Tasmanian lookup request please - CANNON - YOUNG

[carolmilner]

Hi Kevin and Jen.... now that the fish shop in George st has been mentioned I know I have the right family link ....my grandparents met in that shop.... my G G Grandfather Henry Milner married Mary Ann Cannon. ... Mary Ann married Bruce Gunn after Henry died.... we still visit Mary Anns grave at Carr villa in Launceston. .. dad is currently cleaning it right up. ...

ive never been able to ascertain Mary Anns parents for sure tho

How exciting to find you both

Cheers

Carol

[Jen10]

Hi Carol,

I also have your Mary Ann (married Henry Milner) as the daughter of George Cannon (convict on Mangles) and Mary Ann Dean (convict on the Majestic).  She had a daughter, also called Mary Ann.  I am not sure how much information you have, but I have a bit.  Feel free to message me and we can swap information if you are interested.

Interestingly, it seems that George Cannon's son (Thomas, who is my relative), married Mary Louisa Young, who was first married to Bruce Gunn (the one who then seemed to marry his sister, Mary Ann)  They all appear to have lived in Paterson St.

Cheers!

[Carol Tas]

Wow

Just stumbled across this post.

Mary Ann and Henry Milner are also my G G grandparents.

We also visit their graves . My dad now being 86 - We are also Milners via Charles Thomas and Emma Gorst- still living in Launceston.

Would love to chat more.

Carol Milner

[Carol Tas]

Hi again Jen
Sorry, only just found yr reply. Yup they sure were in Patterson St ... down near Royal Park.
Would love to catch up ... shoot me a msg.

Cheers

Carol

[Carol Tas]

Oh.. I also saw a few months ago that The Fisheries of Tasmania interview with Henry Milner from 1850s i think has been fully released. A really interesting read

[Christine Cramer]

I also think that the Mary Louisa Young who married Bruce Gunn was likely to have been the mother of Thomas Cannon's two sons.  There is a Trove report on the death of "Mary Cannon" in 1897 on Middle Island.  Her body was transferred to Beaconsfield for an inquest.

Bruce Gunn died in 1927 and is buried in the Villa Car cemetery.  However his wife Mary doesn't appear to be buried with him.  Also, Ancestry trees do not record a death or buried for Mary Gunn which is interesting, except one who says she is the woman who died in 1897 on Middle Island.  Bruce and Mary had one child, a girl named Florence, who died as in infant in 1887.

Assuming Mary Gunn was the "Mary Cannon" who died on Middle Island, what happened to her body after the inquest at Beaconsfield?  It is not in the cemetery at Beaconsfield.

[Jen10]

I’m currently overseas so don’t have access to my records, but from memory Bruce Gunn married Thomas Cannon’s sister, also called Mary.