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Cannell, Hugh[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1881 - 1959  (78 years)


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  • Name Cannell, Hugh 
    Birth 27 Feb 1881  Chapmans Bar, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • The 1881 Canada census gives his age as two months (2/12).
      His father's name has been noted in various records as either Edmund James or Edward Cannell. His mother was Mary Agnes [nee Lane] Cannell. [7]
    Christening 20 Mar 1881  St. John's Church, Yale, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 8 Jun 1904  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Bride: Elizabeth Norton Rudd 
    • He lived in Victoria at the time of his first marriage and gave his occupation as a boilermaker.
    Business Address/Year 1913  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    602 Broughton St., no. 306-307
    Hamley Building
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 19 Apr 1913  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Bride: Nettie [Deane] Mably or Mobly 
    • He gave his occupation as photographer; both parties were widowed. She gave her age as 37 and he gave his age as 34.
    Death 24 Aug 1959  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I2133  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

  • Documents
    Hugh Cannell's signature on his 1913 marriage registration record.    		Hugh Cannell's signature on his 1913 marriage registration record.
    Front of Hugh Cannell's World War One draft registration card, 1918.    		Front of Hugh Cannell's World War One draft registration card, 1918.
    Back of Hugh Cannell's World War One draft registration card, 1918.    		Back of Hugh Cannell's World War One draft registration card, 1918.
    Hugh Cannell's World War Two draft registration card, 1942.    		Hugh Cannell's World War Two draft registration card, 1942.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked as a photographer in Victoria in 1913. He abandoned his Canadian past and re-established himself in Seattle, WA, where he worked as a ship fitter when he registered for the USA World War One draft in 1918. He indicated on his registration card he was "native born" (born in the USA). He subsequently moved to Long Beach, CA, and when he registered for the USA World War Two draft in 1942 he claimed he had been born in Madison, WI. In both instances his second wife's first name of Nettie appears on the draft registration cards. His signatures on the 1918 and 1942 cards also closely match his signature on his 1913 marriage registration record.
      He applied for US Social Security on 24 Apr 1946 (SSN 562038406).
      His wife Nettie Deane Cannell predeceased him on 17 Jun 1959 in Los Angeles, CA. Her death registration record states she resided in Long Beach, CA, and that her husband was an invalid. Her birth place was Kentucky, which agrees with her 1913 marriage registration record, but her age, 92, and birth date, 8 Jun 1867, differ from that 1913 record.

  • Sources 
    1. [S796] HENVIC12, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 293.
      Victoria: Cannall [sic] Hugh carp Wm Dunford & Son lvs Burnside Rd nr Eldon Pl

    2. [S798] HENVIC13, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1913), 444.
      Victoria: Cannell Hugh photogr 307, 602 Broughton r Mrs M N Rudd

    3. [S745] HENVIC14, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1914).
      Victoria: not listed

    4. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", URL (accessed 29 Jun 2021): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-42QN

    5. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

    6. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    7. [S721] Census of Canada 1881.
      Province of BC, District no. 189 Yale, Sub-district a Yale-Hope, p. 3, line 2

    8. [S725] BVIPA birth registration.
      Registration no. 1881-09-260434 (microfilm B13807); digital facsimile URL (accessed 28 Jun 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8763bb7a-3e23-4c35-8bf6-09275bb779ca

    9. [S726] BVIPA baptism index.
      Microfilm B16241

    10. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1904-09-012734 (microfilm B11368); digital facsimile URL (accessed 28 Jun 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c7326612-9a31-473d-9470-9fa525b78577

    11. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1913-09-024198 (microfilm B11370); digital facsimile URL (accessed 28 Jun 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e5927caa-2ac9-4c57-bc1a-31e64f86dc1c

    12. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      Nettie Cannell
      "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", URL (accessed 29 Jun 2021): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-ZHRY

    13. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      Hugh Cannell
      "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", URL (accessed 29 Jun 2021): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGBB-DF6Q