Hi,
My name is Janet Mary Cannam (nee Payne),
whose mother was Edith May Cannam, who married George Eric Jordan Payne in
1937. I changed my name by deed poll to my mother's maiden name, Cannam
after my divorce in the early 1990's from my former husband, as the Cannam
name has, as far as I know, otherwise died out, as none of my grandfather
& grandmother's (James William Cannam & Florence Annie Cannam - nee
Craythorne from Gt Easton) sons produced any males to carry on the family
name.
To add to the info that my cousin Tom Chisholm
has sent, there were four sons and three daughters. The son omitted from
his e-mail being George, who married Ruth (same name as his sister) and
they had one daughter, Sylvia (now Smith), married to Bill Smith, who
lives in Corby. She is the oldest surviving cousin, and would most likely
remember far more than the rest of us would, having remained in the area
all her life. She isn't, unfortunately, on the internet, but we are in
occasional contact by letter.
I have names & dates taken from gravestones in
the Cottingham Churchyard going back to the yr 1754. My grandfather, James
William Cannam (always called either Bill or Will) always stated that the
family originated in Scotland, and the name Cannam may have come about
from either a mis-spelling of the more usual Canham, or the writing being
unclear. That, so I understand, would have been well before the 1500 or
1600's.
If I can provide any further info such as the
gravestone inscriptions, I would be more than happy to do so.
Regards
Jan Cannam
5 September 2004
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