McCanna family
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==Miles City== | ==Miles City== | ||
| − | 1877 Mother Bridgette | + | 1877 Mother Bridgette moves from Oldtown to new Miles City. |
| + | 1877 Katherine Brigette “Madge” arrives in Miles City. | ||
Jan 1878 Michael is building a large hotel at the corner of Casey and Jew street in Oldtown, 24 by 72 feet, to be ready the first of February. | Jan 1878 Michael is building a large hotel at the corner of Casey and Jew street in Oldtown, 24 by 72 feet, to be ready the first of February. | ||
1878 Michael's family (Catherine Rooney and 3 children) arrives. | 1878 Michael's family (Catherine Rooney and 3 children) arrives. | ||
| + | 1878 Katherine Brigette “Madge” marries Charles Johnson. (Johnson was one of the original suttlers, with the troops in the cantonment. He was the first merchant to set up shop (general merchandise) when they were evicted from camp to the site of Oldtown. He and Bridgette were the first to marry here, and also the first (whites) to have a child born in the area.) | ||
1878 James is a teamster and railroad contractor. (Note: construction of the NP extension from Bismarck didn't start until 1870?) | 1878 James is a teamster and railroad contractor. (Note: construction of the NP extension from Bismarck didn't start until 1870?) | ||
1878 Michael is a teamster. | 1878 Michael is a teamster. | ||
| − | 1879 | + | [[8 Jun 1879]] Emmett Joseph born to Michael and Katherine Ann McCanna. ("Miles Emma" according to Hoopes.) |
Mar 1880 Michael begins operation of the Tongue River House at 3rd and Main in new Miles City. His mother runs it (or possibly Sarah, James' wife, but not likely). | Mar 1880 Michael begins operation of the Tongue River House at 3rd and Main in new Miles City. His mother runs it (or possibly Sarah, James' wife, but not likely). | ||
| + | 1880 Census: Michael is a laborer and in his house live his wife and three children, plus mother Bridget and Maggie (listed as a wife?) | ||
1881 James' family (Sarah and 4 children) arrives. | 1881 James' family (Sarah and 4 children) arrives. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[21 May 1881]] (or 25 May 1881) Mary Cordelia was born to James and Sarah Ann McCanna. and was baptized at the Jesuits' Sacred Heart Parish on [[1 Oct 1881]]. |
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[[31 Jul 1881]] sister Mary Jane (Margaret Jane “Bridget”) and her husband Robert Cobb Matthews travel 10.5 days on horseback to Miles City to have their 6 week old son baptized by Father Lindesmith. (They could have taken the train if they waited until the end of the year, could have taken a stage regardless.) | [[31 Jul 1881]] sister Mary Jane (Margaret Jane “Bridget”) and her husband Robert Cobb Matthews travel 10.5 days on horseback to Miles City to have their 6 week old son baptized by Father Lindesmith. (They could have taken the train if they waited until the end of the year, could have taken a stage regardless.) | ||
1881 James is a teamster and railroad contractor. | 1881 James is a teamster and railroad contractor. | ||
1881 Michael is a freighter, living on Main street, Block A, lots 9 & 10. Mother Bridgette operates it as a boarding house. | 1881 Michael is a freighter, living on Main street, Block A, lots 9 & 10. Mother Bridgette operates it as a boarding house. | ||
| − | + | Jun 1882 John born to Michael and Catherine. (d. four years later on the way to Alaska) | |
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| + | In [[8 Feb 1883]], James McCanna dies of a liver ailment, leaving Sarah and 5 children. | ||
[[28 Sep 1883]] Margaret J. and Frances E. McCanna were confirmed. | [[28 Sep 1883]] Margaret J. and Frances E. McCanna were confirmed. | ||
| + | 1883 Katherine Brigette “Madge” has divorced Charles Johnson sometime between 1880 and now. | ||
| + | 1883 Katherine Brigette “Madge” marries a soldier from the fort, Patrick H. Fox, who was a baker. | ||
| + | 1884 Philip Francis born to Michael and Catherine. | ||
[[18 Jan 1884]] The Ursuline nuns stayed at her boarding house when they first arrived in Miles City and described the filth quite graphically in their letters home to the motherhouse in Toledo. | [[18 Jan 1884]] The Ursuline nuns stayed at her boarding house when they first arrived in Miles City and described the filth quite graphically in their letters home to the motherhouse in Toledo. | ||
| − | + | Feb 1884 Michael has contract to excavate lot for new Stebbins-Mund Bank building at SW corner of 6th and Main. | |
| + | Mar 1884 Michael is a street grader. | ||
[[23 Apr 1884]] Ad in YJ: Furnished rooms to rent at my house corner of Fourth and Main streets. Mrs. McCanna. | [[23 Apr 1884]] Ad in YJ: Furnished rooms to rent at my house corner of Fourth and Main streets. Mrs. McCanna. | ||
| + | [[17 May 1884]] Philip Francis born to Michael and Katherine Ann McCanna. | ||
| − | [[ | + | June 1884 lives in a frame building about 2 houses away from his mother's residence at 3rd and Main. |
| + | 1884 mother Bridgette runs a boarding house at 3rd and Main. | ||
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| + | [[2 Jun 1884]] 1 am Monday morning, a fire broke out in the home of Mrs. Sarah McCanna at Third and Main. Discovered by a soldier and Gus Malden, who raised the alarm. The upper floor rooms had light cloth lining the walls instead of plaster and the house went up quickly. The night watchman and deputy sheriffs Conley and Zahl had been at the RR depot waiting to arrest someone on the incoming train, but on hearing the yelling, ran to the fire, firing off the 2 shots that indicated a fire. The wind was blowing across Main (northward) so only the back of the adjoining house received extra damage, about $100 worth. Using only pumps and buckets, the citizenry turned out and saved as much furniture as they could and the house being unable to save the house, worked to save the remaining structures to the west, towards the river. Mrs. McCanna only discovered the fire by seeing its reflection. The fire started in an upstairs room and came down the chimney. Soon she was overcome with smoke and was only able to escape with the help of neighbors. The house was seven years old and one of the oldest ones in town, having been dismantled from its original site in old Milestown and moved here in 1877. It was old fashioned but comfortable and estimated to be worth about $1000, and was mostly covered by insurance. The adjacent building was owned by Chinese laundryman Gee Lee. They emptied their building and doused it with water. The damaged laundry was "bad" but "as Sunday was past the stock of washing on hand was light". A keg of powder was placed in the laundry building to blow it up if needed, but the wind changed and they didn't have to use it. Michael (often referred to as "B. McCanna"), who lived in the second house from his mother's burning building, was carrying valuables from his house, including an incubator and a packaged mixture of dynamite and giant powder which he stacked near the barn. A spark ignited the package, blowing the end out of the incubator, scattering chickens and eggs all over and causing the crowd to fall back. (One separate reference has his house around the corner on 4th, between Main and Pleasant, two houses away from his mother's.) | ||
| − | + | Jun 1884 Patrick H. Fox and his wife, Katherine Brigette “Madge”, move to Milford, KS. | |
[[17 Mar 1885]] A fire broke out in the 2 story building on Main near Fourth Street, the front of which was Toy Siug's laundry. A multitude of alarm shots brought a large crowd who rescued belongings and tried to put the fire out. Apparently, between the flames and the ignited keg of gunpowder, the buildings on each side were also destroyed, a small house to the west and Mrs. McCanna's house on the corner of Main and Fourth. Her house was valued at $600 and was insured. Total damage estimated at $1200 - $1500. | [[17 Mar 1885]] A fire broke out in the 2 story building on Main near Fourth Street, the front of which was Toy Siug's laundry. A multitude of alarm shots brought a large crowd who rescued belongings and tried to put the fire out. Apparently, between the flames and the ignited keg of gunpowder, the buildings on each side were also destroyed, a small house to the west and Mrs. McCanna's house on the corner of Main and Fourth. Her house was valued at $600 and was insured. Total damage estimated at $1200 - $1500. | ||
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During 1885, Mrs. B. McCanna spent $2000 on 2 buildings and Mrs. M. McCanna spent $800 on a residence (according to a list of construction for the year). | During 1885, Mrs. B. McCanna spent $2000 on 2 buildings and Mrs. M. McCanna spent $800 on a residence (according to a list of construction for the year). | ||
| − | In 1885 the Government opened up Alaska to self rule and started urging immigration | + | In 1885 the Government opened up Alaska to self rule and started urging immigration. |
| + | Sep 1885 Patrick H. Fox and his wife, Katherine Brigette “Madge”, went to Douglas, Alaska. | ||
Apr 1886 ad: Leave your clothes at the Miles City dying works back of McCanna's. | Apr 1886 ad: Leave your clothes at the Miles City dying works back of McCanna's. | ||
| − | In Aug 1886, the family | + | In Aug 1886, the Michael and his family move to Alaska, and they quickly become involved in the gold rush, establishing a claim near Douglas, Alaska. It is presumed that son John dies on the trip, having fallen from the wagon. |
[[File:McCanna_Katherine Ann_Emmet_Elizabeth_Philip_Jim.jpg|thumb|900px|Katherine Ann, Emmet, Elizabeth, Philip, Jim]] | [[File:McCanna_Katherine Ann_Emmet_Elizabeth_Philip_Jim.jpg|thumb|900px|Katherine Ann, Emmet, Elizabeth, Philip, Jim]] | ||
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Sep 1887 Bridgetta McCanna owed $1 as a witness in probate court by the board of county commissioners. | Sep 1887 Bridgetta McCanna owed $1 as a witness in probate court by the board of county commissioners. | ||
| − | [[2 Mar 1890]] Mrs. Bridgetta McCanna, an old resident of Miles City, died on Sunday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Mathews, at Williston, ND. She was quite elderly and feeble when she left MC to live with Maggie. She had quite a bit of real estate which yielded her considerable income at one time, but as the town shifted focus to the east, became less profitable. | + | [[2 Mar 1890]] Mrs. Bridgetta McCanna, an old resident of Miles City, died on Sunday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Mathews, at Williston, ND. She was quite elderly and feeble when she left MC to live with Maggie. She had quite a bit of real estate which yielded her considerable income at one time, but as the town shifted focus to the east, became less profitable. When they left Minnesota they sold their farm which they had just proved up. The buyer defaulted at some point and daughter Magaret Jane inherited it. She then sold it to her aunt, who had remained in Minnesota. |
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| + | 1895 James' widow Sarah marries Alfred Schmidt. They later move to Seattle, WA. (A "Fred (Little Johnny) Schmidt" arrived in Miles City from Carrington, D.T. in 1884. He worked on the John Leonard ranch.) | ||
[[13 Jun 1899]] on way back from gold fields with son Jim, Michael dies of Bright's Disease (abt 55). His daughter, Lizzie, went up on the Topeka RR from Skagway to Lake Bennett, met James there, and helped him bury their father. | [[13 Jun 1899]] on way back from gold fields with son Jim, Michael dies of Bright's Disease (abt 55). His daughter, Lizzie, went up on the Topeka RR from Skagway to Lake Bennett, met James there, and helped him bury their father. | ||
