James McCance (abt. 1807 - aft. 1888)

Born about 1807 in Lanarkshire, Scotland

Husband of Ann (Connern) McCance — married about 1833 in Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1888 after about age 81 in Ontario, Canada

James McCance migrated from Scotland to Canada.

Biography

James was born in 1807. James McCance ... He passed away about 1888.

Last name may be listed as McCanse

Commodore, probably second class, in the British Navy commanding a smaller ship in the Northern Channel and Irish Sea. He mostly like met Ann Connern in Dublin, Ireland.

1807 - Birth Lanarkshire, Scotland

1825-1850 - British Naval service

1832 - stationed in Ireland, most likely Dublin

1834 - At Sea, most likely en route returning to Scotland, his eldest child (Mary) being born at sea during the voyage.

1836 - 1845 Scotland, probably near Matta Taing on the Shetland Islands.

Est. 1847 - Arrival in Ontario, Canada - most likely he was stationed by the British Navy in Toronto and brought his wife and children with him from Scotland.

1851 - Bentick, Grey County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada

1861 - Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

1871 - Turnberry, North Huron, Ontario, Canada

1881 - St-James Ward, Toronto (City), Ontario, Canada

aft. June 1888 - died after his wife Ann (her death record indicates she was married at the time of her death in 1888).

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWTS-RTB : accessed 20 February 2016), James Mc Cance, Bentick, Grey County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 25, line 12; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11723, Public Archives, Ontario.

• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQK-NGF : accessed 20 February 2016), James Mccance, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 29, line 20; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1033, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,278.

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4WQ-Z55 : accessed 19 February 2016), James Mc Cance in household of Ann Mc Cance, Turnberry, North Huron, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 74, line 13; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9933, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,397,107.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVF3-VXY : accessed 19 February 2016), James McCance, St-James Ward, Toronto (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 106; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13246, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,882.

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s ELLIOTT, BRUCE S. Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario: Huron. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986. 290p. Place: Ontario, Canada; Year: 1871; Page Number: 159

• "United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HT-16Z : accessed 19 February 2016), James Mccance, ; from "Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records 1760-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing WO97, WO 97, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.