Minnie (Kennedy) CANNING b 01-01-1868 (???) Shediac, NB d 03-04-1916 Springhill, NS buried Springhill, NS
I question her birth date as her parents supposedly married in 1871???
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NSARM death registrations - Year: 1916 Book: 41 Page: 347 Number: 1400
Name: CANNING, Minnie
DoB: c 1868 Shediac, NB
DoD: 1916-04-03 Springhill, NS
Age: 48y
Cause: cancer of stomach
Marital status: married
Occupation: housewife
Spouse: William Canning
c/o: (John Kennedy & Alice Moss)
Burial: Hillside, Springhill, NS
Informant: William Canning, 1916-04-03
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William Arthur Canning, her husband
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NSARM death registrations - Year: 1946 Book: 1946 Page: 1982
Name: CANNING, William Arthur
DoB: 1865-03-27 NS
DoD: 1946-03-16 Springhill, NS
Age: 80y 11m 17d
Cause: chronic myocarditis
Marital status: married
Occupation: stationary engineer/coal mining
Spouse: Lillian Canning
c/o: John Canning & Christie Harrison
Burial: 1946-03-19 Springhill, NS
Informant: Arthur Canning, son
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----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Shaw
To: elizabethjohnson@...
To: janiceprkr@...>
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:25 pm
Subject: Re: [nscumber] Hillside Headstone Photos
> Hello Elizabeth,
> Thank you for your work. The last time I was in the cemetery
> was 1999 when my aunt's ashes were buried at John Seward Kennedy's
> grave (my grandfather). I remember some of what you have
> described--we used to pick blueberries there when I was a child.
> I hope to make a trip sometime. I want to look for William (John)
> Kennedy and Fanny Moss's grave. It might be in Nova Scotia instead
> of the Shediac area. Last fall I ordered a microfiche from the
> LDS library--it contained information on a John Kennedy who died
> in Shediac somewhere around 1872 or 1875. The microfiche had no
> logical order to the contents so anyone viewing it had to search
> through the entire film. Unfortunately I get very motion sick
> when viewing microfiche so I had to give up on the search.
> Janice
>
> elizabethjohnson@... wrote:
> Hi Janice,
> How are you? Happy New Year!
> They are located as far down the hill as you can go. I don't have
> my map out right now, but if you picture driving into the cemetery
> by the brick building, you would take the first lane on the left,
> and head down as far as you can go. Pointing down the hill, there
> is cleared/in use land extending farther on the right side of the
> lane than the left, and I believe they are a row or two up hill
> from the farthest graves down.
> When I have time to dig out my map with the letter assignments,
> I'll scan it and send it along with their approximate location marked.
> Are you planning a trip?
> Elizabeth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Janice Parker <janiceprkr@...>
> Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:48 am
> Subject: Re: [nscumber] Hillside Headstone Photos
> > Thank you Elizabeth,
> > Do you remember which section of the cemetery Minnie and William
> > Canning were located?
> > I didn't have a photo of their graves so I appreciate your
> > posting them.
> > Janice Parker
> > Delaware
> >
> > Elizabeth Johnson <elizabethjohnson@...> wrote:
> > I've just uploaded a bunch of pictures that I took last
> > summer in
> > Springhill's Hillside Cemetery.
> >
> > Mostly Spences, Cannings, Rogers with a few others thrown in.
> > Thought
> > they may be of interest to some of you.
> >
> > Elizabeth
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