Hi, Darcy, I was quoting from Dodie there. Perhaps she can answer you re this ancient book. Best regards, Jane At 11:26 PM 6/17/2002 -0700, you wrote: >HI! Jane, >What is the name of that book? >I am planning a trip to UTAH soon. (1st time) >Let me know so I can - see if MY McCann's are listed. > >Thanks >Darcy >in Sunny, CA >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:41 PM >Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN again > > > > > > > > Hi, again, > > There's a Sept 2 1998 email from Dodie in which she writes: > > 'When my son Greg was in Utah at the LDS he found an ancient book in the > > basement of that repository. He made some copies of pages, showing the > > McCan lineage, hard to read, but I will tell you what I have found: This > > book is quite old, and shows on the pages I have, Pedigrees of old > > families. The name of Mac Can is on the index, with a chart showing the > > Monarchs that reigned in Ireland from sons of Hiberis, sons of Mil. This >is > > very hard to read, and the many names shown are coded with page numbers of > > the various pedigrees. One thing to remember in this controversy is that >at > > one time there was no Scotland, it was all Ireland! I'll see if I can look > > up that part of the "Isle" history. I remember reading it somewhere.' > > > > That spelling of "Mac Can" further suggests that "Cann" could have been > > "Can" and, possibly, could have preceded "Mac Can." > > > > Regards, > > Jane > > > > > > > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > > Reminder: Record Your Sources and Cite Them for Others! > > > > >==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >Hint: Visit the RootsWeb Archives and other resources at: >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/c/MCCANN/ new email address: [email protected] old email address: [email protected]

In ref. to James McCann married to Mary Ann Hayes. Family tradition has it that there were three brothers born in County Cork Ireland. They came to USA and one stayed on the East coast another proceeded onto Calif. and the third (James McCann) settled in the Chicago area i.e. Joliet. My Grandfather told me that his Father, my G-Grandfather (James McCann) had been born in County Cork, Ireland.

HI! Jane, What is the name of that book? I am planning a trip to UTAH soon. (1st time) Let me know so I can - see if MY McCann's are listed. Thanks Darcy in Sunny, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN again > > > Hi, again, > There's a Sept 2 1998 email from Dodie in which she writes: > 'When my son Greg was in Utah at the LDS he found an ancient book in the > basement of that repository. He made some copies of pages, showing the > McCan lineage, hard to read, but I will tell you what I have found: This > book is quite old, and shows on the pages I have, Pedigrees of old > families. The name of Mac Can is on the index, with a chart showing the > Monarchs that reigned in Ireland from sons of Hiberis, sons of Mil. This is > very hard to read, and the many names shown are coded with page numbers of > the various pedigrees. One thing to remember in this controversy is that at > one time there was no Scotland, it was all Ireland! I'll see if I can look > up that part of the "Isle" history. I remember reading it somewhere.' > > That spelling of "Mac Can" further suggests that "Cann" could have been > "Can" and, possibly, could have preceded "Mac Can." > > Regards, > Jane > > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Reminder: Record Your Sources and Cite Them for Others! >

Hi Debra, Thank you. There are so many paralels between this family and a large extended family I am researching...but I don't have an indication of a Wisconsin link. There was a James McCann b about 1865 who came from Ireland (prob through PA) in the second ahlf of the 1800's and eventually ended up in Montana he died in a mining accident in the late 1800's in Montana. His brother William and sons Eugene and possibly James came to Seattle WA in the early 1900's. They were likely to ahve been tied to a family where Peter, and possibly Arthur and Steven, were prevalent names. I am eager to see what Ann learns about her families ties to Ireland. Thanks for staying in touch. Lin At 03:14 PM 6/17/02 -0700, you wrote: >Lin and Ann, > > I believe the James you are referring to is James Benjamin McCann >b. Sep 20, 1901 Washburn Co., WI, d. Nov 1941 Bellingham, WA, the >son of Peter McCann and Mary Sharlow (now spelled Charland). >James was raised in Chippewa Co., WI and married Myrtle Rudy. >They had a son named Gene and a daughter named Betty. James >applied for a delayed birth certificate in Washburn Co., WI between >1940-1941, before moving to WA. He was killed shortly afterwards >in a logging accident near his new home in Bellingham, WA. He was >forty years old. > > Debra McCann > > >amccann74 wrote: > >> Lin: >> I have heard from this Jim; >> he relates to the Daniel McCann as far as I can tell, He states that his >> Great Grandfather was married to an Full bloodied Indian, >> I found on the inter-Net Info on this family updated to March 24, 2002, I >> copied all on Margaret laPointe and Danie McCann, I couldn't foreward from >> that site, but tole him that I would mail the info if he would send his >> address, >> Lin: He got back to me and his father was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in >> 1925, , I had one Brother born there also in 1923, 1925, and I was born >> there in 1927,, >> We don't know if we relate to this James McCann or Not. On one of the Deeds >> of the McCann family farm, it lists a James and Mary McCann his wife, >> Someone told me by E-Mail that there are hundreds of James McCanns married >> to ladies named Mary, >> Quite a few of the names of this McCann family are the same as ours. >> Peter, Stephen, James, Margaret, >> The pictures also look like our family. We just can't put it together. >> Back to Jim. I'm sure he relates, Will check on his E-Mail Address and get >> back to you. >> Ann >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Big River <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [McCANN] James McCann >> >> > HI Ann, >> > >> > You mention that your Mccanns moved about. I know some came to >> california. >> > Did any go to Washington (state). A gentlemen left a note in my guest >> > book about a James McCann and his wife Myrtle who came from WI to WA. Is >> > that one of your James Mccann? >> > Thanks, >> > Lin >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >> > Sharing is contagious! Catch the bug! >> > >> > >> >> ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >> Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: >> Address: [email protected] >> Subject: archive >> Text: get volume98/latest/n >> n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. > >-- >My Elusive Ancestors >http://users.ap.net/~chenae/geneal.html > >Main Site Index >http://users.ap.net/~chenae/main.html > > > >==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >Plea: Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > > >

Hi Jane and David, Its hard to be sure how Cann fits in. With names that had O's as a prefix, it fequently was deleted or added. This has not been my experience with Mccanns however. There are mny variations. But i usually see a M', Mc, or Mac or MACAN. Accrding to my sources the switch from Cana to McCan/Macan seems to have occurred before David's Canns appeared. He is citing a Sir Thomas Cann in the 1500's in England. If I were to theorize, I would assume that the Mc had been dropped. I base that on stereotyping, to some degree. It is generally held that the McCanns originated on the banks of Lough Neagh in what is now county Armagh and east Tyrone. Some certainly migrated to Scotland, as we now know it. Many of those who stayed in Ulster identified strongly wiht their Celtic heritage. Since he was a Sir in the mid 1500's it seems unlikely that he identified with his Celtic background. If he or his family had been a McCann, he was a descendant of Celts. Perhaps he found it more advantageous to be Anglo-Saxon i.e., British. His family may have dropped the Mc some generations before. OR his name is not a derivative of McCann at all. I don't want to inflame controversy with these opinions. I only offer this theory as requested. I note that Ann Meyer has run across the name but I have not. However, it is not likely to show up in my searches as I am Looking in the "M"s. I don't know if this helps but I will be interested to elarn what david finds out. Best Regards, Lin

In a message dated 6/17/02 1:07:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Interested in information concerning James McCann who was married to Mary > Ann > Hayes. They lived in Joliet, Ill and are my GGrand parents. My > grandfather > Frank McCann born in Joliet Dec 9, 1876 married Hannah Byrne. > > > I would be very interested in the family of your James McCann. I have a > James Dawson McCann b. 1816 in Pendleton County, Ky., married Susan > Shumate. Buried in Missouri. He had a son by the name of James who > married and lived in Lewis Co. Mo., and Quincy, Illinois. This James had a > daughter who also lived in Quincy. Have other correspondence from a Mrs. > John Bybee who lived in Joliet, and I believe her cousin was married to > another son of the James that was born in Pendleton County. Do any of your > McCann members connect to a Ewing family?

At 05:17 PM 6/17/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Jane et al, Here is my summary of several renditions of the derivation >of the name McCann. Thanks, Lin, and I saw on your website that Cann was another recognized spelling of McCann. Any chance you might have a suggestion for David where he might look to find the timeframe when some McCanns used the "Cann" spelling? Best regards, Jane

Dear Ann, I believe that Margaret McCann's mother's name was O'Neil, if that would help. There are also McCann's near Joliet, Ill. in Wilton Center & Peotone area. Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: amccann74 Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill Bernie: Do you have any other info on Margaret McCann? I am searching for a ancestor Named Margaret Ann McCann She was born in Mass, Her father was PeterMcCann and Her Mother Margaret, Her mother came from Armagh, Ireland. I know, every one will tell me that there are hundreds of Margaret McCanns' They are right, but one of these times I might find mine. Ann T. Meyer (nee Ann McCann) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernie Albert <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill > Hi, My McCann's were from Joliet, My grandmother was Margaret McCann. If any connection let me know. She married Patrick McNamee. Time period late 1800's. > > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill > > > > Interested in information concerning James McCann who was married to Mary Ann > Hayes. They lived in Joliet, Ill and are my GGrand parents. My grandfather > Frank McCann born in Joliet Dec 9, 1876 married Hannah Byrne. > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Caveat: Do NOT post to Multiple Lists with one email, please! > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: > Address: [email protected] > Subject: archive > Text: get volume98/latest/n > n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== Reminder: Record Your Sources and Cite Them for Others!

I thank you for the welcome. Actually, I do have a small handful of McCanns in my data, but they are in my wife's line, not my own. They are related to Jane's line and my wife's, and that particular surname (Wynne) is the one Jane and I went to the reunion for this past weekend in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. If anyone wants to see my information, you will find it at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann/genealogy/master_notes/ If anything looks close or actually connects, I welcome hearing from you. I will be happy to share any and all information we have with you, but since I am only going on a "long shot" on this, I cannot guarantee you that there is any connection. Everything else my grandfather told me as a kid seems to be panning out as true, but this is one detail I have not been able to confirm. . . . . . yet. David *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 06/17/2002, at 6:23 PM, Jane McCann Walsh wrote: >Hi, Ann and David, >Thanks, Ann, for welcoming David. > >It is easy to imagine that McCann which was often written as M'Cann could >have become simply Cann. >Or, is it the other way around? >If Mac or Mc means "son of" then could the first McCann have been a son of >a Cann? > >David, I did a little searching in our list's archives. >Found that back in '99 I had posted this: > >"Found a John CANN living in New Castle, PA in 1691. Is this likely a >McCann? Found this in "Early Pennsylvania Land Records, Minutes of the >Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania" on p. 85." > >Has anyone else found early CANNs in Scotland or Ireland? >Best regards, >Jane > > > >==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >Sharing is contagious! Catch the bug!

Hi, again, There's a Sept 2 1998 email from Dodie in which she writes: 'When my son Greg was in Utah at the LDS he found an ancient book in the basement of that repository. He made some copies of pages, showing the McCan lineage, hard to read, but I will tell you what I have found: This book is quite old, and shows on the pages I have, Pedigrees of old families. The name of Mac Can is on the index, with a chart showing the Monarchs that reigned in Ireland from sons of Hiberis, sons of Mil. This is very hard to read, and the many names shown are coded with page numbers of the various pedigrees. One thing to remember in this controversy is that at one time there was no Scotland, it was all Ireland! I'll see if I can look up that part of the "Isle" history. I remember reading it somewhere.' That spelling of "Mac Can" further suggests that "Cann" could have been "Can" and, possibly, could have preceded "Mac Can." Regards, Jane

Me Again: My cousin wanted me to check to see if any McCann ancestors are from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, It was thought that some were from there. Please get in touch. Ann T. Meyer (Nee Ann mcCann)

Hi, Ann and David, Thanks, Ann, for welcoming David. It is easy to imagine that McCann which was often written as M'Cann could have become simply Cann. Or, is it the other way around? If Mac or Mc means "son of" then could the first McCann have been a son of a Cann? David, I did a little searching in our list's archives. Found that back in '99 I had posted this: "Found a John CANN living in New Castle, PA in 1691. Is this likely a McCann? Found this in "Early Pennsylvania Land Records, Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania" on p. 85." Has anyone else found early CANNs in Scotland or Ireland? Best regards, Jane

Hi Jane et al, Here is my summary of several renditions of the derivation of the name McCann. If you need it in the future, it is available on my webpage about McCanns . http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Lin-M-Barrett/?Welcome=1024 356904 As Jane points out ...way back there was no Scotland, per se, and to further confuse the issue the area we think of as Ireland today was Scotia. Some think the first McCann was Annadh and that this led to MacCana. Hope this helps someone. Best regards, Lin A BRIEF HISTORY of the McCANN CLAN AND THE SURNAME The McCanns, according to tradition, are a Milesian people descended from Colla-da-Chrioch,the first king of Orghilla or Oriel. The kingdom of Oriel encompassed the land from County Donegal to County Louth. Oriel is almost synonymous with Ulster. Colla-da-Chrioch, a southern conqueror of Ulster, was one of the three Collas. The identity of the folks who lived in Oriel is shrouded in mystery and disgreement among historians. Historians who give credence to thier existence, generally place Colla-da-Chrioch's conquest of Ulster in 331 AD. Some disagree placing it anywhere in the succeeding 100 years. Some scholars feel that the three Collas never existed. The McCanns are said to have descended from Breasail, a grandson of Colla-da-Chrioch. It is well accepted that the McCanns originated on the banks of Lough Neagh; they were called the lords of Clan Breasail. Over time, this district was sometimes referred to as Clanbrassil, and Breasal Macha and was located on the southern shores of Lough Neagh. On a present day map Breasal Macha would cover the current baronies of Oneilland East, Oneilland West and Middle Dungannon. The first two are located in present day County Armagh and the third in County Tyrone. These geopolitical divisions (counties)were not created until late in the sixteenth century and therefor did not exist in the early days of the McCann clan. Notwithstanding this fact, McCann is thought of as a County Armagh sept. The McCann surname is considered to be among the earliest hereditary surnames in the world. Of course at the time of Colla-da-Chrioch's grandson, surnames were not in use. Ireland was one of the first countries in Europe to adopt the use of hereditary surnames. O'Cleary (O' Clerigh) was the first known Irish surname dating back to A.D. 916. The surname McCann began to be used in the 12th Century. Its original form was Mac Anna and it means "son of Annadh", which was the given name of an early McCann chieftain. The surname has taken many forms over the years: MacCann, Macann, Macan, McCan, McGann, Mac Anna, MacCanna, Cann, Canny, McCanney, Macan, Makan, Mican, and McKann. My great grandmother was listed as McGaian in the Solano County, California Bride's Index, owing mainly to her prospective husband's heavy Irish brogue. Historian, John O'Hart, in his Irish Pedigrees, lists Cana (Annadh) as a younger brother of Donal, who is #103 on the McMahon, of County Monaghan, pedigree and as an ancestor of the McCanns. The following is O'Hart's account of the McCann pedigree, from which we all descend: Mc Cann Pedigree 103. Cana: son of Maithgamhuin; a quo MacCana 104. Cana Mor McCan: his son; first bearer of this surname 105. Cana Oge (younger): his son 106. Cathal McCann: his son 107. Cathal: his son 108. Hugh the Valiant: his son 109. Terence, the Wine Drinker: his son 110. Donal: his son; lord of Clanbreasail 111. Hugh: his son 112. Cairbre Oge: his son 113. Neal: his son 114. Neal Oge: his son 115. Cairbre Mor: his son 116: Hugh Mor: his son 117. Hugh Mor: his son 118. Terence, of upper Clanbreasail 119. Cairbre: his son 120. Brian Buidhe (flaxen haired): his son; lord of Upper Clanbreasail 121. Lochlann: his son; lord of Clanbreasail 122. Cormac, lord of Clanbreasail 123. Brian Ruadh (red haired): his son 124. Glaisneach McCann; his son; had a daughter named Elizabeth, who was married to John Hamilton, by whom she had six sons: one of which was killed in the Battle of Aughrim, on the 12 of July, 1691. Sources: O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Dublin: 1892, ISBN 08063-0737/4, Set number ISBN 08063-1259/9, V. I Matthews, Anthony Origin of the McCanns, Drogheda, Ireland Second Edition 1978

Welcome to the new member to our site, On the last deed on my ancestors farm I noticed that it was sold to a Besty Cann, Wondered if it was a mistake, but found that the name was correct. So I have noticed that name. Ann T. Meyer (Nee Ann McCann)

Bernie: Do you have any other info on Margaret McCann? I am searching for a ancestor Named Margaret Ann McCann She was born in Mass, Her father was PeterMcCann and Her Mother Margaret, Her mother came from Armagh, Ireland. I know, every one will tell me that there are hundreds of Margaret McCanns' They are right, but one of these times I might find mine. Ann T. Meyer (nee Ann McCann) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernie Albert <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill > Hi, My McCann's were from Joliet, My grandmother was Margaret McCann. If any connection let me know. She married Patrick McNamee. Time period late 1800's. > > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill > > > > Interested in information concerning James McCann who was married to Mary Ann > Hayes. They lived in Joliet, Ill and are my GGrand parents. My grandfather > Frank McCann born in Joliet Dec 9, 1876 married Hannah Byrne. > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Caveat: Do NOT post to Multiple Lists with one email, please! > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: > Address: [email protected] > Subject: archive > Text: get volume98/latest/n > n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. > >

Lin: I have heard from this Jim; he relates to the Daniel McCann as far as I can tell, He states that his Great Grandfather was married to an Full bloodied Indian, I found on the inter-Net Info on this family updated to March 24, 2002, I copied all on Margaret laPointe and Danie McCann, I couldn't foreward from that site, but tole him that I would mail the info if he would send his address, Lin: He got back to me and his father was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1925, , I had one Brother born there also in 1923, 1925, and I was born there in 1927,, We don't know if we relate to this James McCann or Not. On one of the Deeds of the McCann family farm, it lists a James and Mary McCann his wife, Someone told me by E-Mail that there are hundreds of James McCanns married to ladies named Mary, Quite a few of the names of this McCann family are the same as ours. Peter, Stephen, James, Margaret, The pictures also look like our family. We just can't put it together. Back to Jim. I'm sure he relates, Will check on his E-Mail Address and get back to you. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Big River <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [McCANN] James McCann > HI Ann, > > You mention that your Mccanns moved about. I know some came to california. > Did any go to Washington (state). A gentlemen left a note in my guest > book about a James McCann and his wife Myrtle who came from WI to WA. Is > that one of your James Mccann? > Thanks, > Lin > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Sharing is contagious! Catch the bug! > >

Hi, My McCann's were from Joliet, My grandmother was Margaret McCann. If any connection let me know. She married Patrick McNamee. Time period late 1800's. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [McCANN] McCanns In Joliet, Ill Interested in information concerning James McCann who was married to Mary Ann Hayes. They lived in Joliet, Ill and are my GGrand parents. My grandfather Frank McCann born in Joliet Dec 9, 1876 married Hannah Byrne. ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== Caveat: Do NOT post to Multiple Lists with one email, please!

Lin and Ann, I believe the James you are referring to is James Benjamin McCann b. Sep 20, 1901 Washburn Co., WI, d. Nov 1941 Bellingham, WA, the son of Peter McCann and Mary Sharlow (now spelled Charland). James was raised in Chippewa Co., WI and married Myrtle Rudy. They had a son named Gene and a daughter named Betty. James applied for a delayed birth certificate in Washburn Co., WI between 1940-1941, before moving to WA. He was killed shortly afterwards in a logging accident near his new home in Bellingham, WA. He was forty years old. Debra McCann amccann74 wrote: > Lin: > I have heard from this Jim; > he relates to the Daniel McCann as far as I can tell, He states that his > Great Grandfather was married to an Full bloodied Indian, > I found on the inter-Net Info on this family updated to March 24, 2002, I > copied all on Margaret laPointe and Danie McCann, I couldn't foreward from > that site, but tole him that I would mail the info if he would send his > address, > Lin: He got back to me and his father was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in > 1925, , I had one Brother born there also in 1923, 1925, and I was born > there in 1927,, > We don't know if we relate to this James McCann or Not. On one of the Deeds > of the McCann family farm, it lists a James and Mary McCann his wife, > Someone told me by E-Mail that there are hundreds of James McCanns married > to ladies named Mary, > Quite a few of the names of this McCann family are the same as ours. > Peter, Stephen, James, Margaret, > The pictures also look like our family. We just can't put it together. > Back to Jim. I'm sure he relates, Will check on his E-Mail Address and get > back to you. > Ann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Big River <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [McCANN] James McCann > > > HI Ann, > > > > You mention that your Mccanns moved about. I know some came to > california. > > Did any go to Washington (state). A gentlemen left a note in my guest > > book about a James McCann and his wife Myrtle who came from WI to WA. Is > > that one of your James Mccann? > > Thanks, > > Lin > > > > > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > > Sharing is contagious! Catch the bug! > > > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: > Address: [email protected] > Subject: archive > Text: get volume98/latest/n > n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. -- My Elusive Ancestors http://users.ap.net/~chenae/geneal.html Main Site Index http://users.ap.net/~chenae/main.html

HI Ann, You mention that your Mccanns moved about. I know some came to california. Did any go to Washington (state). A gentlemen left a note in my guest book about a James McCann and his wife Myrtle who came from WI to WA. Is that one of your James Mccann? Thanks, Lin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cann, McCann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QOz.2ACEB/718 Message Board Post: I met Jane this weekend at a genealogy reunion for another surname, and discovered then that she managed this list and board. I subscribed to the list yesterday, and here is my "connection," questionable though it may be, with the McCann surname. My grandfather used to tell me stories about our family "way back when," but like most kids, I viewed his stories pretty much as an old man talking about things I had no interest in. OH. . . . , how I wish I had paid more attention to him, because now that I am infected with the genealogy bug, I am finding out that so much of what he said is coming to be true. Unfortunately, I cannot talk with him any more, and I sure miss that. One of those things he had told me is that our family surname at one time was McCann, and that we were from Scotland, but thus far, that is the one thing that I cannot confirm. I can take my surname (Cann) back to Sir Thomas Cann, b. ca. 1565, and a former Lord Mayor or Briston, England. Note that is not Scotland. Most of his descendants for whom I have information migrated either to Nova Scotia or the New England area, and have since scattered across Canada and the United States, but I have yet to find any connection to the McCann surname, and. . . . . . . that fact makes this off topic for this list/board <g>. If anyone out there has any information that will help to either confirm my Cann/McCann connection or confirm it does not exist, I would welcome hearing from you. The best I have been able to do on my own is to find a couple of ancestors who went to Scotland, but no confirmed migration there and none named McCann. Jane and I had a very nice (to me, at least) conversation this weekend in Uniontown about this, as I thought we might be related, but I am afraid "my mystery" continues.