See also

Family of Samuel CANN and Mary Ann TRACKSON

Husband: Samuel CANN

  • Name:

  • Samuel CANN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • James CANN (c. 1799-c. 1866)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth REEVE ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 26 Oct 1850

  • Wicklewood2

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Nov 1850 (age 0)

  • Wicklewood2

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 30-31)

  • Wicklewood3

  •  

  • Address: Near Wild Man, Wicklewood, Norfolk

    30, farmer of 10 acres, living with wife Mary Ann (34, farmer's wife) and son Walter J (1)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 40-41)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Chequers Inn, Tharston

    40, innkeeper, farmer, gardener, living with wife Mary Ann (40) and children Agnes Elizabeth (13, innkeeper's assistant) and Walter James (11, scholar)

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 50-51)

  • Warham All Saints, Norfolk5

  •  

  • Address: Binham Road, Warham All Saints, Norfolk

    50, non-domestic gardener, living with wife Mary Ann (52)

  • Death:

  • 5 Feb 1909 (age 58)

  • Thorpe St. Andrew6

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1909

  • Norwich, Norfolk6

  •  

  • Address: Warham, Norfolk

    CANN Samuel of Warham Norfolk gardener died 5 February 1909 at Thorpe Norwich Probate Norwich 20 February to Walter James Cann private in His Majesty's Army. Effects £390 13s. 1d.

Wife: Mary Ann TRACKSON

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann TRACKSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1850

  • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 30-31)

  • Wicklewood3

  •  

  • Address: Near Wild Man, Wicklewood, Norfolk

    34, farmer's wife, living with husband Samuel (30, farmer of 10 acres) and son Walter J (1)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 40-41)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Chequers Inn, Tharston

    40, living with husband Samuel (40, innkeeper, farmer, gardener) and children Agnes Elizabeth (13, innkeeper's assistant) and Walter James (11, scholar)

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 50-51)

  • Warham All Saints, Norfolk5

  •  

  • Address: Binham Road, Warham All Saints, Walsingham, Norfolk

    52, living with husband Samuel (50, non-domestic gardener)

  • Death:

  • c. 1914 (age 63-64)7

  •  

Child 1: Walter James CANN

  • Name:

  • Walter James CANN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1874

  •  

  • Death:

  • c. 1878 (age 3-4)

  •  

Child 2: Agnes Elizabeth CANN

  • Name:

  • Agnes Elizabeth CANN

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Edwin COZENS (1875-1934)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1877

  • Norwich, Norfolk8

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 13-14)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Chequers Inn, Tharston

    13, innkeeper's assistant, living with parents Samuel (40, innkeeper, farmer, gardener) and Mary Ann (40), and brother Walter James (11, scholar)

  • Death:

  • c. 1962 (age 84-85)

  • King's Lynn

Child 3: Walter James CANN

  • Name:

  • Walter James CANN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Alice LONG (1863- )

  • Birth:

  • c. 1879

  • Wicklewood9

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 1-2)

  • Wicklewood3

  •  

  • Address: Near Wild Man, Wicklewood, Norfolk

    1, living with parents Samuel (30, farmer of 10 acres) and Mary Ann (34, farmer's wife)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 11-12)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Chequers Inn, Tharston

    11, scholar, living with parents Samuel (40, innkeeper, farmer, gardener) and Mary Ann (40), and sister Agnes Elizabeth (13, innkeeper's assistant)

  • Military Attestation:

  • 1 Jul 1897 (age 17-18)

  • Fakenham10

  • Military period:

  • frm 1 Jul 1897 to 3 Jan 1900 (age 17-21)10

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military Joined:

  • 2 Jul 1897 (age 17-18)

  • Norwich10

  •  

  • Norfolk Regiment

  • Military period:

  • frm 4 Jan 1900 to 10 Feb 1903 (age 20-24)10

  •  

  •  

  • served in South Africa

  • Military period:

  • frm 11 Feb 1903 to 11 Oct 1905 (age 23-26)10

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military period:

  • frm 12 Oct 1905 to 9 Oct 1908 (age 25-29)10

  •  

  •  

  • served in South Africa

  • Military period:

  • frm 10 Oct 1908 to 30 Jun 1909 (age 28-30)10

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military discharge:

  • 30 Jun 1909 (age 29-30)10

  •  

  • Military period:

  • frm 6 Jul 1916 to 3 Feb 1917 (age 36-38)10

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military Joined:

  • 6 Jul 1916 (age 36-37)10

  •  

  •  

  • The Royal Garison Artillery, gunner, serv. no. 101974

  • Military period:

  • frm 4 Feb 1917 to 4 Oct 1917 (age 37-38)10

  •  

  •  

  • served with the British Expeditionary Force in France

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1917 (age 37-38)

  • France10

  •  

  • killed in action, probably at Ypres, aged 38 years

  • Probate:

  • 9 Mar 1918

  • Norwich, Norfolk11

  •  

  • CANN Walter James of Warham Norfolk gunner R. G. A. died 4October 1917 in France or Belgiam Administration (with Will) Norwich 9 March to Alice Cann widow. Effects £120 11s. 9d.

  • War memorial:

  •  

  • Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

  •  

  • Grave Registratiom: CANN, Gnr. Walter James, 101974. 19th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. 4th Oct., 1917. Age 38. I. E. 75.

Sources

1.

Civil Registration - marriage. 1871 Q4 Norwich 4B 389. Cit. Date: Q4 1871.

2.

Parish register - baptism. Wicklewood. Cit. Date: 17 November 1850.

3.

1881 Census. RG11 1955 22 19. Cit. Date: 1881.

4.

1891 Census. RG12 1545 130 8. Cit. Date: 1891.

5.

1901 Census. RG13 1878 72 11. Cit. Date: 1901.

6.

National Probate Calendar. 1909 Page 318. Cit. Date: 20 February 1909.

7.

Civil Registration - death. 1914 Q2 Walsingham 4B 323. Cit. Date: Q2 1914.

8.

Civil Registration - birth. 1877 Q2 Norwich 4B 158. Cit. Date: Q2 1877.

9.

Ibid. 1879 Q3 Forehoe Vol 4B Page 174. Cit. Date: Q3 1879.

10.

Service record.

11.

National Probate Calendar. 1918 Page 427. Cit. Date: 9 March 1918.

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