Laura Jane (White) Cannon (abt. 1910 - 1977)

Ancestors

Wife of James Lucas Cannon — married about 1932 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Laura was born about 1909.

Notes

The 1930 census shows Laura, age 19, living in her father’s household. The 1940 census shows her living with her husband with a 7 year old son, so the son was born c. 1933. So Marriage was about 1932. As both were residents of Chesterfield county, South Carolina, it is assumed that the marriage was there.

Sources

Censuses

1920 Census

Note: the handwriting on the census form is at places unclear. What the transcriber took as a “T” is probably an “L”, and the central letters of the name of the person the transcribes took as “Tosso” are also unclear; the same unclarity apples to her sister, transcribed as “Tolera” (“Lorena?). But, comparing the 1920 and 1930 censuses, it is clear that the person “Tosso” on the 1930 census is the same person as Laura J. on the 1920 Census.

Place: Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Name: Tosso White

Relation: Daughter

Sex: F

Color: W

Age: 10

Birthplace: South Carolina

Father’s Birthplace: South Carolina

Mother’s Birthplace: South Carolina

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Willie White Head Male 42 South Carolina

Sallie White Wife Female 41 South Carolina

David White Son Male 21 South Carolina

Tolera Mae White Daughter Female 16 South Carolina

Mollie White Daughter Female 14 South Carolina

Tosso White Daughter Female 10 South Carolina

Henry White Son Male 7 South Carolina

Pauline White Daughter Female 5 South Carolina

Sidney White Son Male 3 South Carolina

Ethel White Daughter Female 0 South Carolina

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RV3-NH1?cc=1488411&wc=QZJB-426%3A1036472401%2C1037599501%2C1037603801%2C1589332434 : 13 September 2019), South Carolina > Chesterfield > Cheraw > ED 35 > image 29 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNW5-P1F )

1930 Census

Place: Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Name: Laura J. White

Relation: Daughter

Sex: F

Color: W

Age: 19

Birthplace: South Carolina

Father’s Birthplace: South Carolina

Mother’s Birthplace: South Carolina

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William F White Head Male 52 South carolina

Sallie L White Wife Female 51 North Carolina

Laura J White Daughter Female 19 South Carolina

Henry L White Son Male 17 South Carolina

Pauline E White Daughter Female 15 South Carolina

Sidney E White Son Male 14 South Carolina

Ethel M White Daughter Female 10 South Carolina

James E White Son Male 8 South Carolina

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZC-JH5?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-MHY%3A648803101%2C649413501%2C649422901%2C1589282343 : 10 December 2015), South Carolina > Chesterfield > Cole Hill > ED 13 > image 1 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002). ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPCM-MKZ )

1940 Census

Place: Alligator Township, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Name: Cannon, Laura Jane.

Sex: Female

Color or Race: W

Age: 30

Marital Status: Married

Place of Birth: South Carolina

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

James L Cannon Head Male 36 South Carolina

Laura Jane Cannon Wife Female 30 South Carolina

James L Cannon Son Male 7 South Carolina

William A Cannon Son Male 1 South Carolina

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-P2RJ?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-QKM%3A791237801%2C792983101%2C792986801%2C792990101 : accessed 4 May 2020), South Carolina > Chesterfield > Alligator Township > 13-3 Alligator Township outside McBee Town SW of Seaboard Air Line Railway > image 15 of 46; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012. ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K485-Z5T )

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F76-ZFDZ : Sun Jan 29 17:44:02 UTC 2023), Entry for James L Cannon and Laura J Cannon, 3 April 1950.