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also called Hannah.

Name Mrs Saml Cannon
Event Type Death
Event Date 14 Dec 1901
Event Place Bideford, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Age 83
Birth Year (Estimated) 1818
Citing this Record "Prince Edward Island Death Card Index, 1721-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6V-JGY1 : 21 September 2015), Mrs Saml Cannon, 14 Dec 1901; citing 14 Dec 1901, Bideford, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Division of Vital Statistics. Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,487,741.

History of Hamilton says that 5 of their children died in a fire in 1857 - George, Fanny, John, Joseph and Samuel.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 16 Number 1868
Date April 18 1857
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
A most melancholy accident occurred in the neighborhood of Cascumpec Saturday night. The dwelling of Samuel CANNON, Shoemaker, a poor man, living on the Kildare Road, was destroyed by fire, together with all his furniture, tools and clothes of the family. It appears that the parents left home a short time before the fire broke out to visit some relatives living about a mle away, leaving the house in charge of the two eldest children, a girl of 12 and boy of 10 - the remainder, four in number, being in bed. The two in charge, becoming weary, retired to rest and had scarcely fallen asleep, when they were awakened by the flames which were curling round their beds. The girl succeeded in effecting her escape by the door, and opening the window, endeavored to assist her brother out; but becoming confused with smoke and flames, he sank to the floor and, with the other four children, was consumed with the building. The girl, though badly burned and in a state of nudity, succeeded in reaching a neighbor's house on foot, where she now lies and little hopes are entertained of her recovery from the effects of fire and exposure. A spectator describes the scene as heartrendering when the parents reached the burning ruins and learned the calamity that had befallen them. The mother could scarcely be restrained from rushing into the flames in search of her offspring and it required the strong arms of two men to prevent her. - P.E.I. paper

1892 - "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cannon, in celebrating their golden wedding. "