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Surnames: Cagle, Kennedy, Kenady, Kenidy, Canady, Canida or Canada
Classification: Query
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I was wondering if anyone might have any information on John H Kenady (Canida, Canady or
Kennedy) of Marion County Alabama? James H and Mary Canida are his parents (shown on the
1860 Winston Co Alabama census.
His daughter Mary Frances is my great-grandmother. John married Eliza (or Louisa) Cagle. I
need info that might definitely help tie Mary Frances Kennedy(Canady) to the same Mary F.
that is shown on census forms with Eliza and John in Marion Co AL in 1870 and Louisa
Kenidy in Marion Co AL 1880 census. It appears that this Eliza and Louisa are the same
lady because of the name Marilda Cagle (neighbor) in 1870 and Rilda Cagle living in same
household in 1880, with William Cagle next door and
Harriet Cagle with new husband David Clark next door to William. I have the 1850 and 1860
census forms for Charlie and Harriet and they both show Marilda and Eliza as daughters.
My great-grandmother is Mary Francis Kennedy Gray, she
married John Green Gray in 1889 Lake Co TN. I found
records of their marriage and it shows her last name as Cannad(a)y. On records that I have
gathered from family, it shows she was born in Marion Co AL. I have conflicting birth
dates, some sources show 1862 and others show 1866.
This has been a hard family to trace, especially with the different birth dates and the
different spellings of the Kennedy or Canady last name. I found the records of the Cagle
cemetary in Marion Co and it shows the following names: Cagle, Canada, and Kennedy. I
don't know what took Mary Francis from Marion Co, Alabama to Lake Co Tennessee. Her
obituary in 1952 states that she has a brother John living in California.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Neta Wheeler