James McCanna (not McAninch) in Nevada County, California |
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The 1852 California State Census contains an entry in Nevada County indexed “Jas. McAninah” |
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[Line Number] 8 / James McAnn(a/c)h / [age] 21 [in 1852] / [occ] ditto" [miner] / |
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[BP] ditto" [Ireland] / [(previous) Residence] Penn. / [Males] 1 / [Females] 0 |
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although further investigation reveals that this is actually a man named James McCanna [Note 1]. |
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c.1831 |
James McCanna was born in Ireland (exact date and birth-place unknown), and |
1840s? |
James McCanna was in Pennsylvania (before going to California) (per 1852 census) [1]. |
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1850 |
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records, James McCanna / McAninch not found |
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1851 |
Nevada County, county seat Nevada City, created on 25 April 1851, from Yuba County |
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1852 |
James McCanna, Miner, listed as ‘McAann(a/c)h’ on 1852 California State Census [1] |
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1886 |
McCanna, James M., married Mary McNally, Feb. 11, 1886, Nevada County [Note 2] |
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1890 |
Great Register: McCanna, James, (age) 38? 58?, (born) Ireland, (Precinct) Mooney Flat, |
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(Registered) 2 Oct. 1880, N (Naturalized citizen), (Page No.) 39 [Note 3] |
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Notes and Sources |
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[1] |
California State Census, 1852, Nevada County; California State Library, Sacramento, |
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Calif.; 1852 Calif. State Census, Roll # 2, Repository Coll. # C144-2, page 41 line 8; |
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on ancestry.com, indexed "Jas Mcannah" [name is 'James', not 'Jesse', and not 'David'] |
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[2] |
‘Searls List’ Name Card File Index, by Nevada County Historical Society, Searls |
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Historical Library, 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, Calif. 95959, 530-265-5910: |
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https://www.nevadacountyhistory.org/searls-historical-library.html |
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'Searls List' K-McF, FHL film 2,131,463, Salt Lake City, Mon. 18 Mar. 2019 /Frank |
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1890 Great Register of Nevada County, California (voter registration list), by Price, |
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Emma Lee; pub. Conejo Valley Genealogical Society, Thousand Oaks, California; |
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FHL 979.437 N4p, Great Register p.39, book p.54; SLC Mon. 18 Mar. 2019 /Frank |
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James McCanna (not McAninch), Nevada Co., California / Copyright 2019, Frank McAninch |
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McAninch Family History Newsletter v.XXVII n.1 June 2019 p.2019-02 |
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