James H. Gannon

James H. Gannon
(1848-1919)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lena Syversdatter Hanson

James H. Gannon

Born: 1848, Illinois
Marriage (1): Lena Syversdatter Hanson in 1879
Died: 16 December 1919, Kansas City, MO at age 71

bullet General Notes:

1909 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Res: Kellerman's Hotel

1910 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Kellerman Hotel

1912 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Emil A. Wetzel, Res: 1333 Central

1913 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Emil A. Wetzel, Res: 1333 Central

1914 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Emil A. Wetzel, Res: 1331 Central

1915 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Emil Wetzel, Res: 427 Aldine Ct.

1919 Kansas City, MO City Directory
James H. Gannon, Bartender, Res: 314 W. 13th

(Source: Robert C. Westphal, Westphal Family History, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal&id=I2224)
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bullet Death Notes:

Death Certificate Transcription
Missouri State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death, #36123
Name: James H. Gannon
Address: 314 W. 13th (Kansas City, MO)
Sex: Male, Single
Color: White
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: About 30
Occupation: Don't Know
Birth Place: Don't Know
Name of Father: John Gannon
Father's Birthplace: Don't Know
Mother's Name: Don't Know
Mother's Birthplace: Don't Know
Informant: O. V. Mast, 1915 E. 15th St.
Date of Death: Dec. 16, 1919, Kansas City, Missouri
Cause of Death: Crushed Chest; Internal Hemorrhage; A fall in an accident
Signed: W. A. Caffey, MD, 606 Shubert, 12-16-19
Place of Burial: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date of Burial: December 17, 1919
Undertaker: Carroll & Mast, 1915 E. 15th
*Copy of original in possession of Robert Westphal, Jr.
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James married Lena Syversdatter Hanson, daughter of Syver Hansen and Sigri Larsdatter, in 1879. (Lena Syversdatter Hanson was born on 6 January 1853 in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹, baptized on 27 February 1853 in Vinger, Hedmark, Norway,¹ died on 31 December 1947 in Glendale, CA ⁹ and was buried on 6 January 1948 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA ⁹.). The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 29A, Roll 1448, District 72, Family 295
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Sarah Hanson..Head..57..NOR..Keeping House..Widowed
Lewis Hanson..Son..24..NOR..Shoe Maker
Anna Hanson..Daughter..21..NOR..At Home
Sarah Hanson..Daughter..19..NOR..At Home
Lena Gannon..Daughter..27..NOR..At Home..Married
Thomas Gannon..GrandSon..7m..WI
Martha Halvorson..Daughter..31..NOR..At Home..Married
Hildah Halvorson..GrandDaughter..8..WI
Wilhelm Halvorson..GrandSon..4..DAKOTA
Celia Halvorson..GrandDaughter..2..WI

(Lena and her son were living with her widowed mother. The whereabouts of her husband, James Gannon, are not yet known.)
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Lena was living with her son, Thomas, in the home of her widowed mother according to the 1880 census. She was shown as married but the husband, James Gannon, was not listed. After Lena and her husband were divorced sometime after 1880, the youngest son, Thomas S. Gannon, continued to live with the grandmother (Sarah Hanson). He is shown with the grandmother in the 1900 US Census and the 1905 Wisconsin State Census. His mother, Lena Hanson, was remarried in 1888 in Colorado and moved to New York with her new husband, Phillip Arbenger.
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1 "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1467014 : accessed 27 Apr 2015), Name: Lena Syversdatter; Birth Date: 06 Jan 1853.

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 22, dwelling 175, family 175, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1703.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 287, family 295, Sigri "Sarah" Larsdatter; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 9 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1448.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Plattsburgh Township, Clinton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 8A, dwelling 137, family 158, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1905 New York State Census, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, p. 27, line 32, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; digital images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 Sep 2012).

6 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 11A, family 230, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 932.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 492, sheet 1B, family 25, Olaf Marinius Nord and Beulah Salma Arbenger; index and images (accessed 9 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1157.

8 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Fort Ruger Military Reservation, Honolulu County, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, enumeration district (ED) 2-66, sheet 14A, household 31, Olaf Marinium Nord and Beulah Selma Arbenger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Sep 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4585.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 23 March 2018), memorial page for Lena Syversdatter Hanson Arbenger (6 Jan 1853\endash 31 Dec 1947), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69245550, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ;

James H. Gannon

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