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   Ann Pidgeon Cann

(1845-1933)  

  Death Date – 6 Jan 1933, Oil City, Venango County, PA.

                  Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Pidgeon Cann, 87, widow of William H. Cann, will be held at 11 AM Monday at the Osenider Funeral Home.  Rev F H Andrus, Pastor of the Baptist Church, will officiate.  Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.

         Mrs. Cann was found dead in her home, 49 Halyday St., about 9:30 AM Friday by her daughter, Mrs. Annie Pruin.  She had been in ill health for some time.  Death evidently was due to a heart attack. 

          Mrs. Cann was born December 1, 1845 at Collumpton, near Exeter, Devonshire, England.  She was a resident of Oil City for more than  40 years.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church.  She was the mother of six children, two of whom survive, William A. Cann,  Cranberry, and Mrs. Annie Pruin, Oil City. One brother, William Pidgeon, Fairport, NY, four grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren also survive.

            Obituary of Ann Pidgeon Cann transcribed by Linda Blum-Barton from a newspaper clipping in my possession on 4/06/01.  


Death of Mrs. Ann Cann

Mrs. Ann Cann, widow of the late William H. Cann was found dead in her room at the home of Mrs. Edward Rogers, 49 Halyday Street, Oil City, Friday morning.  Mrs. Cann was at one time a resident of Kerrtown.  She was a native of England.  A son and daughter survive.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Oil City, and the pastor of that church Rev. F. H. Andrus, will conduct the funeral services at the Osenider funeral home at 11 A. M. Monday, interment to be made in Grove Hill Cemetery.  

(Transcribed from a Crawford County or Meadville Newspaper Clipping)


Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Dept. of Health

#0401574

File No. 10439

Primary Registration District No. 61-05-01

Registered No. 10

Place of Death: Venango County, Oil City, Pa.

Mrs. Ann Cann; 49 1/2 Haliday St., 3 Ward

Sex: F;  Color: W; Widowed

If Married, Name of Husband:  William H. Cann

Age:  about 86

Occupation:  Housekeeper

Birthplace: England

Name of Father:  William Pigeon

Birthplace of Father: England

Maiden Name of Mother:  Mary lnguish

Birthplace of Mother:  England

Informant:  Mrs. Anny Pruin

Address:  Oil City, Pa.

Filed:  Jan. 9, 1933

Date of Death: Jan 6, 1933

I hereby certify that death occurred, on the date above at 8:00 A.M.  The cause of death was as follows:  Cardiac ?????pulmonary; Was found dead in her home at 49 Haliday Street.

Saste D? Stetfae? ????{sig}

Jan. 7, 1933

Place of Burial or removal - Grove Hill Cemetery;  Date of Burial - Jan 9, 1933; Undertaker:  S. W. Osenider;  Address: Oil City, PA


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