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Author: leesmob1
Surnames: CANAVAN LINTOTT
Classification: queries
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It is possible that they are connected, but there seems to be very little information on
the CANAVANS of Roscommon. There was a Catherine CANAVAN in Western Australia at the same
time as John and I initially thought they may be related but can't find any evidence
to support that. She wasn't a sibling as her marriage certificate (to Frederick
LINTOTT) in 1856 stated that her father's name was (what appears to be) Ewd CANAVAN, a
Cooper, which I took to be an abbreviation of Edward. The first record I can find of her
in WA is her marriage at Champion Bay (Geraldton) north of Perth. She seems to have
remained in that area until her death in 1892 aged 56. John CANAVAN also lived in that
area for a time in the early 1880's. I know nothing more of Catherine but they seem to
be the only 2 people with that surnamed in WA. There is no record of her birth in WA so
she probably emigrated alone.
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