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Francis Hughmore McCanney

Francis Hughmore McCanney

Male 1850 - 1936  (86 years)


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  • Name Francis Hughmore McCanney 
    Nickname Frank 
    Birth 1850  Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Sep 1936  Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1861  Simon and Related Families | All Dolans from Seegronan Townland, Descendants of Mary Dolan McCanney (1858- )
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2016 

    Father Patrick McCanny,   b. Abt 1796, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1884, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Mother Mary,   b. Abt 1806, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1893, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Marriage 1835  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Dolan,   b. Abt 1858, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1951, Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1879  Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Patrick Joseph McCanney,   b. 11 May 1880, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1902, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    +2. Mary Anne McCanney | McKenna,   b. 12 Jul 1881, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. Margaret McCanney | McKenna,   b. 24 Oct 1883, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Catherine Ellen McCanney | McKenna,   b. 12 Mar 1885, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     5. William John McCanney | McKenna,   b. 3 Feb 1887, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     6. Michael McCanney,   b. 20 Nov 1888, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1892, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    +7. Alice V. (Bridget) McCanney | McKenna,   b. 7 May 1890, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +8. Francis McCanney | McKenna,   b. 24 Jun 1891, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     9. James McCanney,   b. 6 May 1893, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1950 (Age 57 years)
     10. Bridget Breslin,   b. Abt 1894, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Hugh McCanney,   b. 5 Feb 1895, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1900, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
     12. Thomas McCanney,   b. 13 Oct 1896, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1901, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    +13. (Susan) Teresa McCanney,   b. 1 Aug 1898, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1990, Curraghmacall, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +14. Peter McCanney | McKenna,   b. 23 Oct 1900, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1974, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     15. Sarah Elizabeth McCanney,   b. 11 Dec 1901, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1902, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     16. Agnes McCanney,   b. 11 Dec 1901, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1904, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1850 - Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jun 1879 - Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Sep 1936 - Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    McCanney, Francis | McCanney Family - 1851 Census Extract    		McCanney, Francis | McCanney Family - 1851 Census Extract
    1851 Census Extract made as part of a 1920 Pension Application by Francis McCanney. The second family enumerated under "Observations" includes Francis and his siblings and names his parents.
    McCanney, Francis | Dolan, Mary - Civil Marriage Record    		McCanney, Francis | Dolan, Mary - Civil Marriage Record
    1879 Irish Civil Registration Marriage Record for Francis McCanney and Mary Dolan.
    McCanney, Francis | Dolan, Mary - Parish Marriage Record    		McCanney, Francis | Dolan, Mary - Parish Marriage Record
    Marriage entry in the parish register for St. Patrick's RC Church, Aghyaran, for Francis McCanny and Mary Dolin.
    McCanney, Francis - Death    		McCanney, Francis - Death
    Death entry for Frank McCanney (1850-1936) in Civil Register for Northern Ireland. Accompanied by notation of an age correction made subsequently by Statutory Declaration of his son, Peter McCanney.

    Headstones
    McCanney Family Tombstone in Drumquin    		McCanney Family Tombstone in Drumquin
    In graveyard of St. Patrick's RC Church, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Inscription not legible. Marks the spot of burial of several family members (Frank McCanney and his wife Mary Dolan McCanney), as well as Peter Dolan and John Dolan.

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH:
      Year of birth would be before 1858, according to age (over 21 years) in 1879 marriage record.
      Year of birth would be 1849-1850, according to age (1 year) in 1851 Census of Ireland, abstracted as part of the file accompanying his 1920 application for an Old Age Pension. The 1851 Census of Ireland was destroyed by fire in 1922. This record lists his parents as Patrick and Mary McCanny. Copy of a summary of his Old Age Pension file available on the internet (for purchase) at ireland-genealogy.com (ID No. 38522), a copy of which is in the possession of Robert M. Simon.
      Year of birth would be 1850-1851, according to age (50 years) in 1901 Census of Ireland, County Tyrone, Clunahill District Electoral Division, Drumquin Subdistrict, Coolavannagh Townland. Place of birth given as County Tyrone. Enumerated as Francis McCanney, with wife Mary McCanney and children.
      Year of birth would be 1847-1848, according to age (63 years) in 1911 Census of Ireland, County Tyrone, Clunahill District Electoral Division, Drumquin Subdistrict, Coolvanagh Townland. Place of birth given as County Tyrone. Enumerated as Francis McCanney, with wife Mary McCanney and children.
      Year of birth would be 1850, given that he applied for an Old Age Pension (minimum age 70) in 1920.
      Year of birth would be 1849-1850, according to age at his death in 1936 (86 years) given in a declaration by his son, Peter McCanney, on 5 January 1937, and recorded with his death entry in the Civil Register of Deaths for Northern Ireland.

      NAMES: The most common spelling for his surname is McCanney. In Irish Civil Registration records of his marriage and his son Patrick's birth, his name is given as Francis McCanny. To his descendants in the United States, he was known as Frank Hughmore McKenna, but this is a function of the decision of many of those descendants to change the spelling of their surname, once in America. His death record gives his name as Frank McCanney, and McCanney is also the spelling used in the parish register in Drumquin for all his children's baptisms.

      MARRIAGE:
      Francis McCanny identified as the husband of Mary Dolan in Irish Civil Marriage Record available (by purchase) on www.rootsireland.ie. Copy in possession of Robert M. Simon. Full date of marriage given as 6 June 1879, and place of marriage given as "Aghyarron RC CH, Parish of Termonamongan." This is St. Patrick's RC Church, Aghyaran, where John Dolan, her father, is buried.
      Frank Hughmore McKenna identified as the husband of Mary Dolan in oral family history related by Teresa McElholme (nee McKenna), her daughter, to Patrick Teague in 1988, and subsequently communicated personally to Robert M. Simon in September 2011.
      An image of the marriage record in the Parish Register for St. Patrick's RC Church, Aghyaran, can be found here: http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632975#page/16/mode/1up. Witnesses were Charles Donaghy and John McCanny.

      OCCUPATION:
      Farmer (1879 Marriage Record, 1936 death record)

      ADDRESSES:
      Cool, County Tyrone, Ireland (1879 Marriage Record)
      Cooel, County Tyrone, Ireland (1880 Birth Record of son Patrick)
      Cooel, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Ireland (1907 Immigration Record of daughter, Alice (Bridget) McKenna)
      Coolavannagh Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone (1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland)
      Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone (1936 death record)

      LAND RECORDS:
      - The 1882-1894 Valuation Revision Book for Coolvannagh Townland shows a transfer in 1886 of the tenancy for Lot #12 from the Representatives of Patrick McCanny to Francis McCanny, consistent with the death of Patrick McCanny in 1884. Valuation Revision Books for County Tyrone, Electoral Division of Clunahill, 1882-1894, page 40. Online at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland at http://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx, PRONI Reference VAL/12/B/35/9D.
      - The 1895-1915 Valuation Revision Book for these lands shows no changes in status for Lot #12 -- it is still assigned to Francis McCaney. Valuation Revision Books for County Tyrone, Electoral Division of Clunahill, 1895-1915, page 48. Online at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland at http://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx, PRONI Reference VAL/12/B/35/9E.
      - The 1915-1929 Valuation Revision Book for these lands shows no changes in status for Lot #12 -- it is still assigned to Francis McCaney. Valuation Revision Books for County Tyrone, Electoral Division of Clunahill, 1895-1915, page 20. Online at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland at http://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx, PRONI Reference VAL/12/B/35/9F.

      DEATH: Full date given in Civil Register death entry for Frank McCanney, Registration No. D/1936/207/1010/6/6. Cause of death was myocardial degeneration. Informant was his son, Peter McCanney of Cooel.

      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      The closest Roman Catholic church and cemetery is likely St. Patrick's RC Church in Drumquin -- the civil parish is Longfield West. Only a few graves in the cemetery have been recorded and posted on the internet. Correspondence with this church has yielded considerable information on this family.


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