Please read below. My mail was being kicked back at my regular e-mail ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Molly McCann <molly1975@msn.com> To: drake.williama@yahoo.com Sent: Wed, September 8, 2010 3:21:35 PM Subject: FW: [McCANN] McCanna, Thomas & Family of Lee Township & Des Moines, Iowa Molly   ________________________________ From: molly1975@msn.com To: mccann@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [McCANN] McCanna, Thomas & Family of Lee Township & Des Moines, Iowa Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:38:41 -0700 Polk co. IA has a good site on USGENWEB called Charter-Pierce who has been to all the cemeteries in Polk co. I did not find Thomas ,but I have an Alice buried at St. Ambrose 18 Feb, 1930 and Wm. J . at Glendale cem 8 May 1976. These are the only Mc Canna I found in Polk co. there are 5 cem. that could not be pulled up for some reason.   Regards ,Cole     > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:38:21 -0400 > To: mccann@rootsweb.com > From: jmwalsh@hughes.net > Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCanna, Thomas & Family of Lee Township & Des Moines, >Iowa > > At 11:10 AM 9/8/2010, you wrote: > >Seeking information on the family of Thomas > >McCanna residing in Des Moines, Iowa in 1912. > > Hi, Paul, > Found Alice McCanna in the 1900 Census > #220-220, ED 100, Lee, Polk, IA; 42 widow b. Mar > 1858 IL 6ch/4lv parents b. Ireland > Looks like Thomas died prior to 1900. > > Did not locate any newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa > for that era via Ancestry.com or via The Library of Congress. > Did locate an interesting possible Thomas > arriving in 1871 NY with James 50, Owen 17 and Burnet? 14. > > Name: Thomas Mccanna > Arrival Date: 9 May 1871 > Birth Year: abt 1860 > Age: 11 > Gender: Male > Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Irish > Place of Origin: Ireland > Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland > Destination: United States of America > Port of Arrival: New York > Port Arrival State: New York > Port Arrival Country: United States > Ship Name: Dacian > > Since that ship record was as of early May 1871, > I'd guess that Thomas was born in 1859, closer to Alice's year of birth. > Regards, > Jane > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Reminders: (1) Enter a meaningful SUBJECT such as: "John A. b. 1851 Hamilton, >OH." and (2) Unsub if you expect your mailbox to be full for an extended period. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MCCANN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message