John McCANN (alias John WALKER or CRUMPTON), son of Francis. He arrived on the 20 November 1858 aboard the convict ship "Edwin Fox.".
John was a miner at Wheal Fortune Mine, the Yanganooka Mine in 1865 and the Gwalla Mine, just south of Northampton, in 1867. They later moved back to Perth.
He worked at Waneranooka as a quarryman in the Geraldton district and was regarded as a "Highly respected citizen."
John died of Pneumonia. It is believed John died before the priest could give him the last rites and hear his confession. The priest refused to bury him in consecrated ground. Mary is supposed to have said there was no way he would be buried in unconsecrated ground and she would have the Methodist minister bury him. Going further, she took the children away from the convent school and brought them all up Methodists.
John was a miner at Wheal Fortune Mine, the Yanganooka Mine in 1865 and the Gwalla Mine, just south of Northampton, in 1867. They later moved back to Perth.
He worked at Waneranooka as a quarryman in the Geraldton district and was regarded as a "Highly respected citizen."
John died of Pneumonia. It is believed John died before the priest could give him the last rites and hear his confession. The priest refused to bury him in consecrated ground. Mary is supposed to have said there was no way he would be buried in unconsecrated ground and she would have the Methodist minister bury him. Going further, she took the children away from the convent school and brought them all up Methodists.
John McCANN (alias John WALKER or CRUMPTON), son of Francis. He arrived on the 20 November 1858 aboard the convict ship "Edwin Fox.".
John was a miner at Wheal Fortune Mine, the Yanganooka Mine in 1865 and the Gwalla Mine, just south of Northampton, in 1867. They later moved back to Perth.
He worked at Waneranooka as a quarryman in the Geraldton district and was regarded as a "Highly respected citizen."
John died of Pneumonia. It is believed John died before the priest could give him the last rites and hear his confession. The priest refused to bury him in consecrated ground. Mary is supposed to have said there was no way he would be buried in unconsecrated ground and she would have the Methodist minister bury him. Going further, she took the children away from the convent school and brought them all up Methodists.
John was a miner at Wheal Fortune Mine, the Yanganooka Mine in 1865 and the Gwalla Mine, just south of Northampton, in 1867. They later moved back to Perth.
He worked at Waneranooka as a quarryman in the Geraldton district and was regarded as a "Highly respected citizen."
John died of Pneumonia. It is believed John died before the priest could give him the last rites and hear his confession. The priest refused to bury him in consecrated ground. Mary is supposed to have said there was no way he would be buried in unconsecrated ground and she would have the Methodist minister bury him. Going further, she took the children away from the convent school and brought them all up Methodists.
Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
John Walter
Dearly Beloved Husband Of
Mary McCann
Died 13th Nov 1880 Aged 38 Years
Also John Dearly Beloved Son Of The Above
Died 4th Nov 1905 Aged 38 Years
Thy Will Be Done
Also Mary Ann McCann
Beloved Wife Of John Walter McCann
Died 24th Feb 1915
Aged 78 Years At Rest
W. Smythe
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