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THE VELVET PORTRAIT ALBUM
See the photos
Created by George Canning (c. 1863 Paris -1938 Ft. Worth)
of Cleveland, Ohio
Belonging to Great Granddaughter Julie Jill Havens
(Granddaughter of George Rafton Canning b. 1887)
Scanned and catalogued in 2002 AD
by Kimberly Salisbury
(Granddaughter of Achille Botrine Canning b. 1889)
tractionpads@earthlink.net
www.lionsgrip.com/family.html
Individual portraits will be posted in the near future. Meanwhile, please contact this website to view a chosen portrait.
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BACKGROUND
George Canning came to be known in succeeding generations as "George Canning of Cleveland, Ohio." He was a steel broker in that city, husband to the dynamic Annie (Mary Anne) Angel Butler of Guernsey Island and Cork, Ireland, the very involved father of nine children, an assiduous diary-keeper and letter-writer, and an active citizen of Cleveland. Quite the proper man, a family member described that if George should happen to be alone, he would form a cue of one.
His diary, which I am fortunate to have in part, shows a man diligent in guiding family and business affairs. It also shows an extremely talented man, capable of amalgamating several styles of shorthand to keep his diary secure. It required the services of the Official US Court Reporter in New York, Morris I. Kligman, to decipher the diary after George's death.
In the prime of his life, in the early 1900's, George assembled this grand album, as complete as he could make it, containing not photos en masse, but selected individual portraits of quality, people who held a place in his heart and had meaning to his family. Few of the portraits are dated; only by knowing when the people were born can we know approximately when the portraits were taken. I have added known birth years to the List of Portraits (below).
Almost all the portraits are of a type that is mounted on a standard-size cardboard backing, called "cartes." I feel that he worked hard to find fine portraits of as many of his family members as he could. I think that if no top-quality portrait was at hand, he used (or perhaps had his brother Arthur specifically make) quick copies.
I have only ever seen one photograph of George's mother, Mary Anne O'Connor Canning Davidson, and it is here in this album. Mary Anne, her obituary states, was raised and educated by a French noblewoman, and later presented to the Court of the Second Empire (i.e., Napoleon III). And no one of us has ever seen a photograph of George's father, Rafton Canning (nor hardly ever heard mention of him). But George was able to include the epitomally mystifying photo, "One of my uncles..." who so resembles his own father, his mother often said, that this photo could be taken to be a photo of "my father Rafton Canning." This is written in ink, in George's hand, on the reverse of the photo, signed by him and dated, to make a firm document of it. Ironically, George's death certificate lists his father's name as George, not Rafton. And George's brother Achille's death certificate lists his father as "Unknown."
One of George's uncles was an historical figure, a man who perhaps fired the last shots of the American Civil War, at sea! His name was George Baltriune Canning (also spelled in other places as Boutrenne, Baltrinne, Botriune, Botrine, Botrinne, Boutrinne, Beautrine, and other variants).
Clearly, we have more work to do!
Julie Jill Havens very kindly sent the album to me, for the purpose of making copies of the photographs. Now that the work is finally done, the album will be returned to her. Our website, http://www.lionsgrip.com/family.html , will contain some of the files and information contained in George's album, for as long as we are able to maintain that website. It is my goal to eventually have all of these scans available on the Internet. For now, the entire album fits onto eight 1.44MB floppy disks.
Physical Description of the Album
The condition of the album is quite delicate. Each page is attached to the spine by a length of thin fabric, which now tears under the slightest tension. Also, some kind of brown paper is disintegrating within the binding of the album, and falls out at will. The album has a metal clasp that holds it firmly together. If the material were not disintegrating of its own accord, it would be well-preserved by the clasp arrangement, which prevents it from sliding upon itself. Printed on the clasp is a patent number, thus:
PAT. JUNE 6. 82. No 10133
The album has stiff cardboard pages, measuring 7.5 inches wide by 10 inches high, 18 pages in all. They're in fair condition, not browned. The outer edges of the pages are gilt. Each page has a window opening, one on each side, for holding old-style portraits on stiff board mounts (photos thus mounted were known as "cartes"). These openings are often 3.75 by 5.25 inches, but some are of different shapes. Not a few of these windows are torn from sliding photos in and out. The velvet fabric covering the album is a latte brown with purple tinge, with floral pattern in bas-relief. It is thickly padded under the fabric. The first page of the album has a unique symmetrical design of geometric patterns in green, black and gilt, with the single word "Album" boldly featured.
Identification of People in the Portraits
On most pages, George has lightly pencilled in, in cursive, the names of the persons in the portraits. In a few of these, it seems he first printed in small letters the name of the person, then went back and made a larger entry in cursive. In one of these cases, the printed and cursive names don't match. On page 18,1 he wrote Oleary in small print and O'Connor in cursive. Since it's at the end of the album, I expect the Oleary was correct, but George had probably already spent more time than he'd intended to, and inadvertently interjected O'Connor for this photo of two children who were unrelated to the family.
Additionally, on a few of the pages, someone has written in ink, in rounded cursive hand; but these are clearly guesses. Also, George's eldest son, George Rafton Canning, wrote in ink on two of the photographs, in squarish printing, identifying himself in the writings. Finally, I have numbered the pages in the upper-right corner of each facing pair of portraits, small numerals in pencil, from 1 to 18. These numbers form the basis of the cataloguing order, and can be seen in the photocopies. (More on the numbering system below.)
Several of the portraits are loose, while others clearly have been several times removed and replaced to look at the reverse sides, so unfortunately we cannot be 100% certain that George's names match the people in the portraits. Nevertheless, it seems that George's name/page pairings have been kept intact. And of course, several of them have the name written right on the carte itself.
Original Photograph Numbers
On the reverse sides of a few of the cartes are some hand-written numbers whereby the owner could re-order copies. The portrait studios often had elaborate artwork printed on the backs of the cartes, with names of the photographers, address of the studio, and pictures of real or imagined honors gained by the studio. I've scanned these reverse sides, also. One of them is of especial interest, because Arthur Rafton Canning, George's younger brother, was himself a photographer and made a few of these portraits (or copies thereof). Unfortunately, his prints were not well made, and are of poorer quality than the others. Possibly he himself did not make these pictures, but left it to an understudy. (His own works are archived in the Canadian National Archives, some of the finest views of early Canadian wilderness and native peoples.)
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IMAGES MADE FROM THE ALBUM
1. Computer scans of all the portraits,
whether loose or inserted, as well as the two other inclusions, the front page of the album with its intricate and unique artwork, and the velvet cover. The scans were made at 250 dots per inch, to hold good resolution. This makes very large files, but for archival purposes, the scans should be copied and/or saved exactly as is, since they contain useful computer data that can be used to make adjustments, sharpen, crop, reduce file size, etc., as the owner wishes.
Numbering of the Pages and Portraits
These scans are identified by filenames that begin with the page numbers I've devised for the album. I lightly pencilled in numbers only on the right-hand corner of the first side of each page, 1 to 18. The first page bears "1" in upper right corner. The reverse side of that page is not numbered. The second page bears "2" in the upper right corner, and again, its reverse side is not numbered, and so on. The first photograph in the album is on page 1,1 (page 1, side 1). The second photograph is on page 1,2 (page 1, side 2), the third on 2,1, and so on.
Numbering of the Scan Files
Each filename (plus items in the other indexes) starts with the page number (for example, 10,2), followed by the person's name, either exactly as George wrote it, or if he wrote nothing, then by another notation made by myself. One example is the filename
10,2 Nellie Butler Angel.jpg
That is, on page 10, side 2, is the portrait of Nellie Butler Angel, scanned in jpeg format.
Some of the photos were found loose in the album. These I numbered using the page numbers they were found between. For example,
1,2 2,1 loose ANGEL OF NORFOLK crest.jpg
This is a piece of hand-painted artwork, found between page 1,2 and page 2,1.
2. Scans of the backs of the photos,
if they were not blank. These are likewise named and indexed according to my page numbers. Since most of the photographs had blank reverse sides, there are much fewer of these scans than of the portraits themselves. They were scanned at about 150 to 200 dpi.
3. Photocopies of the entire album pages,
with portraits inserted, to show George's handwritten names with the portraits. The next step is to scan the handwriting on each of these photocopies, and include these scans with this collection.
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INDEXES MADE FROM THE ALBUM
1. List of the portraits in the album,
both those inserted in the numbered album pages as well as the loose ones, including the people's names in George's words exactly as he wrote them; indexed by page number. Loose ones are indexed by the pages they were found between when I received the album. Sometimes a brief description is given; sometimes details from reverse of photos are given, where remarkable. Also, a few other items have been scanned, such as the cover page, the loose art, etc.
2. List of filenames
of the scans of the portraits & included items
3. List of the photographers and studios,
and notable information found on reverse side or below portrait
4. List of reverse-side scans, by filename;
scans of the backs of the portraits
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THE INDEXES
1. LIST OF THE PORTRAITS IN THE ALBUM
& Other Items
With George's Writing in Quotation Marks
(Page, Side)
0,0 Cover Page: large page with a very elaborate symmetrical pattern of geometric designs, in green, black and gilt
1,1 loose: The mysterious "One of my uncles" photograph, that looks so much like his father, Rafton Canning, as he attests on the reverse (see scan). The text of George's handwriting on reverse side reads, in full: "One of my uncles, and the likeness to my father so remarkable that my Mother frequently remarked the photo from which this is a copy (slightly enlarged) might be considered as that of Rafton Canning, my father.
Geo. Canning
Cleveland, O.
Dec. 22, 1936"
Rafton Canning was born in 1832, if his death registration is correct.
1,1 "Jack Kelly, England, Toronto, Columbus O", made in Columbus, Ohio
1,2 "Nellie (Butler) (Angel) Hailstone", made in Montreal, Canada
1,2 & 2,1 loose: Card, "My first prize at St. Patrick School" A small, very lacy floral card, with several flowers that fold open to reveal a little message underneath. Two flowers missing. In plain envelope
1,2 & 2,1 loose: Card, hand painted, crest consisting of a winged horse on a crown over a shield with 3 blue diamonds covered/joined by a red diagona band. Motto: SERVATA. FIDES. CINERI. Below, in a banner, are the words "ANGEL OF NORFOLK." This is painted on a scrap of a sheet of music, also hand-printed: "...be Lord I am weary Lead me to Thee.." "..me and cheer me Jesus my Saviour O Lead me to..." (see scan)
2,1 Woman in boldly-striped satin dress (Nellie Butler Angel Hailstone?), made in Chicago, Illinois
2,2 Camille Perrot (b. 1870), head and shoulders portrait of lovely quality. Camille wrote on the photo itself: 'To George and Annie Their loving cousin Camille Perrot 9/27/12,' New York. We have numerous letters from Camille to George. She and Gustave often visited George in the U.S.
2,2 & 3,1 loose: 'Grandmother Angel (about 1903) My Mother's Mother. Geo. R. Canning' This would be Mary Ann Angel (b. around 1840 or earlier), who married John Butler.
3,1 "Gustave and Camille Pierrot Paris France, Cleveland O, New York", a badly-faded, poorly-made copy, small "M" stamp on reverse (Gustave b. 1858, Camille b. 1870)
3,2 empty
3,2 & 4,1 loose: "Mrs. Geo. Canning about 1895" in George Rafton's pen (thus this is Annie Angel Butler Canning, b. 1861)
3,2 & 4,1 loose: "Amy Davidson" (b. 1880), lovely portrait to waist of Amy as young woman, oval on gray card stock. Amy is George's mother's daughter by her second marriage, to Eugene Hilary Davidson (son of Charles James Collie Davidson and Letitia Crump, and grandson of Alexander Davidson of Calcutta, India).
4,1 empty
4,2 "Mary Hoban", made in Cleveland, Ohio, girl in white dress, full length portrait
5,1 empty
5,2 Infant, lovely portrait, made in Cleveland, Ohio; perhaps same as 6,1
6,1 "Alicia May Robinson 10 months old 1892" in George's hand in ink on reverse; an infant, lovely portrait, makes a nice pair with previous
6,2 "Grandmother O'Connor Rathkeale, Ireland" (born probably before 1812), and below photo, in ink, in unknown hand "Jane Abbott Grandmother A. O'Connor", notation on reverse side looks like R546 or J2546 with initials JB above. This would be the mother of Mary Anne O'Connor Canning, John O'Connor, Charles O'Connor, and Denis O'Connor.
7,1 "Bo & Jack? Tony?" in unknown hand; on reverse, in George's hand, "Not to be taken from home 10/4/95 Sitting in June 1895", made in Cleveland, Ohio; the boy in front is certainly Bo (Achille Botrine, b. 1889). The boy behind him may be George Rafton ("Ton" b. 1887) or Anthony Basil ("Tony" b. 1891), but is surely not Jack, born 1904.
7,2 "Denis O'Connor", very nice quality head & shoulders portrait of Denis as young man; made in London at Augustus Scott studio, number 15820. Mary Anne O'Connor Canning's brother, born possibly around 1830.
8,1 "Alfred Canning (born 1891, North Bay, son of A.B. Canning)" badly darkened photo (tin?) of baby with dog, made in North Bay (Toronto?)
8,2 "Uncle A. B. Canning", thus Achilles Botriune Canning (spelled that way at birth; later changed to Achille Botrine Canning), born Paris 1862, George's brother; this is he as a young man, very clear, nice head & shoulders portrait; made in Toronto, Canada; George wrote "Uncle" because both George's and Achille's families lived for years in Cleveland, and Achilles was always called "Uncle Achille" by George's family
9,1 "Denis O'Connor and Family" Denis with wife, two young children, badly faded copy; we never knew this family, nor heard anything about Denis, either.
9,2 empty
10,1 empty
10,2 "Nellie (Butler) Angel" full length lovely portrait, young woman in elaborate dress holding a hat with feathers (family business), made in Toronto, Canada; we know Annie Angel Butler Canning had a feather dyeing business in Cleveland, and other Angel-Butlers know that John A. Butler had a feather business in New York. My grandfather Bo often told me that his mother could make a man's suit without ever using a pattern. The 1901 census in England has a Susannah Angel being in the feather-quill business.
11,1 "Nellie Butler Quarm" same person as 10,2, apparently; dress front heavily feathered; made in Brooklyn, New York
11,2 "Amy (Davidson) Cole" (born 1880) as a little girl, full length, made in Toronto
12,1 "Aggie Butler (Angel) Griest Mother of Hazel", young woman, head & shoulders, high feathers on hat; made in Columbus, Ohio
12,2 "Mrs. Mary Ann Angel Butler", thus the mother of Annie Angel Butler Canning; as a senior woman, head & neck portrait, probably a copy of another photo; she was Mary Ann Angel, and married John Butler, probably in Ireland, as evidenced by Annie Angel Butler's baptismal certificate.
13,1 "Dora (Meyer) Culkin", lovely portrait of young woman, made in Toronto, Canada
13,2 John (Angel) Butler", fairly sharp portrait of John in his prime, with center-parted hair; made in Toronto, Canada; this must be Annie's brother or cousin.
14,1 empty, with words "John (Angel) Butler" pencilled in --- sigh!
14,2 Annie Butler Canning," (born 1861) same photograph as loose one titled "Mrs. Geo Canning"; this one is probably the original, as this one has full body to waist, while other is cropped and vignetted below shoulders (though the other is now in much better tone); made in Helena, Montana, by Arthur Canning, photographer (George's younger brother).
15,1 "Gussy O'Connor Wife of Charley", thus Augusta McCarthy O'Connor of London, wife of Charles O'Connor, who was brother to Mary Anne O'Connor Canning, mother of George; made at Augustus Scott studio, London
15,2 "Mary Anne O'Connor Canning (My Mother)", (born 1832) in white smock, medallion on dark neck ribbon, full length portrait, made in Toronto, by C.J. Swenson, 171 Bathurst Street.
16,1 Arthur, Achille & George Canning, (born 1865, 1862 and ?1863-4?, respectively) three brothers as young men, in jackets, on tin
16,2 Achille, Arthur & George Canning, three brothers as young men, in overcoats
17,1 "Toronto friend" a young woman, nice full-length portrait
17,2 "Bo Canning", (born 1889) thus Achille Beautrine (later "Botriune") Canning, George's second son (and my grandfather), as baby, with big bow tie; now-faded copy made in Helena, Montana by Arthur Canning; reverse side has hand-writing: "G. Canning c/o Clev. City Forge and Iron Co., Cleveland, O."
18,1 "O'Connor children (Toronto) (Not related) Oleary Children" two young girls in fancy dresses
18,2 "Mary O'Connor (Toronto) Not related -- friend)", nice portrait of young woman, maybe one of the two girls in 18,1
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2. LIST OF FILENAMES
of the scans of the portraits & included items, with file size
Note: the scan files listed below contain the full imaging information, to enable any number of adjustments and variations to be made to the images. This information takes up a lot of room, so these files are quite large. It is recommended that the entire file be saved for archival purposes. Adobe Photoshop and similar programs allow condensed files to be made for the Internet, but these adjusted photos should be saved under different filenames, so as not to lose all the imaging information in the original scans.
The filenames:
00 George Canning's Album Title Page.jpg 1079kb
VelvetCoverAdjusted.jpg 159 kb
readme.txt 20 kb
1,1 loose One of My Uncles.jpg 101 kb
1,1 Jack Kelly.jpg 167 kb
1,2 2,1 loose ANGEL OF NORFOLK crest.jpg 140 kb
1,2 2,1 loose Card.jpg 145 kb
2,1 Young Woman with Striped Dress.jpg 214 kb
2,2 3,1 loose Grandmother Angel.jpg 323 kb
2,2 Camille Perrot.jpg 218 kb
3,1 Gustave & Camille Pierrot.jpg 208 kb
3,2 4,1 loose Mrs. Geo Canning.jpg 89 kb
3,2 4,1 loose Amy Davidson.jpg 216 kb
4,2 Mary Hoban.jpg 265 kb
5,2 Babe with lace.jpg 251 kb
6,1 Alicia May Robinson.jpg 196 kb
6,2 Grandmother O'Connor.jpg 151 kb
7,1 Bo & Jack Tony.jpg 201 kb
7,2 Denis O'Connor.jpg 200 kb
8,1 Alfred Canning.jpg 148 kb
8,2 Uncle A. B. Canning.jpg 177 kb
9,1 Denis O'Connor & Family.jpg 257 kb
10,2 Nellie Butler Angel.jpg 134 kb
11,1 Nellie Butler Quarm.jpg 105 kb
11,2 Amy Davidson Cole.jpg 165 kb
12,1 Aggie Butler Angel Griest.jpg 124 kb
12,2 Mrs Mary Ann Angel Butler.jpg 103 kb
13,1 Dora Meyer Culkin.jpg 137 kb
13,2 John Angel Butler.jpg 101 kb
14,2 Annie Butler Canning.jpg 95 kb
15,1 Gussy O'Connor.jpg 169 kb
15,2 Mary Anne O'Connor Canning.jpg 292 kb
16,1 Three Brothers in jackets Arthur Achilles George.jpg 191 kb
16,2 Three Brothers in overcoats Achilles Arthur George Canning.jpg 122 kb
17,2 Bo Canning.jpg 117 kb
18,1 Oleary O'Connor Children unrelated.jpg 242 kb
18,2 Mary O'Connor unrelated.jpg 159 kb
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3. LIST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS and STUDIOS
& Notable Information found on reverse sides or below portrait
(Page in album, studio name, photographer's name, address, city, state, notable art and text, person photographed)
1,1 Urlin's Mammoth Art Gallery, 216 & 218 South High St., Columbus, Ohio, Jack Kelly
1,2 G.C. Arless Photographer, Wm Galt Lith., Montreal, Nellie Angel Butler Hailstone
2,1 Stevens Art Studio, J.K. Stevens, McVickers Theater Bldg., Chicago, very grand gilt eagle with sun behind its head; "Instantaneous Portraits of Children a Successful Specialty" (no name of person in portrait, but perhaps Nellie Angel Butler Hailstone)
3,1 M stamp in purple ink on reverse, Gustave & Camille Pierrot
5,1 Fraser & Bryce, 107 King, W. Toronto (on front of carte), Amy Davidson
5,2 Pifer & Becker, Wilshire Building, Cleveland, Ohio (on front of carte), unnamed baby, perhaps Alicia May Robinson
6,1 Pifer & Becker Photo-Palace, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 & 100 Wilshire Building, Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio, Alicia May Robinson 10 months old 1892
6,2 Elaborate engraved emboss of landscapes on back, without name of studio, perhaps taken in Rathkeale, Ireland, hand numbered, initials "JB" plus "R 546" or "J2546", Copies Can Always Be Obtained, Cartes enlarged and finished in oil or water color by sending No........ and name, Grandmother O'Connor (thus, the mother of Mary Anne O'Connor Canning Davidson)
7,1 Theo Endear (Endeau?), Cleveland, Bo & Jack, Tony (definitely not Jack)
7,2 Oxford Studio, Augustus Scott, London, Number "15820", Denis O'Connor
8,1 D.A. Simpson, North Bay (on front of carte), Alfred Canning
8,2 Perkins Photographer, No. 293 Yonge St., Toronto, gilt on black background, Uncle A.B. Canning
10,2 S.J. Dixon, Electric Light Photo Gallery, Toronto, gilt lettering on black, otherwise identical to 13,2, Nellie Butler Angel
11,1 United States Portrait Co. (on front of carte), 311 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y., Nellie Butler Quarm
11,2 J.D. Dixon, 205 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto (on front of carte), Amy Davidson Cole
12,1 Keether & Davie, Columbus Ohio (on front of carte), "74 1/2 North High St." Aggie Butler Angel Griest
12,2 Keether & Davie, Columbus Ohio (on front of carte), "74 1/2 North High St.", Mrs. Mary Ann Angel Butler
13,1 Perkins Photographer, Toronto, top of border has eagle on top on oak leaves, spider web in lower right corner, thistles in lower left corner, butterflies in top two corners; "Duplicates can be had at any time by sending name in full." Dora Meyer Culkin
13,2 Electric Light Photo. Gallery, S. J. Dixon, Cor. King & Yonge Sts., Toronto, Highest Award at Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton, All Photos made with the New Process. No Change of Expression. The Exposure is but One Second, Not Connected with any other Gallery of the Same Name, John Angel Butler
14,2 Arthur Canning Landscape Photographer, care of E. D. Keller, 38 1/2 Main St., over Cruses Bank, Helena, Montana, Instantaneous Views of Stock a Specialty, Annie Butler Canning
15,1 The Oxford Studio, Augustus Scott, 4 Oxford St. Opposite Charing Cross Road, London", number 16540 impressed with pen on back, Gussy O'Connor (thus Augusta McCarthy O'Connor)
15,2 C.J. Swenson, 171 Bathurst St., Toronto, beaver in maple leaves on top of crest, Mary Anne O'Connor Canning Davidson
17,1 Perkins, Toronto, (no scan because identical to 13,1), Toronto friend
17,2 Arthur Canning, Helena, Montana, identical to 14,2, with addition of hand-writing "G. Canning c/o Cleveland City Forge & Iron Co., Cleveland, O.", Bo Canning (thus Achille Botriune, b. 1889)
18,1 Electric Light Photo Galleries, S.J. Dixon, cor. King & Yonge Sts., Toronto, Highest Award at Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton, All Photos made with the New Process. No Change of Expression. The Exposure is but One Second, Studios: Corner King and Yonge Streets AND Corner Yonge & Temperance Sts., Oleary O'Connor Children Not Related
18,2 S. J. Dixon's Photo. Galleries, New Studio, Cor. Temperance and Yonge Sts., Toronto, Member of the Photographers' Association of America, All Photos made with the New Process. No Change of Expression. The Exposure is but One Second, Mary O'Connor friend, Not Related
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4. LIST OF REVERSE-SIDE SCANS, BY FILENAME
Scans of the backs of the portraits
Each file is well over 100 kilobytes.
If no listing, that portrait was either blank on the back, or missing.
The filenames:
1,1 Back - Urlin's - Jack Kelly.jpg
1,1 loose Back One of My Uncles.jpg
1,2 2,1 loose Back Song.jpg
1,2 2,1 loose Card Back.jpg
1,2 Back - GC Arless - Nellie Angel Butler Hailstone.jpg
2,1 Back - Stevens - striped dress.jpg
3,1 Back - Pierrot.jpg
6,1 Back - Pifer & Becker - Alicia Robinson.jpg
6,2 Back - no name Rathkeale - Grandmother O'Connor.jpg
7,1 Back - Theo Endear - Bo & Jack Tony.jpg
7,2 Back - Augustus Scott - Denis O'Connor.jpg
8,2 Back - Perkins - Uncle AB Canning.jpg
10,2 Back - SJ Dixon - Nellie Butler Angel.jpg
13,1 Back - Perkins - Dora Meyer Culkin.jpg
13,2 Back - SJ Dixon - John Angel Butler.jpg
14,2 Back - Arthur Canning - Annie Butler Canning.jpg
15,1 Back - Augustus Scott - Gussy O'Connor.jpg
15,2 Back - CJ Swenson - Mary Anne O'Connor Canning.jpg
17,2 Back - Arthur Canning - Bo Canning.jpg
18,1 Back - SJ Dixon - Oleary not related.jpg
18,2 Back - SJ Dixon - O'Connor not related.jpg
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Existing Records
Alfred D. Canning (c. 1803-1857) Father of the Mystery Generation (Rafton, Marinus, Baltriune, Louise, Arthur who "went to Spain"), husband of Anne Powell; (1) death registration Rotherhithe 1857, "Found dead in bed" written right on it, and coroner's inquest held, age "about 54," Occupation "Engineer," died of "Natural Decay", living at 5 Surrey Place, Lower Queen Street, Rotherhithe, London; (2) marriage of his son Raftan Canning to Mary Anne O'Connor in Paris, January 1862, lists Alfred as "Civil Engineer"; (3) birth of his son Baltriune in 1837 lists Alfred as "Civil Engineer"; (3) Marriage Alfred D. Canning and Anne Powell on June 2, 1817, Saint Martin, Worcester, Worcs. (not conclusively ours; no parents' names, places of birth, zero!)
Marinus Francis Alfred Canning (c. 1828-1911): (Rafton's brother) -- (1) Death certificate from Perth, Western Australia (certified copy): Date of Death, Nov. 13, 1911, at 83 years of age; Father's name, Francis Canning (deceased); Mother, Ann Powell; Born in Paris, France; Buried, Anglican Cemetery at Kerakatta (?) on Nov. 15, 1911; followed by a listing of his issue [children] in order of birth w/ ages: Ada 5(4?), Letitia 52, Arthur 50, Edmond 45, Eleanor 44, Blanche 42, Algernon 40, George 38, 1 male 4 females (deceased).
(2) Much biographical information from the Battye Library in Perth, Western Australia, where he was Member of Parliament, including records of voyages, stating (possibly from a passport) that he was born in England, and
(3) Obituary [the West Australian, Nov 14, 1911] stating "Mr. Canning was a son of Mr. Francis Canning, a member of an old English county family, the Cannings of Foxcote, Warwickshire, famous in English history. He himself was educated at l'Ecole Charlemagne, Paris, and privately in England. He had always been a politcal student, was a classical scholar..." and
(4) Biographical Register of MP's of WA: "Canning, Marinus Frederick [sic] Alfred: Educ. priv. in Engl. and at Ecole Charlemagne, Paris. arr. Q 1855; storekeeper in 1856; bank mngr early 1870s to Tahiti; 1875 joined Bank of NSW; 1877 to Noumea office and later possibly to Tas.; 21 Feb 1883 arr. in WA to found Perth br. of bank; 1884 left bank and founded WA Mortgage & Agency Co., 1888-95 mngr; sec. AMP 1886, Comm. agent 1887-89. founded WA Stannaries; 1893 JP: 1891-1911 member Perth Public Library Cttee."
Rafton Canning (c. 1832-1866): (1) Death registry from London, Apr. 3, 1866 (certified copy) age "about 34"; address at time of death at 48 Spencer Street, Clerkenwell (which is a baker's establishment - home? shop?) on a street containing several jewellers and goldsmiths; Occupation "Beer and spirit merchant"; person in attendance -- his brother-in-law John O'Connor of "14 Denmark Terrace, Islington"; cause of death -- "Phithisis, Certified [sic]". (2) Consular birth registry of his son Achilles Botriune in 1862 (see below), which lists father "Raftan" (not "-ton") Canning, residing at 4, rue de Villejust, Paris, Profession -- "Commercial Agent."
Mary Ann O'Connor Canning Davidson (1832-1925): (Rafton's wife) ~~~ (1) unreferenced newspaper obituary clipping (photocopy) titled "One in the Court of Napoleon III Dies," describing her sons (steel brokers in Cleveland), her adoption at age 16 into the court of Napoleon III by a French duchess, "many years of colorful court life", and her escape from France at the fall of the Court of the Second Empire, "...as a friends drove her to the coast from which location she made it safely to England" (2) death certificate, 92 years old, died March 2, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, was widow, wife of Eugene H. Davidson, born in Rathkeale, Ireland, father Jeremiah O'Connor (b. Ireland), maiden name of mother Unknown (b. Ireland), informant George Canning of 16861 Homer Ave. East, Cleveland, died of broncho pneumonia.
Baltriune Canning (1837-1865): Rafton's brother (see "George P. Canning" following). (1) Birth certificate in Rotherhithe, London, born July 15, 1837, in a "Cottage on the Rector's Island" (=Seven Islands, now Southwark Park), father Alfred Canning, Civil Engineer, mother Anne Canning formerly Powell, residence of informant (father) "Cottage on the Island", registered August 25, 1837; (2) birth certif of his first son, Alfred Canning 1858 Paris (qv), listing him as "Gentleman"; (3) birth certif of his second son, Rafton Boutrenne, 1860 Arcis-sur-Aube, Champagne, France, "no profession"; both boys' mother is Margaret Hook (Hucks).
George P. Canning (1837-1865): (Rafton's brother Baltriune Canning, which fact is established by an officer's journal from the CSS Shenandoah, wherein it is described how Rafton Canning, owner of an "ale and stout depot in London," responds to newspaper ad seeking George's relatives in Nov., 1865) ~~~ evidence consists of historical military documentation from the journals of the officers of the CSS Shenandoah (photocopy of stamped official photocopy), the warship which destroyed the US whaling fleet in the Bering Sea, 1865, with George P. in charge of the Marine group and the guns ~~~ the crew learned he had a wife in Paris (but he would tell no one of her name or whereabouts), a brother in Australia, and that his friends were in "St. Germain"; he was accompanied on board by an older Negro servant named Edward Weeks/ Wickes to whom he was very close and for whom he insisted on equal pay; he said he was wounded at Shiloh, as an Aide de Camp for General Polk (but no record exists of him there); he died on board ship Oct. 30, 1865, of phthisis, and was buried at sea with a Roman Catholic ceremony.
Eugene Hilary Davidson (1839-?) Marriage certificate to Mary Anne O'Connor Canning, July 9, 1869, Kensington, married in the Register Office, both then living at 48 Ledbury Road, Bayswater, his father Charles James Collie Davidson, Colonel in the Indian Army; her father Dennis O'Connor, Clerk.
Alfred Canning (1858-?): Elder son of Baltriune Canning. Consular Birth Registration, Paris; Info reads Alfred, boy, born Nov. 16, 1858, Father Botrinne Canning, Gentleman, Mother Margaret Hook, Informant's signature "B. Canning", residence L. Boulevart de l'Etoile Fernes [=Ternes], registered Dec. 23, 1858
Rafton Boutrenne ("Paul") Canning (1860-?): Son of Georges Boutrenne Canning and Margaret Hook
mentioned in letter (original, ink on thin paper, 8 pages) dated Aug. 3, 1877, from Louise Canning Pierrot to "sister" Mary Ann (O'Conner Canning). As Louise thinks she is dying ("I cough blood"), and Mary Ann has left for America, mention is made of every male child, of the generation following that of Rafton and Marinus, whom Louise has cared for. No mention of the father of Paul and Alfred is made. However, Paul is described as one who must have been a teenager "feeling his oats" and gets kicked out by Louise, preferring to lodge at the Chantilly stables where his heart lies. And Alfred is mentioned with him, as of good character, but hindered by his epilepsy, which is described as being serious. These two are contrasted by Louise with the "good" boys, sons of Mary Ann; Have 3 documents: (1) French birth record, 1860, Arcis-sur-Aube, parents Georges Boutrenne Canning 26, no profession, and Margrette Phillipis [sic] Hook, 27, no profession, born in the residence of the shire officer; (2) Letter, 1877, from Aunt Louise Canning Pierrot to Mary Anne O'Connor Canning, delineating "Paul's" behavior and mentioning all the boys she is raising (see above); and (3) 1881 census in England, Rafton Canning age 20, working in Sussex as a servant ("Boots") at a hotel in East Grinstead, Sussex, born in "Arrusn Aube" (Arcis-sur-Aube), France
Achilles Botriune Canning (1862-1937): (Rafton's 1st son) (1) Consular birth registration.
Document Number: 102
When & where born: 09 August 1862 at Paris
Name: Achilles Botriune
Sex: Boy
Name of father: Raftan CANNING
Maiden name of mother: Mary Ann O'Connor
Father's profession: Commercial Agent
Informant & his residence: Raftan Canning, father [of] 4 Rue de Villejust, Paris
When registered: 26 December 1862
Consular Officer performing registration: T Pickford HBM Consul, Paris
Consular district of birth: Paris
(2) Certificate of Death from the State of Ohio, Div. of Vital Statistics, obtained from the Cleveland Historical Society. In this, his name is spelled Achille Botrium Canning, but this is explained by the fact that the convalescent hospital filled out that part of the certificate, and "botrium" is a microbial term, thus the confusion. The family always spelled it Botrine, and Achille himself was a Notary, so we take Botrine to be the correct spelling as he intended it. Date of birth: blank. Age, "About 75 years." Birthplace: "Paris, France". Father: "Unknown". Mother: "Unknown". Wife: Anna. Trade or Profession: Collector. Date of death, July 30, 1937. Place of death, Cleveland, Ohio. Address at time of death: 925 Roanoke Rd., Cleveland Hgts. Informant: Henry Canning, Son (same address). Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery. Funeral Director: R. S. Mcllurch (McColloch?), The Millard (Milland?) Co. lic. # 1237. Body was embalmed.
George Canning (c. 1864-1938): (Rafton's 2nd son) ~~~ death certificate from Ft. Worth, Texas, (certified copy) d.o.d. March 31, 1938, d.o.b. August 27, 1863, saying his father's name was George Canning, mother's name Mary Ann O'Conner, and that he, (George) was born in France. We have found no birth registration for George, in the British Consul's records.
Arthur Rafton-Canning (1865-1915): (Rafton's third son) -- (1) Birth Registration from British Consulate at Paris; Name, Arthur Canning; Date of birth, May 7, 1865; Father, Rafton Canning; Mother, Mary O'Connor; Profession of mother's father, Clerk; Informant, Louisa Butler, Dressmaker [Note: possibly related to our Angel-Butlers of Guernsey], 117 Faubourg St. Honore, Paris; When registered, Nov. 7, 1866 [Note: months after Rafton's death].
(2) Death registration from the Archives at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Died Dec. 15, 1915 at Age 86, at Vancouver
For fuller details, see the Biographies
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