My great aunt once told me that my family originally came from the Isle of Man, but I have
not found a link yet.
I have traced my CANNELL family back to my GGGGGrandfather Robert CANNELL in Norfolk. He
who was married in Colchester to a Hannah CHURCH in 1804.
I have found that Robert CANNELL was "removed" back to Seething in 1817 near
Lodden without his wife, but with his three children Thomas, Mary and Robert. I presume
that Robert must have been from Seething originally, but I haven't been able to find
any definite record of his birth. They were placed in the Lodden & Clavering Union
"House of Industry".
The boy Robert was discharged in 1819 by his grandfather, also called Robert.
My GGGGrandfather Thomas left in 1818, eventually going back to Colchester, married to
Mary Ann WEBB of Bungay. They had children Eliza, Thomas, Robert, Elizabeth, James and
Ellen.
In the IGI, there is a CANNELL family near to Seething, in Thurlton who may be related,
but I can't prove that there is a connection. They have a father Robert CANNELL
married to Mary CANNELL in 1773, with children Robert b1781, Susan b1774, Mary b1775,
Abig. b1777, Thomas b1779 and James b1785. Does anyone know anything about this Thurlton
family? I have been sent a pedigree of CANNELL families in Norfolk, but they don’t appear
in that.
Are any of these in your family tree at all or do you know of any CANNELLS that came from
the IOM to Norfolk? Does anyone have any ideas how I could find a link between my family
and the Thurlton family?
My GGGrandfather Thomas CANNELL was born in Colchester in 1831. He married Elizabeth
BUTLER. He was a master hairdresser living at 100 Old Kent Road, London. They had 3
children, Albert Edward b1867 (my GGrandfather), Thomas Henry b1861 and Ellen Elizabeth
b1867. My grandfather never mentioned his uncle and aunt, so they are rather mysterious. I
have discovered that Thomas Henry married Ellen MILBOURNE (b1866 in Stepney) in 1890, and
lived at 16, Charlotte Street, Woodford Wells, London. Does anyone have Thomas Henry or
Ellen Elizabeth in their family trees?