Elizabeth Ann (Fehlman) Cannon (1921 - 2015)

Born 20 Nov 1921 in Hawaii Territory, United States

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Died Mar 2015 at about age 93 in California, United States

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Biography

1940: Lanikai, Hawaii

Elizabeth Fehlman was born in Hawaii, on the Big Island. She lived there and in Berkeley, California. She married Fred K Cannon, while he was on leave, Christmas Eve 1941? They lived in Berkeley, California, while they raised 4 children. They later moved to San Rafael, Marin County, California. The house they lived in was a "Cabin" built before the Golden Gate Bridge as a summer home for the family, when the elder generation had lived in the East Bay.

Sometime in the 1940's(?) there was a Tsunami, and Elizabeth was out swimming with her friends about 2 miles from shore. She had been told that in the event of a Tidal Wave to dive and hold her breath for as long as possible before surfacing and she did.(--Not sure if this was the 1946 Tsunami)

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB9N-RB5 : accessed 30 Jun 2014), Elizabeth Ann Fehlman in household of Leo George Fehlman, Tract 30, Koolaupoko Judicial District, Representative District 4, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-90, sheet 23A, family 535, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4586.

• http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=174642156