols.), and County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869, vol. 20 — Leeds & Grenville Counties.
    Extracts from the parish register of St. Philip Neri are taken from the original records, a digital edition of which became available on the LDS FamilySearch webiste in January 2012. (We have not yet finished searching these records. Currently, these notes include baptisms 1856-1891, marriages 1856-1884, burials 1856-1884.)

Acknowledgements. We should like to thank the following persons for assistance:

• Marsha (Keller) Weaver, daughter of Florence (Healy) Keller, who kindly supplied extracts from her mother’s work;
• Tom Schaffner, who furnished copies of several important newspaper notices;
• Linda (Cauley) Kafenzakis, who supplied information on the Cauley family;
• Ken Murphy, son of Mary Joan (Rigney) Murphy, whose father’s first wife was a McCann.
• Joan Tremblay, whose husband’s mother was a McCann, and who sent a copy of the address by ____ McCann (see the Appendix)

(Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, concession 6, lot 27, Kitley Township, Leeds County — the original structure, built in 1835, replaced in 1906. From Thadeus W.H. Leavitt, History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario (1879), between pages 118 and 119. (Click for larger image.)

                         Anthony = Molly           John   =  Bridget
                          McCann | McDonald   Fitzpatrick |  McLenag
                                 |________              __|  [McLenagh?]
                                         |              |
Michael Healy = Katherine Moran  Patrick McCann = Anne Fitzpatrick
              |___________               _______|
                         |               |
                John Joseph Healy = Elizabeth McCann

1. Anthony McCann, of Ireland. We know the name of him and his wife only from the notes of Florence (Healy) Keller. He m. by 1807, Molly McDonald. Only known child:

1. 2Patrick McCann.

2. Patrick McCann, of South Burgess township, Leeds County, Ontario, was b. around 1806-16^[1] in Ireland, and d. 25 July 1880 “at his residence in South Burgess,” allegedly aged 71 years.^[2] He m. apparently about 1839^[3] and certainly by 1841, in Ireland, Anne FitzPatrick, b. around 1823,^[4] d. 23 March 1888, allegedly aged 66 years, and buried at Perth, Drummond Tp., Lanark Co.,^[5] daughter of John Fitzpatrick of Laurel Hill, in the parish of Errigal-Trough (lying mainly in the barony of Trough, co. Monaghan), Ireland, by the latter’s wife, Bridget McLenag [McLenagh?].^[6]
    According to the address prepared by a grandson for the Irish Historical Society of Canada in 1942 (given in its entirety in the Appendix),

Patrick McCann … married Anne Fitzpatrick in Ireland, she being only fifteen and he nineteen. The romance began in a small town in the County of Antrim where her father owned a grist mill and Patrick McCann went to town from his country estate, named Shannawood, to have his father’s wheat ground into flour.

It should be noted that Antrim lies far from co. Monaghan, where John FitzPatrick is supposed to have lived. There is however a townland named Shannawood in the parish of Annagh, co. Cavan, which county is directly adjacent to Monaghan. The account continues:

After seven years of marriage, Patrick McCann immigrated to Canada. He … came by boat to New York … [then] traveled to Kingston, Ontario, and eventually bought a farm of 300 acres on the Rideau Lake, three miles from Rideau Ferry at a place called the Rocky Narrows. It was so named because of the narrowness of the lake at that point and the high rocky shores which are practically perpendicular. There the water is very deep and thus a natural wharf was formed where the large passenger and freight boats plied from Kingston to Smiths Falls, making a stop for passengers and merchandise. This place was called McCann’s Wharf. Wood from the neighboring countryside was loaded there to be sent to other parts of the country.
    Returning to the McCann family, my grandfather, after building a log house, which is still standing, at least it was last summer although pretty shaky, sent for his young wife. She left Ireland in 1842 [no, about 1846] with three children, one six years old, one four years old and one a couple of years younger. The youngest one died aboard ship, just before arriving at New York, and was buried in a cemetery in New York. The two older boys, John and Thomas survived the trip…. She then had to make the trip from New York to Portland by water route to Kingston and through the Rideau Lakes to Portland. She remained in Portland until she got in communication with her husband then went to live on a farm which he had secured. There she lived until her death in 1888 (March 23).
    Grandfather was a stone mason and built the Fort at Kingston and many of the stone buildings in that section of the country. Many of the beautiful old stone residences around Kingston, Smiths Falls, Perth and Rideau Ferry which are still as solid as the day they were built by him. Like many building contractors, he always intended to build a stone house for himself and family but it never materialized and they lived in the log house which was an unusually large one until after one of the younger sons, Arthur, who was my father, married.

From the 1861 census it is evident that Patrick McCann and his wife were still in Ireland at the birth of their son Thomas in 1841 or 1842, but were in Ontario by the birth of their daughter Margaret in 1848 or 1849. It would appear from evidence cited below that they came to Canada about 1846, and this is also the precise immigration date given for their son John in the 1901 and 1911 censuses. We have not succeeded in locating Patrick McCann in the 1852 census. However, the Bathurst Courier of 15 April 1853 reported that there was a letter for a Patrick McCann waiting at the Perth Post Office,^[7] and Patrick McCann — definitely the present man — had his son Joseph baptized 28 Dec. 1857 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, Toledo, Kitley Tp., Leeds Co. (see below). It seems likely he was both the “P. McCann” shown as owner of lot 4 of the 7th concession of Bastard Tp., Leeds Co., and the “P. McCann” shown as owner of lot 5 of the 4th concession of Burgess Tp. South, Leeds Co., in some atlas published 1862, but in the index in which this entry was found, the source citation is unclear.^[8]
    Patrick McCann appears as a farmer in Burgess Tp. in the 1861 census, in which the family’s religion is given as Roman Catholic.^[9] Similar information is given for Patrick McCann in the 1871 census of Bastard and South Burgess townships, Leeds County.^[10] The widow Ann McCann was enumerated with her family in the 1881 census of Bastard and South Burgess townships, her son Arthur being shown as the head of the household.^[11] A brief death notice for her published in the Perth Courier reads “Died, on Friday, 23rd March, Ann Fitzpatrick McCann, relict of the late Mr. Patrick McCann, South Burgess, County Leeds, and mother of Mr. John McCann of Perth, aged 66.” A longer notice appeared elsewhere in the same issue:

On Friday last passed away from this life Mrs. Patrick McCann, one of the oldest and most respected settlers in this part of the country. By her kind and affable manners she endeared herself to all with whom she came into contact and her loss will be felt not only by her sorrowing children but by all those who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was the daughter of the late Mr. John Fitzpatrick, Laurel Hill, County Monaghan, Ireland, and came to this country 42 years ago [i.e. around 1846] and settled with her husband in the County of Leeds where she remained until her death. Of a family of 13 children she bore, nine survive.^[12]

In the same issue of the paper, it was reported that “Messrs. James McCann of Oso Township and Hugh McCann, Cornwall, were in town Sunday having come to attend the funeral of their mother, Mrs. Patrick McCann of South Burgess, Leeds County, who had died on Friday last and had been interred in Perth.”^[13]
    Issue (apart from four children who evidently died in infancy):

1. 3John A. McCann,^[14] of Perth, Lanark Co., b. 18 Dec. 1841 in Ireland (per 1901 census).
2. Thomas McCann, b. 1841-42 (aged 19 in 1861) in Ireland, possibly d. in 1880 as below. He was certainly living June 1869, but has not been found in the 1871 census and was clearly presumed dead by April 1936, when he is not mentioned among the surviving siblings in a death notice of his sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1861, when he was a laborer. He m. 11 Nov. 1868 in the Roman Catholic church of St. Francis de Sales, Smith’s Falls, Ontario,^[15] Elizabeth Mara, living June 1869, daughter of William Mara and Margaret Ronan. Their marriage record gives the full names of both sets of parents including the maiden surname of the mothers. He is called “Thomas McCann, of Elmsley, blacksmith,” in the 1869 birth record of his son John. His wife is perhaps the “Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas McCann, aged 28,” who d. 30 July 1876 at Perth.^[16] He is perhaps the Thomas McCann referred to in the following newspaper death notice: “Died, at Perth, on Friday, 5th March [1880], Mr. Thomas McCann, aged 37…. Mr. Thomas McCann succumbed on Friday last to the terrible disease with which he was attacked — smallpox. No other cases occurred and no danger is expected.”^[17] We have not located an official registration of either death, which might settle the matter. Only known child:
   1. John McCann, b. 4 June 1869 in Leeds Co.^[18]
3. Margaret A. McCann, b. 1848-49 (aged 12 in 1861, 22 in 1871) in Upper Canada, still living unmarried with her parents in 1871.
4. 4Arthur McCann, b. about 1851 (aged 11 in 1861, 19 in 1871) at Portland, Ontario.
5. Sarah J. McCann, b. 1852-53 (aged 9 in 1861, 18 in 1871, 28 in 1881, aged 46 [sic] in 1894) in South Burgess Tp., Ontario (per her marriage record), living 1894, but clearly presumed dead by April 1936, when he is not mentioned among her suriving siblings in a death notice of his sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy. She was still living unmarried with her widowed mother in 1881, when no occupation is given for her in the census. She m. 1 Aug. 1894 in the Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Kitley (now Toledo), Kitley Tp., following publication of banns,^[19] the much-younger William John Newton, b. 1865-66 (aged 28 in 1894) at Portland Village, son of James Newton and Catherine Hawley (?). At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplied the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a tradesman, and both parties were residing in Portland Village; the witnesses were William Scott, and Elizabeth Hart of Portland. In the record of this rather unusual marriage, the groom’s age is written out in words, as if to underscore the point. We have not found this couple in the 1901 census.
6. Mary F. McCann, b. 1854-55 (aged 7 in 1861, 16 in 1871, 26 in 1881) in Ontario, living in 1942. She is mentioned as of Ottawa in a death notice of her sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy, in April 1932. She was still living unmarried with her widowed mother in 1881, when she is called a milliner in the census. She was living unmarried with her brother John in 1911, when she is again called a milliner in the census. As Mary McCann, of the bride at 27 Osgood Street, she served as a witness at the marriage of her brother James’s daughter Mabel in 1917. She was still unmarried in December 1927, when as Mary F. McCann, of 27 Osgood Street, Ottawa, she supported the application of her niece Anna Theresa McCann, stating “I am an aunt of Anna Theresa McCann and was present at the time of birth.” The address is the same as that given for her younger brother James in 1905-1911. She was still unmarried in 1932. Her great-grandniece, Linda (Cauley) Kafenzakis, writes, “I can also tell you that Mary McCann … was still alive in 1942. She used to come and help my grandfather [John Patrick Cauley] with his young family after his wife died quite young.”^[20]
7. Joseph McCann, b. 14 Dec. 1857, bapt. 28 Dec. following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, Toledo, Kitley Tp., Leeds Co., with sponsors Patrick Hart and Maria Hart. He d. before the taking of the 1861 census.
8. James McCann, b. 1858-59 (aged 6 in 1861, 12 in 1871, 29 in 1888) in Ontario, living April 1932, when he is mentioned as of Ottawa in a death notice of his sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy. He is found as a child in his parents’ household in 1871. As “Mr. James McCann of Oso Township” he is mentioned in a newspaper item cited above concerning his mother’s funeral in March 1888. He m. 15 Oct. 1888 at Ottawa, by Roman Catholic rites,^[21] Sarah Regan, b. 1865-66 (aged 22 in 1888) at Ottawa, living 1911, daughter of Patrick Regan and Elizabeth Dery. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a clerk, of Ottawa, and the bride was of Gloucester; the witnesses were John Curley, and Lizzie Regan of Ottawa. An newspaper announcement of the wedding reads, “A pleasing event took place on Monday, 15th Oct., when Mr. James McCann of the Government Bureau in Ottawa and brother to Mr. John McCann of Perth, married Miss Sarah Regan of the capital city. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Polifer in the presence of about 300 spectators.”^[22] James McCann and his family are enumerated in the 1901 census of Ottawa, where they appear in the St. George Ward, and in which he is called a printer.^[23] By 1905,^[24] and at the time of the birth of their daughter Isabel in 1906, they were living at 27 Osgoode Street, Ottawa. They were enumerated at that address in the 1911 census, in which his place of employment is given as “printer, Government Bureau.”^[25] Possibly he was the James McCann, printer, who in 1899, at least, appears in the financial accounts of the Queen’s Printer.^[26] Known issue:
   1. Francis Joseph McCann, b. 14 Feb. 1890, at or near Ottawa,^[27] living with his parents in 1901 but not in 1911.
   2. Mabel McCann, b. 23 Nov. 1891 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), still living unmarried with her parents in 1911, when she was a teacher. She m. 19 June 1917 at St. Joseph’s Church (Roman Catholic), Ottawa,^[28] George Arthur Thivierge, b. 1883-84 (aged 33 at their marriage) at Montreal, son of Joseph Thivierge and Georgiana Damboise. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplied the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a civil servant, and both parties were residing at Ottawa; the witnesses were (for the groom) M. Murtiny [?], of Montreal, and (for the bride) [her unmarried aunt] Mary McCann, of the bride at 27 Osgood Street.
   3. Lillian McCann, b. 5 Dec. 1892 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), still living unmarried with her parents in 1911.
   4. James McCann, b. 5 July 1895 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), living 1911, when he was a student.
   5. Elizabeth Mary McCann, b. 15 April 1897 in Carleton Co.,^[29] living 1911.
   6. Stillborn daughter, b. 12 July 1899 in Carleton Co.^[30]
   7. Cecelia Mary McCann (her name is spelt Cecilia in the 1901 and 1911 censuses), b. 22 Nov. 1900 in Carleton Co.,^[31] living 1911.
   8. Isabel Marie McCann, b. 12 Dec. 1906 in Carleton Co.,^[32] living 1911.
9. Joseph McCann, b. 1856-57 (aged 4 in 1861) in Ontario, d. by 1871, as he does not appear with his parents in the census of that year.
10. Elizabeth Ellen McCann, b. 8 Oct. 1859 near Portland, Bastard Tp., Leeds County, Ontario, bapt. bapt. 21 Dec. 1859 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Kitley (now Toledo), Kitley Tp., Leeds Co., with sponsors John Canton and Mary Guthridge, d. 3 April 1936, at her home in Sturgis, aged over 76 years,^[33] and buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery, just north of Sturgis. Her middle name is given as Ellen in the record of her baptim, but seems to be given as “Elenor” in the 1861 census, which is not very legible; elsewhere she is usually recorded as “Elizabeth E.” She was still living unmarried with her widowed mother in 1881, when she is called a school-teacher in the census. She m. 22 April 1883 in (Old) St. Phillip Neri Roman Catholic Church,^[34] John Joseph Healy, b. 16 Aug. 1858 at Portland, a village in Bastard and South Burgess townships, Leeds Co., bapt. 24 Sept. 1858 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, d. 20 Aug. 1938, at the home of his daughter, Helen (Healy) Reagan, near Sturgis, aged over 80 years,^[35] and buried with his wife, son of Michael Healy, of Bastard and South Burgess townships, by the latter’s wife Catharine Moran. For further details see HEALY.
    
11. Lucy Loretta/Luretta McCann,^[36] b. 15 Aug. 1862 (per 1901 census) in South Burgess Tp., living 1911, but clearly presumed dead by April 1936, when he is not mentioned among her suriving siblings in a death notice of his sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy. She is found in the household of her widowed mother in the 1881 census. She m. 28 Jan. 1884 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Kitley (now Toledo), Kitley Tp., Leeds Co.,^[37] John Cauley, b. in Dec. 1850 (per 1911 census) or in Dec. 1851 (per 1901 census) in South Burgess Tp., living 1911, son of Rodgers Cauley and Catherine Holm. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, both parties were residing in South Burgess Tp., and the groom was a farmer; the witnesses were Archey McCann, and Sarah McCann of South Burgess. In the birth record of their daughter Ann (1886), John Cauley is called a farmer, of Toledo. In the birth records of their sons John (1887) and Francis (1889), John Cauley is called a farmer, and his postal address given as Lombardy. He and his wife are enumerated in Kitley Tp. in the 1891 census, in which John is called a farmer and the family’s religion is given as Roman Catholic.^[38] They are enumerated at Brockville, on the Kitley-Elizabethtown townline in Leeds Co., in the 1901 census, with similiar information.^[39] They and two other their sons are enumerated in three consecutive households at Toledo Village in the 1911 census, in which John is again called a farmer, and the family’s religion given as Roman Catholic; there are some inexplicable discrepancies between some of the children’s names as given in 1901 versus 1911, although the ages coincide.^[40] According to her great-granddaughter, Linda (Cauley) Kafenzakis, Lucy (McCann) Cauley was a teacher.^[41] Known issue:
    1. Thomas FitzPatrick Cauley, b. 16 Oct. 1884,^[42] bapt. 16 Nov. following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Jeremiah Donevan and Mary McCann. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1901, and is enumerated next to them in the 1911 census, in which he is called a farmer. He m. 20 Jan. 1915,^[43] Cecelia Jordan.
    2. Catherine Isadora Cauley, b. 14 April 1886.^[44] bapt. 9 May following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Richard F. Byrne and Sarah McCann. She is recorded in census records as Isadora in the 1891, Catherine D. in 1901, and Isabella in 1911, although the ages all agree. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1911. She m. 12 Oct. 1909,^[45] Joseph Carsar (?) Myers.
    3. John Patrick Cauley, b. 23 Nov. 1887 at at Toledo, Leeds Co.,^[46] bapt. 7 Jan. 1888 in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Thomas Cauley “and wife.” He d. in Jan. 1970 (per the death notice of his son Gerard). He was enumerated next to his parents in the 1911 census, in which he is called a farmer. He m. 5 Aug 1924 at Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ontario,^[47] Ellen Agnes Quinlan, b. 1893-94 (aged 30 in 1924) at Ennismore, Ontario (per marriage record), d. in 1941 (per the death notice of her son Gerard), daughter of David Quinlan and Ellen Agnes Gorman.^[48] At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the full names of the parents of both parties, the groom was a farmer, of Toledo; the witnesses were David Joseph Quinlan, Jr., of Ennismore, Ontario, and Margaret Elizabeth Cauley, of Toledo. After his wife’s death his maiden aunt, Mary McCann, helped him raise his children.^[49] Issue (order uncertain):
       1. Gerard Cauley, b. 14 March 1926 at Frankville, Kitley Tp., d. 22 July 2004 at Brockville General Hospital, aged 78 years. He m. 15 Sept. 1951 in St. Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Laura Teresa Donovan, still alive on 22 July 2004. According to his daughter, Linda (Cauley) Kafenzakis, “My father told us stories many times of the summers he spent out west as a young teen working in the wheat fields during WWII. One year in Saskatchewan and one summer in Alberta…. He went with his brother Marcus Cauley, a cousin Stan Cauley, and a neighbour Cecil Healy. On one occasion when they went to church they met with Father [James] Healy to have lunch afterward. He also use to tell us that Father Healy either attended a school in this area for Redemptorist Priests or he was a teacher for priests at the school (St. Mary’s College). This school was also associated with a junior college out west so there may be some confusion there.”^[50] In a later message, she refers to “Father Healy, whom they all knew to be a relative.”^[51] The priest was indeed a first cousin of John Patrick Cauley (father of Gerard Cauley), their mothers being sisters; however any relationship between him and Cecil Healy is too distant for us to trace.^[52] A death notice of Gerard Cauley reads, in part:

          Raised in Frankville, he went to public school there and attended Athens High School. He travelled to Saskatchewan and Alberta twice as a teen to work on farms during the Second World War. On September 15, 1951 he married Laura Teresa Donovan in St. Philip Neri Church, Toledo. He made his living as a transport driver, beginning in Frankville with Edwards Transport and then moving to Brockville where he worked for Direct Winters Transport, which was later known as Motorways and then Kingsway. He retired 13 years ago in 1991. He attended St. John Bosco Church, was an avid reader and had a keen interest in both professional and amateur baseball and hockey, especially any games his grandchildren were involved in. He enjoyed reminiscing with the gang at Burger King and restructuring the entire Canadian political system over burgers. Mr. Cauley is survived by his wife Laura and four daughters, Linda Kafenzakis and her husband Jim and Marilyn Washburn and her husband Gary, both of Brockville, Anne Cauley of Kanata and Jeanette Cauley of British Columbia, as well as seven grandchildren, Tina, Nicholas and Emily Kafenzakis, Randy and Gillian Besco and Matthew and Curtis Washburn. Also surviving are three brothers, Ambrose and his wife Gladys of Brockville, Marcus and his wife Terry of Belleville and John of Brockville, and three sisters, Margaret Donovan of Philipsville, Sylvia Severson of Domville and Monica McCarthy and her husband Lambert of Ottawa, as well as 22 nieces/nephews. He was predeceased by his mother in 1941, his father in January 1970 and brothers-in-law Raymond Severson on September 30, 1988, and Maurice Donovan on January 26, 1994. Friends called at the Irvine Funeral Home, Brockville, on July 25. The funeral was held July 26 at St. John Bosco Church, with Father Tim Harrison and Father Gerard Donovan (his wife’s cousin) officiating. Burial followed at St. Philip Neri Cemetery, Toledo. The pallbearers were Nicholas Kafenzakis, Gary Washburn, Curtis Washburn, Randy Besco, Matthew Washburn and Brian Cauley.^[53]

          Issue:
          1. Linda Cauley, our informant, alive in Dec. 2006. She m. Jim Kafenzakis, alive on 22 July 2004. Issue: Tina Kafenzakis; Nicholas Kafenzakis; Emily Kafenzakis.
          2. Marilyn Cauley, m. Gary Washburn. They were both alive and of Brockville on 22 July 2004.
          3. Anne Cauley, apparently unmarried and of Kanata on 22 July 2004. Issue: Matthew Washburn; Curtis Washburn.
          4. Jeanette Cauley, apparently unmarried and of British Columbia on 22 July 2004.
       2. Ambrose Cauley, still alive and of Brockville on 22 July 2004; m. Gladys ____.
       3. Marcus Cauley, still alive and of Belleville on 22 July 2004; m. Terry ____.
       4. John Cauley, still alive and of Brockville on 22 July 2004.
       5. Margaret Cauley; m. ____ Donovan. She was living at Philipsville on 22 July 2004.
       6. Sylvia Cauley, m. ____ Severson. She was living at Domville on 22 July 2004.
       7. Monica Cauley, m. Lambert McCarthy. They were living at Ottawa on 22 July 2004.
    4. Francis Leonard Cauley, b. 18 Feb. 1889 in Leeds Co.,^[54] bapt. 17 March following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors John Ovington and Mary Garvin. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1911, when he was a teacher. He m. 2 Feb. 1916 at Aylmer,^[55] Mary Eva Glenn.
    5. Stanislas Cauley, b. 14 Feb. 1891 (per baptismal record; no birth registration found), bapt. 28 March following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Patrick Morrly (Manly?) and Bridget Morly (?); he presumably d. young as he does not appear with his parents in the 1901 census.
    6. Unnamed son, b. in Dec. 1899 in Leeds Co.,^[56] presumably d. young as he does not appear with his parents in the 1901 census.
    7. Dermot R. Cauley, b. 5 Nov. 1892 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found) at Toledo (per marriage record), called Stanley in the 1911 census, but the birthdates agree. As Dermot Cauley son of John Cauley and Lucy McCan, he m. 24 Oct. 1922 at Athens, Ontario, by Catholic rites,^[57] Margret Anna Keyes, b. 1892-93 (aged 29 in 1922) at Shea-town (per marriage record), daughter of James Keyes and Sarah Shea. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the full names of the parents of both parties, the groom was of Toledo and a clerk with the Canadian National Railway, while the bride was a teacher, of Shea-town; the witnesses were Norbert Cauley of Toledo and Regina Harvey of Carthage, New York.
    8. Norvert [sic] H. Cauley, b. 16 Sept. 1894 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), called Norris in the 1911 census and Norbert in the 1922 marriage record of his elder brother Dermot, in which he appears as a witness.
    9. Annie Loretta Cauley, b. 27 Aug. 1896 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found) at Kitley (per marriage record). She m. 12 Oct. 1920 at Kitley, by Catholic rites,^[58] Bernard John Shea, b. 1891-92 (aged 28 in 1920) at Kitley (per marriage record), son of Edward James Shea and Elizabeth Hennessy. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the full names of the parents of both parties, both were of Kitley, and the groom was a farmer; the witnesses were Lucy Cauley, of Ottawa, and Thomas Shea, of Mallorytown, Ontario.
    10. Lucy J. Cauley, b. 29 March 1898 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found). She was still unmarried in 1920, when as Lucy Cauley, of Ottawa, she served as a witness at the wedding of her elder sister Annie Loretta.
    11. Edward Cauley, b. 20 Dec. 1899 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), called Justin Cauley in the 1911 census, but the ages (although not the birthdates) agree. A Justin Cauley of Toledo m. 8 Sept. 1930 in St. Francis de Sales Church, Smiths Falls, Marie Frances Salmon, b. 19 April 1909 in South Elmsley Township, d. 27 Jan. 2006 at Brockville General Hospital, aged 96 years,^[59] daughter of Ambrose Salmon and Margaret Morrissey.
    12. Marguerite Cauley, b. in June 1903 (per 1911 census; no birth registration found). She was still unmarried in 1924, when as Margaret Elizabeth Cauley, of Toledo, she served as a witness at the wedding of her elder brother John.
12. Hugh McCann, b. 1865-67 (aged 5 in 1871, 14 in 1881) in Ontario, living 1888, but clearly presumed dead by April 1936, when he is not mentioned among the suriving siblings in a death notice of his sister, Elizabeth (McCann) Healy. He is found in the household of his widowed mother in the 1881 census, and is mentioned as returning home for his mother’s funeral in a newspaper article quoted above. He was of Cornwall, Stormont County, at the death of his mother in 1888. We have not found him in the 1901 or 1911 censuses.

3. John A. McCann,^[60] of Perth, Lanark Co., son of Patrick McCann and Anne FitzPatrick, was b. 18 Dec. 1841 in Ireland (per 1901 census), d. 1926 (see Appendix I). He was living unmarried with his parents in 1861, when he was a laborer. He m. 13 Feb. 1872 in the Roman Catholic church of St. Francis de Sales, Smith Falls, Ontario,^[61] Mary Hourigan, b. 11 Aug. 1848 in Ontario (per 1901 census), d. some time in 1901-1902,^[62] daughter of Michael Hourigan, of Smith’s Falls, by the latter’s first wife, Bridget Maloney.^[63] Their marriage record gives the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers.
    John McCann is found with this family in the 1881 census of the town of Perth, in which he is called a mason.^[64] In the birth records of his sons Thomas (1883) and John (1886), he is also called a mason. The Smith Falls Record News of 21 Feb. 1889 reported: “The Ontario Government have appointed Mr. John McCann of Perth to be license commissioner in the stead of Mr. Samuel Garrett, resigned.”^[65] Later that year, an editorial in the Perth Courier of 8 Nov. 1889 noted, “John McCann of Perth has been appointed License Inspector for S. Lanark in place of Henry Stafford, who retired. Mr. McCann has therefore resigned his position as one of the License Commissioners. The fact that Mr. Stafford is no longer License Inspector will give great satisfaction to the Temperance business in the riding. We have every hope Mr. McCann will do his duty with vigor and zeal.”^[66] John McCann is found with this family in the 1891 census of the town of Perth, in which he is again called a mason.^[67] But in the birth records of his sons John (1893) and Joseph (1895), and in a directory published in 1898,^[68] John McCann is called a licence inspector, of Perth. In 1898 he is mentioned as a member of the Board of St. John’s Separate School [Roman Catholic], Perth.^[69] He is enumerated in the 1901 census of the town of Perth, in which he is again called a licence-inspector.^[70] However, he evidently later gave up this work and returned to a living closer to his original trade. He is perhaps the Mr. John McCann who “has sold his brick store on Gore street, in the town of Perth, to Mr. Stinson, of the Province of Quebec, who intends opening up a grocery business.”^[71] But if so, he is nevertheless likely the John McCann listed among the granite and marble dealers of Perth in a 1904 directory,^[72] and when he is was enumerated again at Perth in the 1911 census, by which time he was a widower, he is called a mason.^[73] He was still alive on 29 Nov. 1913, when the Ottawa Citizen reported that “Mr. John McCann and daughter left on Tuesday for Renfrew to be present at the marriage of his son, Dr. [James Joseph] McCann, to Miss Divine [recte Devine] of Renfrew.^[74] In a delayed application for a birth registration made by his daughter Anna in 1927, he is called John McCann, of Perth, building contractor, but it is not clear whether he was then alive. He has however certainly died before the appearance of a newspaper story about his son James in March 1936, which notes that this son was already known as a Liberal in his youth “because his father, John McCann, Perth contractor, made no secret of his political faith. Dr. McCann still treasures a large autographed photograph which Sir Wilfrid Laurier, revered Liberal chieftain, gave to his father as far back as 1896.”^[75]
    Known issue (first five with no birth registrations):^[76]

1. Anna Theresa McCann, b. 14 April 1875 at Perth, Lanark Co.,^[77] ostensibly still unmarried in 1927, when she made a delayed request for a registration of her own birth, the application being supported by her aunt, Mary F. McCann. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1901, when she was a music-teacher. As Anna Theresa McCann, daughter of John McCann, of Perth, with a birthdate exactly matching that of her birth record, she enlisted on 3 Oct. 1916 in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, stating her occupation as professional nurse, in the C.A.M.C., with a six months’s previous service in France.^[78] She is mentioned in the local newspaper as “Miss Annie McCann, daughter of Mr. John McCann of town” who “sailed last Tuesday for France with a party of nurses who are detailed for nursing in the hospitals in France.”^[79] The same issue of this newspaper mentions her again in a longer story:

   John McCann, [of this] town, received a letter Saturday from his daughter Anna McCann, who is a nurse “somewhere in France.” The letter was written on the 27th April. Miss McCann says: “We are having delightful weather now and lots of excitement. Our first real experience took place two nights ago. I shall be able to tell you all about it when I get home. It has been rather quiet this week but we expect to be busy in a few days. We are losing 500 patients today so of course that means filling up again. The Australians celebrated on Monday the anniversary of the Battle of Anzac when they sent thousands of their men to the Dardanelles. The 60 lone survivors were received by the Colonel. I have had a great many Canadians in my ward during the past few weeks. Some belong to the 21st Battalion. Tom Caldwell is their major now. I believe Jack Inderwick was with them but has joined another battalion since he received his promotion. Easter Sunday was quiet here; a concert was given out on the Greens by the Guards band. The convalescent patients in their blue uniforms, the soldiers and officers in their khaki, the Australians in their wide brimmed hats, and the Canadians, English, Scotch and Welsh some in their kilts and the sisters in the 8 hospitals in greys, greens, blues, browns, with white veils. Gladys Code and another nurse from Ottawa were down to see me last night. Gladys met Miss Shaw over at Boulogne a few days ago.”^[80]

   The following fall, the same newspaper printed a letter from a “Lt. Herb Wilson at present in France,” who reported: “ I saw Annie McCann in London; she looked fine and loves her work. She has signed for the duration of the war.”^[81] The following spring, she was mentioned again:

   Miss McCann is the daughter of Mr. John McCann of [this] town and has been in France for the past six months nursing in a hospital near Etapes and is now at Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington, Kent County, England. She went overseas with the Chicago unit of nurses and after spending six months in France the American nurses returned to America while Miss McCann remained in England. She joined the Canadian detachment of nurses there and was stationed at the Ontario hospital. Miss McCann is a graduate of Mercy Hospital of Chicago.^[82]

2. Josephine M. McCann, b. 8 April 1877 at Perth,^[83] d. shortly before 3 March 1963 (date of death notice, cited below), aged nearly 86 years, and buried at St. Mary’s church, Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois. She was originally enumerated with her parents in the 1901 census, but the entire line was subsequently stricken. According to the Early Settler Families of Lanark County website, she was a teacher residing at Brooklyn, New York, in 1900. While we have not found her in the 1900 U.S. census, this assertion gains support from the fact that “Misses Elizabeth & Josephine McCann, Brooklyn” are mentioned in a list of “Old Boys and Girls who were Home to Perth’s Reunion,” published in the Perth Courier, 4 August 1905.^[84] In any case, she m. 24 July 1907 at Perth, Lanark Co., by Roman Catholic rites,^[85] George H(enry) Beaudin, b. 21 May 1879 at Glenns Falls, Erie Co., New York,^[86] alive in 1942 but d. before 3 March 1963, son of Paul Beaudin and Caroline Greenwood. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplied the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a merchant, of Newark, and the bride was of Perth; the witnesses were Geo. Ledoux of Troy, New York, and Elizabeth McCann of Perth. The were enumerated at Sheridan Road in the 25th Ward of Chicago in the 1910 census, in which his occupation is given as hardware.^[87] They were again enumerated at Sheridan Road in the 1920 census, in which he is said to be a ales manager for a scissor and knife factory.^[88] By 1930 they had moved to Elmwood Avenue, Wilmette Village, New Trier Tp., Cook Co., and George is called a hardware salesman in the census of that year, which values his house at $30,000.^[89] In 1933, when the town of Wilmette was contemplating the construction of a new library, one of the persons interviewed by the local newspaper was Mrs. George H. Beaudin, of 726 Elmwood Avenue, President of the Catholic Parent-Teacher association, who stated:

   The library is very much overcrowded, and additional room is certainly needed. I heartily favor the project of a new building if it can be secured under the federal public works program without adding greatly to taxes…. The erection of a new library building would be of great help to many of our people who need work, and the necessity for a larger building to house the library is apparent. A great many people use the library, and they are entitled to modern facilities. I certainly favor the plan to provide them.^[90]

   However, by 1937 Josephine and her husband had moved to Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, where they are listed as George H. Beaudin, sales-manager in Chicago, and wife Josephine, of 1608 Hinman Avenue, Apartment U1.^[91] Although he was then 63 years of age, in 1942 George Henry Beaudin, then of 1573 Ridge Street, Evanston, and employed by J. Wiss & Sons, of Room 1129, 14 East Jackson Street, Chicago, completed a draft registration card, which was apparently required of all men under the age of 65 years.^[92] Josephine’s death notice reads, in part:

   Josephine M. Beaudin, née McCann, beloved wife of the late George; dear mother of George H.; grandmother of Carolyn Loftus; great-grandmother of James Anthony [Loftus?]; sister of Kathleen Robertson of Perth, Ontario, Can. Funeral Monday … to St. Mary’s church, Evanston…. Member of Brownson Circle Evanston Catholic Women’s club. ^[93]

   Only child:
   1. George H[enry?] Beaudin, Jr., b. about March 1910 (aged 1 month on 15 April 1910); alive in 1930. He m. [Margaret?] ____. Only known child:
      1. Carolyn Beaudin, b. about 1940, alive in 2008. She was a graduate of Marywood High School, Evanston, in the class of 1958, then attended Northern Illinois University from 1958 to 1961. She m. ____ Loftus.
3. Elizabeth McCann, b. probably in late 1878 (aged 3 in 1881, 11 [!] in 1891). She is presumably the Lizzie McCann enrolled as a student in the Fourth Form at Perth Collegiate Institute in 1897.^[94] According to the Early Settler Families of Lanark County website, she was a teacher residing at Ferguson Falls, Lanark Co., in 1901, and as noted above, “Misses Elizabeth & Josephine McCann, Brooklyn” are mentioned in a list of “Old Boys and Girls who were Home to Perth’s Reunion,” published in the Perth Courier, 4 August 1905.^[95]
4. John Leonard McCann (called “Lenord” in the 1881 census), b. about Dec. 1879 (no birth registration found), d. 23 April 1888 at Perth, aged 8 years and 5 months, being described in a newspaper death notice as “eldest son of Mr. John McCann.”^[96]
5. Kathleen Lucy McCann, b. 3 Sept. 1881 (per 1901 census), alive on 3 March 1963 when she is mentioned as “Kathleen Robertson of Perth, Ontario,” in the death notice of her elder sister Josephine. She is presumably the Kathleen McCann enrolled as a student in the Second Form at Perth Collegiate Institute in 1897.^[97] She was still living unmarried with her widowed father in 1911. She m. 30 Nov. 1918 at Ottawa, Frederick Albert Robertson, b. 27 June 1882 in Lanark Co.,^[98] son of Donald Robertson, of Perth, carpenter, by the latter’s wife Janet Shaw.^[99] An newspaper announcement of the wedding reads, “At Ottawa, Nov. 30th, in St. Patrick’s church, Frederick Albert Robertson, of Athens, son of Mrs. Donald Robertson, of Perth, to Kathleen Lucy McCann, daughter of Mr. John McCann, of Perth.”^[100] According to Ron W. Shaw,

   Frederick Albert Robertson, born 1882, was a banker and bank manager with Merchants’ Bank and then the Bank of Montreal at branches throughout Ontario and Quebec including the Perth branch. He served for many years as vice-president and chairman of finance for the Perth Great War Memorial Hospital, was president of the Elmwood Cemetery Company and on the executive of the Red Cross Society. He was active in the local Board of Trade and treasurer of the Salvation Army campaign. An avid sportsman, he was also president of the Fish and Game Association and the Gun Club (Perth). He married Kathleen McCann in 1918 and the couple had three children.^[101]

   Issue (per Ron W. Shaw):
   1. Donald Robertson.
   2. Charles Frederick Paul Robertson.
   3. Virginia Robertson, b. 1925.
6. Thomas Arthur McCann, b. 26 Aug. 1883 in Lanark Co.,^[102] alive in 1890, but not found with his parents in the 1901 census. He is perhaps the Thomas McCann enrolled as a student in the First Form at Perth Collegiate Institute in 1897.^[103]
7. (possibly) Arthur McCann, “infant son of Mr. J.A. McCann, Ottawa, aged 3 months,” d. 19 Aug. 1885 at Westport, Leeds County.^[104] We have found no matching birth or death registration.
8. Dr. James Joseph McCann, M.P., b. 29 March 1886 at Perth, Lanark Co.,^[105] d. 11 April 1961.^[106] This child’s name was given as James Parnell McCann in his birth record, and he is called James P. McCann in 1901, when he was living with his parents. It is not clear when, or why, he began to call himself James Joseph McCann, but there is no possible doubt that they were the same person, as he named his parents as John A. McCann and Mary Hourigan in at least two different biographical compendia published during his lifetime. He however consistently mistated his own birthdate as 29 March 1887, which is impossible as it would conflict with the birthdate of his younger brother Edward. He was no longer living with his widowed father in 1911. McCann took M.D. and C.M. degrees from Queen’s University, Ottawa, in 1909 (graduating with the gold medal), and a post-graduate degree in medicine from the University of Chicago in 1911. His death notice in the Toronto Globe and Mail states, “Dr. McCann moved to Renfrew in 1913 to take over the practice of his late brother-in-law Dr. B.C. Connelly.” (This was properly Bernard G. Connelly, husband of his wife’s sister, Ann Mary Devine.^[107]) Like several of his older siblings, he attended the Perth Collegiate Institute. Prior to entering political life, he practiced as a physician at Hamilton and at Renfrew, Ontario, serving for for more than thirty years as Coroner for Renfrew County. He was elected M.P. for Renfrew in 1935, and was re-elected in 1940, 1945, 1949, and 1953, serving for 22 years before finally being defeated in 1957. He first served in the cabinet as Minister of National War Services (1945-1948). He subsequently served overlapping appointments as Minister of National Revenue (1945-1957), and as Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1950).^[108] His death notice in the Toronto Daily Star states, “As finance minister in the immediate post-war years, he was charged with the responsibility of re-settling Canada’s economy and was one of the first officials to warn of the danger of too-close economic ties with the U.S.” His death notice in the Globe and Mail states, “As Revenue Minister he watched Government income soar to record peacetime levels and took a personal interest in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which he had helped reorganize in 1941…. During his political career Dr. McCann was an early advocate in the Liberal Party for government health programs, many of which later became realities.” As James Parnell McCann, son of James A. McCann and Mary Horigan, he m. (1) 26 Nov. 1913 at Perth, according to Roman Catholic rites,^[109] Cecilia Devine, d. 1941, daughter of Felix Devine, of Renfrew, presumably by the latter’s wife Ann French.^[110] He m. (2) in Sept. 1943, Blanche Helene Desjardins, daughter of Eugene Desjardins, of Luskville, P.Q. There was no issue of either marriage.
       An newspaper article announcing his election to Parliament on 14 October 1935 reads, in part:

   Dr. Jas. J. McCann, M.P., of Renfrew … was highly honored in the Federal election of Renfrew South when he achieved a magnificent Liberal victory over Dr. M.J. Maloney, Conservative candidate, and former M.P. and J.P. Morrison, Reconstructionist, a Liberal gain. Dr. McCann had a substantial majority of 2,641 over Dr. Maloney.
       Dr. McCann is a native of Perth, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McCann, and brother of Mrs. F.A. Robertson, of Perth.
       The Renfrew Mercury referred editorially to Dr. McCann’s election as follows:
       “Dr. McCann … has often been on Liberal platforms before but heretofore it has always been in the interest of someone else…. He is a more than ordinary capable speaker, logical in all his utterances. Were he given Cabinet rank it would not surprise many of his constituents.”
       Speaking on election night in Renfrew, from a window in The Mercury building, Dr. McCann spoke in the following characteristic terms amid the applause of hundreds:
       “Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply appreciative of the splendid victory which you have accorded me to-day…. This has not been so much a personal victory as a victory for Liberal principles. I have fought the battle from one end of the county to the other, and you see the result … all of which goes to show that prejudices of any kind cannot supplant great, fundamental, political truths.
       I look forward to the future with great optimism. We now have real National government … and the struggle for the rights of the people will, in the realm of economic liberty and security, be carried on as never before. The Liberals of this country have been handed to them a great trust. It will not be betrayed.
       This campaign should witness the end of the hysteria and bring a speedy return to sanity, in the discussion and administration of the country’s affairs. Unemployment, poverty, adversity, want, and misery, are the enemies which Liberalism will seek to banish from our land…. Promotion of our trade, economy, redistribution of wealth, reduction of taxation, and government for all the people, not for the chosen few, will be the means to the end. I hope to play a part in this solution, and from today I shall seek to represent all of the people of this constituency, and not only my supporters…. I ask your co-operation in that task. Again I thank you a thousand times.”^[111]

9. Edmond H. McCann, b. 16 Nov. 1887,^[112] and presumably the Edmund McCann who was a student in the third grade at St. John’s Separate School [Roman Catholic], Perth, about 1898.^[113] He was still living with his parents in 1901, but was no longer living with his widowed father in 1911.
10. John Francis McCann, b. 8 Nov. 1889,^[114] d. 24 Dec. 1889 at Perth, aged 6 weeks and 3 days, of dysentery, the father’s religion being stated as Roman Catholic.^[115] An announcement in a local newspaper reads: “John Francis McCann, infant son of Mr. John McCann, aged 6 weeks and 3 days,” d. 24 Dec. 1889 at Perth.^[116] We have found no matching birth registration.
11. John Herbert McCann, b. 14 Jan. 1893 in Lanark Co.^[117] He was still living unmarried with his widowed father in 1911, when he was a student. As Sgt. Herbert John McCann, student, of 223 Huron Street, Toronto, son of John McCann of Perth, he enlisted on 8 Feb. 1917 in the 590th Regiment of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force.^[118] He is mentioned in a newspaper item of 1917: “Herb McCann, son of John McCann, [of this] town, has been attending the Royal Dental College in Toronto and has enlisted there and will go overseas with the Dental Corps this month.”^[119] The same newspaper mentions him again later that year: “Herb McCann, son of John McCann of town who went overseas with the Army Medical Corps this summer, has returned to Canada to complete his course in dentistry. A number of students were permitted to return for this purpose.”^[120] He m. 24 Oct. 1922 in York Co., by Roman Catholic rites,^[121] Teresa Larkin, b. 1899-1900 (aged 22 at their marriage) at Toronto, daughter of John Larkin and Sarah Hennessy. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplied the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a dentist, of Perth, and the bride of Toronto; the witnesses were Edmund J. McCann, of 1157 Farwell Ave., Chicago, and Runa (?) Larkin, of 33 Albemarle Ave., Toronto. The male witness was possibly the groom’s brother Edward/Edmund, but we have not found such a man in the 1920 census of Chicago.
12. Joseph Raymond McCann, b. 18 Feb. 1895 in Lanark Co.,^[122] alive in 1901 but probably d. young as he was not living with his father in 1911.
13. (possibly) Aloysius John McCann, b. 28 May 1897 in Perth County as a son of John McCann, no mother being named in the record.^[123] If he is correctly placed in this family, he was presumably dead by 1901, when he does not appear with his father in the census.

4. Arthur McCann, son of Patrick McCann and Anne FitzPatrick, was b. about 1851 (aged 11 in 1861, 19 in 1871) at Portland, Ontario, d. 30 Aug. 1915 at his home on Lanark Road, Bathurst, Ontario,^[124] and was buried 1 Sept. 1915 in St. Johns Cemetery, Perth. He was still living with his parents in 1871. As noted above under the account of his mother, Arthur McCann is found as a head-of-household in the 1881 census of Bastard and South Burgess townships, in which he is called a farmer. He m. 11 Sept. 1889 in St. John the Baptist Church (Roman Catholic), Perth,^[125] Mary Teresa McDonagh, b. about 1861, d. 1945, and buried with her husband, daughter of Patrick Michael McDonagh and Catherine McDonald. She was a dress-maker. Their marriage record gives the names of both sets of parents including the maiden surnames of the mothers. The Perth Courier of 26 Jan. 1894 reported, “Arthur McCann, S. Burgess, brother of John McCann of Perth, has bought the house and lot on W. Wilson Street belonging to the estate of the late Mrs. P. McDonagh and intends coming to reside in it next fall.” However, the same paper reported on 2 March 1894 that “Arthur McCann has sold his house and lot on Wilson Street bought by him from the late Mrs. McDonagh at $925 to John A. McLaren.”^[126] On 16 Nov. 1894 it reported that “Arthur McCann of South Burgess, having sold his farm on Rideau Lake to Michael O’Meara, intends removing to town in the spring or perhaps buying a farm in the vicinity of Perth.”^[127] In the death notice of a brother of his wife in August 1899, Arthur McCann is called “of Bathurst.”^[128] Arthur McCann was enumerated with his family in the 1901 census of Bathurst Tp., Lanark Co.^[129] We have not found him in the 1911 census, but it seems likely he and his son Arthur Jerome McCann are the Art McCann and Jerome McCann, both of concession 4, lot 27, Bathurst Tp., with postal address of Perth, listed in a directory published in 1914.^[130] He is posthumously called Arthur McCann, of Cranworth, farmer, in the delayed registration (1928) of the birth of his son John. His widow, as “Mary Theresa McCann, of 52 College Ave., Ottawa,” attested to the circumstances of the birth of this son in this application. According to the address prepared by a son for the Irish Historical Society of Canada in 1942 (given in its entirety in the Appendix),

My mother’s name was Teresa McDonagh. She lived in the town of Perth from her childhood until she married my father and went to live in the old McCann homestead. They lived there for three years but mother, unable to bear the loneliness and privations, induced my father to sell the property and move to the more modern farm two miles from Perth, where they lived until my father’s death in 1915; and mother then moved to Ottawa with her family and now we feel that beautiful Ottawa is our real home.

1. John Quincy Joseph McCann, b. 17 Aug. 1890,^[132] at Kingston, Ontario,^[133] living 1928 (when he made a delayed registration of his own birth), d. 1989. He crossed into Buffalo, New York, on 23 Nov. 1942.^[134]
2. Arthur Jerome McCann, b. 6 May 1892 (per baptismal record and 1901 census; no birth registration found), bapt. 8 June following in (Old) St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, with sponsors Patrick O’Grady and Mary O’Grady. He d. in Nov. 1963 at Los Angeles, California. As Jerome Arthur McCann, carpenter, last of Sturgis, Saskatchewan, destined for El Centro, California, he crossed into North Dakota in April 1923.^[135] However, we have not found a match for him in the 1930 U.S. census. He is said to have m. Léonie ____, and had two children, Madeline McCann and Lee McCann.
3. Mariana Elizabeth McCann (called Marina in the 1901 census), b. 27 Jan. 1895 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), d. (unmarried?) in 1994.
4. Monica Ursula McCann, b. 4 March 1897 at Perth,^[136] d. 5 Jan. 1980 at Ottawa. Monica Mccann, single woman, aged 28 years, born at “Perth, Canada” and of Canadian nationality, is recorded on 10 July 1925 as “returning home [to] 175 Waller Street, Ottawa,” having arrived at Montreal, Quebec on the vessel Melita, which had sailed from Cobh, Ireland; her reference being listed as “Dr. Jeffs, London S.W., England.”^[137] She m. after 10 July 1925, Richard Francis Nolan.
5. Mary Agatha McCann, b. 10 April 1899.^[138] She m. 30 July 1959 at Ottawa, Arthur Charles Finley.
6. Mary Lenore McCann, b. 12 June 1901 in Lanark Co.^[139] She m. 4 May 1940, Édouard Gérard Demers.
7. Theresa Catherine McCann, b. 4 Aug. 1903 in Lanark Co.,^[140] d. s.p. 1988. She m. [as his second wife?] 7 April 1954 in the Blessed Sacrement Church, Ottawa, Wilfrid Howard Rigney. Considering the distinctiveness of his name, we do not see how he could be other than the Wilfrid Howard Rigney b. 21 Sept. 1898 at London, Middlesex County, Ontario, son of Samuel George Rigney and Mary Louise Howard.^[141] This man is found as a 12-year-old in the home of his parents, no. 812 Dundas Street, London, Ontario, in 1911.^[142] Wilfred (sic) Howard Rigney, of 812 Dundas Street, London, clerk in the C.P.R., enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces on 13 June 1917.^[143] He m. [1?] 7 Sept. 1931 in the parish church (Roman Catholic) of St. Patrice, Ottawa,^[144] Gertrude Maud Sibley, d. 26 Sept. 1948, and buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa.^[145] The record of the marriage notes that he had originally been baptized as an Anglican. The only child of this marriage was Mary Joan Rigney (1932-2002), who is buried with her mother; she m. Donald Richard Murphy (1927-1998), and had six children.^[146] Wilfrid Rigney was subsequently re-baptized as a Catholic as an adult on 4 June 1934 in the same church in which he was married for the second time, the record calling him husband of Maude Sibley and son of Samuel George Rigney and Mary Louise Howard.^[147] As Wilfrid H. Rigney, he stood unsuccessfuly as Social Credit candidate for Ottawa East in the federal election of 1962.^[148]

Appendix

Address prepared for delivery to the Irish Historical Society of Canada (Ottawa) by ____ McCann, Secretary of the Society, 1942; punctuation added for clarity. From a copy kindly supplied by Joan Tremblay.

I believe it is customary for a member of the Irish Historical Society of Canada who is giving an address to make reference to their immediate ancestors.
    My father was Arthur McCann, son of Patrick McCann and Anne Fitzpatrick, who were both born in Ireland. My grandfather married Anne Fitzpatrick in Ireland, she being only fifteen and he nineteen. The romance began in a small town in the County of Antrim where her father owned a grist mill and Patrick McCann went to town from his country estate, named Shannawood, to have his father’s wheat ground into flour.
    After seven years of marriage, Patrick McCann immigrated to Canada. He and his brother [is this a confusion with his brother-in-law Luke O’Reilly below?] came by boat to New York. His brother settled there and he traveled to Kingston, Ontario, and eventually bought a farm of 300 acres on the Rideau Lake, three miles from Rideau Ferry at a place called the Rocky Narrows. It was so named because of the narrowness of the lake at that point and the high rocky shores which are practically perpendicular. There the water is very deep and thus a natural wharf was formed where the large passenger and freight boats plied from Kingston to Smiths Falls, making a stop for passengers and merchandise. This place was called McCann’s Wharf. Wood from the neighboring countryside was loaded there to be sent to other parts of the country.
    Returning to the McCann family, my grandfather, after building a log house, which is still standing, at least it was last summer although pretty shaky, sent for his young wife. She left Ireland in 1842 [no, about 1846] with three children, one six years old, one four years old and one a couple of years younger. The youngest one died aboard ship, just before arriving at New York, and was buried in a cemetery in New York. The two older boys, John and Thomas survived the trip. John settled in Perth and lived there until his death in 1926. His oldest son, James, became a doctor and later a Member of Parliament for Renfrew North.
    When my grandmother arrived in New York she got in touch with her husband’s brother, who had remained there [no, this was Luke O’Reilly, who married her own sister, Margaret FitzPatrick]. His grandchildren are living in New York, one of them being Judge O’Reilly of New York. She then had to make the trip from New York to Portland by water route to Kingston and through the Rideau Lakes to Portland. She remained in Portland until she got in communication with her husband then went to live on a farm which he had secured. There she lived until her death in 1888 (March 23).
    Grandfather was a stone mason and built the Fort at Kingston and many of the stone buildings in that section of the country. Many of the beautiful old stone residences around Kingston, Smiths Falls, Perth and Rideau Ferry which are still as solid as the day they were built by him. Like many building contractors, he always intended to build a stone house for himself and family but it never materialized and they lived in the log house which was an unusually large one until after one of the younger sons, Arthur, who was my father, married.
    My mother’s name was Teresa McDonagh. She lived in the town of Perth from her childhood until she married my father and went to live in the old McCann homestead. They lived there for three years but mother, unable to bear the loneliness and privations, induced my father to sell the property and move to the more modern farm two miles from Perth, where they lived until my father’s death in 1915; and mother then moved to Ottawa with her family and now we feel that beautiful Ottawa is our real home. Much of the land along the lake has now been divided as lots for summer homes. Many Ottawa people are enjoying the beauty of the land and lake which was the home of this young Irish couple who must have been very lonely so far away from those they loved.

Notes

Patrick  McCann  50 mar. Ireland  farmer
Anne          "  38 mar. Ireland  ----
John          "  21 s.   Ireland  labourer
Thomas        "  19 s.   Ireland  "
Margret [sic] "  12 s.   U.C.     ----
Arthur        "  11 s.   U.C.     labourer
Sera [sic]    "   9 s.   U.C.     ----
Mary          "   7 s.   U.C.     ----
James         "   6 s.   U.C.     labourer [!]
Joseph        "   4 s.   U.C.     ----
Elenor [?]    "   2 s.   U.C.     ----
----
Entire family is Roman Catholic

Patrick  McCann  60 mar. Ireland  farmer
Anne          "  48 mar. Ireland  ----
John          "  31 ---  Ireland  farmer
Arthur        "  21 ---    " *    ----
James         "  16 ---    " *    ----
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Hugh          "   5 ---   Ont.    farmer [!]
Margret [sic] "  22 ---    "      ----
Sera [sic]    "  19 ---    "      ----
Mary          "  17 ---    "      ----
Elizabeth E.  "  12 ---    "      ----
----
* These ditto marks are erroneous; these children were born in Canada
Entire family is Roman Catholic, and of Irish origin

Arthur McCan       M  30   Ontario   farmer 
Ann      "   wid.  F  60   Ireland     
Sarah    "         F  28   Ontario
Mary     "         F  26   Ontario   milliner
Lizzie   "         F  20   Ontario   school teacher
Lucy     "         F  18   Ontario
Hugh     "         M  14   Ontario
--------
Entire family is of Irish origin, and Catholic in religion

James McCann  M   head M Sept.  4 1859  41 printer
Sarah     "   F   wife M Dec.   1 1865  35
Francis   "   M   son  S Feb.  14 1890  11
Mabel     "   F   dau. S Nov.  23 1891   9
Lillian   "   F   dau. S Dec.   5 1892   8
James     "   M   son  S July   5 1895   5
Elizabeth "   F   dau. S April 15 1897   3
Cecilia   "   F   dau. S Nov.  22 1900 4/12
----
Entire family born in Canada, of Irish origin; Roman Catholic

James McCann M  head Sept. 1859  51 printer, Gov. Bureau
Sarah     "  F  wife Dec.  1865  45
Mabel     "  F  dau. Nov.  1891  19 teacher
Lilian    "  F  dau. Dec.  1892  18
James     "  M  son  July  1895  15 student
Elizabeth "  F  dau. April 1897  14
Cecilia   "  F  dau. Nov.  1900  10
John      "  M  son  Dec.  1903   7
Isabell   "  F  dau. Dec.  1906   4
-----
All born in Ontario, of Irish origin; all Roman Catholic

name           cond. age occupation
-----------------------------------
John    Cauley  M  39  farmer
Lucy       "    M  28
Thomas     "        6
Isadora    "        5
John P.    "        3
Francis    "        2
Stanislas  "    2 mos.
====
Entire household is Roman Catholic

name         gender  relat. cong. birthdate     age occ.
----------------------------------------------------------
John      Cauley  M   head  mar.  Dec.  24 1851 49  farmer
Lucy         "    F   wife  mar.  Aug.  15 1862 38
Thomas F.    "    M   son   sgl.  Oct.  16 1884 16
Catherine D. "    F   dau.  sgl.  April 14 1886 15
John P.      "    M   son   sgl.  Nov.  23 1887 13
Francis L.   "    M   son   sgl.  Feb.  18 1889 12
Dermot R.    "    M   son   sgl.  Nov.   5 1892  8
Norvert H.   "    M   son   sgl.  Sept. 16 1894  6
Annie L.     "    F   dau.  sgl.  Aug.  27 1896  4
Lucy J.      "    F   dau.  sgl.  March 29 1898  3
Edward       "    M   son   ----  Dec.  20 1899  1

                  mar. stat.
                      /
John Cauley, Jr.head  s Nov.  1887     23  farmer
----
John A. Cauley  head  m Dec.  1850     62  farmer
Lucy       "    wife  m Aug.  1862     48  .....
Isabella   "    dau.  s April 1886     25  .....
Frank      "    son   s Feb.  1889     22  teacher
Stanley    "    son   s Nov.  1892     18  farmer's son
Norris     "    son   s Sept. 1894     16  farmer's son
Annie      "    dau.  s Aug.  1896     15  ----
Lucy       "    dau.  s March 1898     13  ----
Justin     "    son   s Dec.  1884 [!] 11  ----
Marguerite "    dau.  s June  1903      2  ----
--------
Thomas Cauley   head  s Oct.  1882     20 farmer
========
All born in Ontario; all of Canadian citizenship and Irish origin;

name        age  cond.  birthplace  occupation
----------------------------------------------
John McCann      37  M  Ireland     mason
Marey McCann     32  M  Ontario
Annie McCann      8  -  Ontario
Josephine McCann  5  -  Ontario
Elisabeth McCann  3  -  Ontario
Lenord McCann     1  -  Ontario
=====
Entire family Irish, Catholic

name     relationship   cond. age birthpl. father  mother  occupation
---------------------------------------------------------------------
John McCann      [head] mar.  49  Ireland  Ireland Ireland  mason
Mary McCann       wife  mar.  41  Ontario  Ireland Ireland
Annie McCann      dau.  --    17  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
Josephine McCann  dau.  --    14  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
Elizabeth McCann  dau.  --    11  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
Kathaleen* McCann dau.  --     9  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
Thomas McCann     son   --     6  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
James McCann      son   --     4  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
Edmond McCann     son   --     3  Ontario  Ireland Ontario
====
Entire family Roman Catholic
* sic

name       relationship  birthdate     age birthplace occupation
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  John      McCann head  18 Dec. 1841   59 Ireland  licence inspector
  === (page-break) ===
  Mary         "   wife  11 Aug.  1848  52 Ontario
  Annie T.     "   dau.  14 April 1874  26 Ontario  music teacher
* Josephine M. "   dau.   8 April 1877  23 Ontario
  Cathleen     "   dau.   3 Sept. 1881  19 Ontario
  James P.     "   son   29 March 1886  15 Ontario
  Edmond H.    "   son   16 Nov.  1887  13 Ontario
  J. Herbert   "   son   15 Jan.  1893   8 Ontario
  Joseph R.    "   son   18 Feb.  1895   6 Ontario
-------
All born of Irish ancestry; all of Canadian citizenship;
all Catholic
* Entire line stricken

John McCann head   wid.  Dec.  1841  69  Ireland* mason
Kathleen    dau.   s.    Sept. 1882  22**Ont.     ....***
Herbert     son    s.    March 1893  18  Ont.     student
Mary        sister s.    Jan.  1863  54  Ont.     milliner
----
Entire family of Irish origin; of Canadian citizenship;
Roman Catholic
  * date of immigration: 1846.
 ** sic!
*** illegible

name      relationship age cond.  birthpl. fa. b.p.      mo. b.p.  occupation
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
George Beaudin    head  31  M  New York    Canada (Eng.) Can. (Eng.) hardware
Josephine Beaudin wife  27  M  Can. (Eng.) Can. (Eng.)*  Ireland*
George H. Beaudin son 1/12  S  Chicago     New York      Canada (Eng.)
=====
* These pieces of information are reversed.

name      relationship age cond.  birthpl. fa. b.p.   mo. b.p.  occupation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
George Beaudin    head 40  M  New York      France    France
                                   sales manager, scissor and knife factory
Josephine Beaudin wife 39  M  Canada        Canada*   Canada
George Beaudin     son  9  S  Illinois      New York  Canada
Golda Slyder   servant 18  S  West Virginia Maryland  Virginia 
                                                servant [to] private family
=====
* This is erroneous

name      relationship age cond.  birthpl. fa. bp.     mo. b.p.  occupation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
George H. Beaudin  head 50  M  New York    Canada (Eng.) Canada
                                                          hardware salesman
Jos. Beaudin*      wife 50  M  Can. (Eng.) Ireland       Canada
George H. Beaudin  son  20  S  Illinois    New York      Canada (Eng.)
=====
* Year of immigration to the United States: 1883

Arthur McCann  M   head  M  Sept. 10 1850 50 farmer
Mary T.   "    F   wife  M  April 17 1862 28
John      "    M   Son   S  Aug.  17 1890 10
Arthur J. "    M   Son   S  May    6 1892  8
Marina    "    F   dau.  S  Jan.  27 1895  6
Monica    "    F   dau.  S  March  4 1897  4
Mary A.   "    F   dau.  S  April 10 1899  1
----
Entire family of Irish ancestry

name       gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age  occupation
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Samuel Rigney   M   head   M    Oct. 1852   58  motor man, street railway
Mary Rigney     F   wife   M    July 1860   50
Wilfred Rigney  M   son    S    Sept. 1898  12
-----
All born in Ontario, all of Irish origin, all Methodist.

Some Sites of Related Interest

• Harvest of Memories: Sturgis and District …, 1900-2000, by the Sturgis and District History Book Committee (Sturgis, Saskatchewan: the Committee, 2000), for an account of the Healy family of Saskatchewan (pp. 407-8)
  <http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=6123>
• McDonagh of Mayo: A Family Tree
  <http://www.mcdonagh.ca/>
• Early Settler Families of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, by Bob Bond
  <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rbond007>
• McCann Family Genealogy Forum
  <http://genforum.genealogy.com/mccann/>

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/ff/McCann.cfm
This page originally appeared 5 July 2006
Last revised 25 January 2012