William Edward Canham born 23 Feb 1881 in the city of Virden. He was a coal miner, tall, slender man with dark hair and gray eyes. His mother was Mary. Her surname is on the 1900 Census (town of Virden), but I can not read it. It is possibly B__ll_i__. She was born Nov 1848. She had 8 children, 5 living in 1900, married for 35 years <m. in 1865>. Her children look to be all born in Illinois (probably in the town of Virden) and her husband (who is not listed in 1900) was born in England. Mary immigrated in 1850. Her oldest son was born in Jun 1866 in Illinois and he was divorced in 1900. Another son, Hayden S. Canham was born Dec 1883 in Virden. The children are all listed as coal miners with the exception of Henry who is listed as a Horseman. This is only a guess, but it appears that the husband of Mary was Charles Canham. If so, the parents of Charles Jobe Canham b.4 Apr 1841 in Soham Wicken Cambridge England are John and Pheobe Bailey, and grandparents are likely Thomas and Elisabeth Darkens and gr-gr-pts are likely Thomas and Ann Roper. I show this Mary's surname as Oldroyd, but that could be wrong. It might be spelled Ollroid which could be the surname on the 1900 census. I have birth dates of two other sons: Hayden Sydney (Haddie) 19 Dec 1883 in Virden sp: Maud May Howard Ambrose 24 Mar 1886 in Virden sp: Rhoada Ann My Canham line is stumped in 1800's in California, and I can not say if we are related. Karen Kelnhofer Eddy ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:59:57 EDT > >I'm interested in finding out any information I can on my maternal great >grandfather: > >CANHAM, William E. (23 Feb 1881 - 10 Apr 1954) and his wife > >CANHAM, Fannie J. (19 Jan 1888 - 3 Jan 1949) >both buried in VIRDEN CEMETERY, MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS > >Their daughter, Mildred Irene Canham (1910 - 1991) was my maternal gra >ndmother. > >Thank you, >Jim Branberg > >_www.jimbranberg.com_ (http://www.jimbranberg.com/) > > > > > > > >**************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best >2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >