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From: "David E. Cann" <>
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Capt. Archibald E. Cann (1854-19??)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:16:44 -0500
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Jim,

Thank you for the information, including all the messages you sent off list.
This is definitely him, but I will go through all the leads you sent me and
see what I can find, including writing to the library to request a copy of
his obituary. I really appreciate your help.


David E. Cann


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of James R. Smith
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:48 PM
To: San Francisco Co., CA List Posting
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Capt. Archibald E. Cann (1854-19??)

Archie died in San Francisco on April 29, 1934. I used the free
Vitalsearch per SFGenealogy.com.

Best regards,
Jim

David E. Cann wrote:

>This is a "shot in the dark" at best, but I have been searching for
>death/burial information on my great grandfather for quite a number of
years
>now. He was born in Nova Scotia in 1854, emigrated to the U. S. Pacific
>Northwest where he was Captain of the first lightship on the west coast off
>the coast of northern Oregon in 1892.
>
>I have last found a record of him in the 1930 Census as a naturalized
>American citizen living in San Francisco with his sister and
brother-in-law,
>but nothing after that. I do not know if he died and/or was buried in San
>Francisco or not, because I have not been able to locate him there so can
>only guess. His entry in the 1930 Census shows him as a "Ship's captain
with
>an oil company," which I believe to be Standard Oil but this is not
>documented.
>
>If anyone out there can shed any light on this mystery for me, or perhaps
>find a death and/or burial record for him, I would be most grateful after
>many years of searching.
>
>David

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