I am researching my wife's ancestors and I am trying to get past
Thomas Canada who married Delilah Bevins in Pike Co., KY on September
6, 1829. Most of this lineage forward in time is solid and can be
found in my world connect data base at:
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=htchandler
You will find me in that GEDCOM as Hubert Thomas Chandler and my wife
as Mary Ritter.
So far I know that they had 13 children (from 1850 & 60 Pike Co., KY
census images) and from the same source, that Thomas declared he was
born in VA. You all know that there are many spellings of the name
Canada and I will paste a note on this below. I now believe it
probable that Charles Kennady found on the 1810 Floyd Co., KY census
(Pike Co. was formed before 1830 from Floyd Co between 1820 & 1830)
was Thomas' father. Charles was the only Floyd Co. "Canada" sound
alike at this enumeration. His listing is 11110-1201000
I believe Charles' wife' name was Ruth. Charles is missing in the
1820 Floyd Co. listing and Ruth is the only Canada sound alike
listed. Ruth is listed in the 1830 Pike Co., KY census along with
Andrew, Charles and Thomas - that I believe to be her sons. Marriage
records also show 3 female "Canada marriages in the 1822-1828 period
and these were probably the daughters of the family.
Can anybody supply more information? Note: I am also sending this
message to the Canada & Cannada & Cannady message boards.
Notes on name "Canada"
It is very likely that the name Canada is derived from the name
Kennedy or a similar name. A check of the origin of the name "Canada"
shows that the country name Canada (Microsoft Encarta) comes from a
word meaning "village" or "community" in one of the indigenous
Iroquoian languages.
A check of the LDS CD "Vital Records Index - British Isles" shows no
matches for the name Canada or Canady or Cannada or Cannada. When the
name is searched by "Soundex" or a fuzzy search method, 3,743 matches
are found. All matches found by this method started with the letter
"K" (exception are 2 O'Kennedy (S)) and all appear to be a variation
of Kennedy such as "Kenadie", "Kenitie" or other variations. It is
not known when the spelling was changed, since the name Canada is
found in America before the Revolution.
In some pedigrees containing Thomas Canada and Deliah Bevins
children's names, they are shown with the last name of Kennedy,
Canada, and Canady in the same listing. The 1850 Pike Co., KY census
lists all of the living family with the surname Kenaday.
The 1829 document that lists the marriage of Thomas and Deliliah by
Hamon (also spelled Hammon in the same document) Williamson (Minister
of the Gospel in the Baptist Church), spells Thomas' surname as
Canady and Deliliah's surname as Bevins. (Pike Co. Marriage Register
Vol. 1, pg 77)
The 1850 Federal census shows Thomas as the head of the household
with his surname spelled Kenaday. This same enumeration shows his age
as 48, born in VA and that he could not read or write. His wife
Deliliah is shown as age 40, born in KY and could not read or write.
Most of the children's names and birth dates are derived from the
1850 & 1860 census, but it should noted that the ages may vary a few
years as calculated from each census. It should also be noted that
Deliliah was present for the 1850 census, but not in the 1860 census.
The last child Thomas was born about 1854.
The 1860 census shows Thomas and his children with their surname
spelled "Canada."
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