My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Woodsum J Canwell 
Birth Date21 Sep 1824
Birth PlaceFranklin Plt., Oxford Co., ME
Memoalt year 1828; alt loc: Peru, ME
Death Date12 Jul 1900 Age: 75
Death PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME
Memotombstone says 9 Jul 1900; alt year 1899
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
OccupationFarmer
FatherJohn Canwell Jr. (1797-1892)
MotherMelinda Malinda Wing (~1800-1881)
Misc. Notes
Listed on 1850 USC for Franklin Plantation:
William W Canwell 25 Farmer
Jane 21
Wm w 3 mo.
John Canwell 52 Farmer
Mulinda (sic) 50
1860 USC for Franklin Plantation lists the household as follows:
William W. Canwell ae. 35 Farmer
Rebecca J. ae. 31
John ae. 7
Julia ae. 3
Evelyn ae. 2
Emeline ae. 2
• Evelyn and Emeline were twins.
They lived next door to George and Hannah Canwell and Joseph and Sally Murch.
(William Woodsum was the name of the minister in Peru at the time. )
1870 USC for Sumner lists household:
W. W. Canwell ae. 48
Rebecca J ae. 41
John ae. 16
Julia F. ae. 13
Martha E. ae. 12
Mary E. ae. 12
Catie M. ae. 9
Willie W. ae. 7
Chanthia (Cynthia) ae. 4
Annie E. ae. 2
Hannah P ae. 2 mo.
They lived next door to Andrew and Hannah (Canwell) Lord.
(A number of Canwells are buried in Ridge Cemetery, Monmouth, ME. I’m not sure if they’re related, but if they turn out to be, here they are.)
William W. and Rebecca J Canwell were living with George W. Andrews and family at the time of the 1900 USC for Sumner, ME.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150003746
William W Canwell 25 Farmer
Jane 21
Wm w 3 mo.
John Canwell 52 Farmer
Mulinda (sic) 50
1860 USC for Franklin Plantation lists the household as follows:
William W. Canwell ae. 35 Farmer
Rebecca J. ae. 31
John ae. 7
Julia ae. 3
Evelyn ae. 2
Emeline ae. 2
• Evelyn and Emeline were twins.
They lived next door to George and Hannah Canwell and Joseph and Sally Murch.
(William Woodsum was the name of the minister in Peru at the time. )
1870 USC for Sumner lists household:
W. W. Canwell ae. 48
Rebecca J ae. 41
John ae. 16
Julia F. ae. 13
Martha E. ae. 12
Mary E. ae. 12
Catie M. ae. 9
Willie W. ae. 7
Chanthia (Cynthia) ae. 4
Annie E. ae. 2
Hannah P ae. 2 mo.
They lived next door to Andrew and Hannah (Canwell) Lord.
(A number of Canwells are buried in Ridge Cemetery, Monmouth, ME. I’m not sure if they’re related, but if they turn out to be, here they are.)
William W. and Rebecca J Canwell were living with George W. Andrews and family at the time of the 1900 USC for Sumner, ME.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150003746
Spouses
Birth Date29 Jan 1829
Birth PlaceBuxton, York Co., ME
Memotombstone says 30 Jan 1829; alt loc: Foxcroft, ME
Death Date3 May 1902 Age: 73
Death PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME
Memotombstone says 3 June 1902
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
OccupationMayflower descendant from John Howland and John Tilley; descendant of William the Conqueror
FatherJoseph Murch (1803-1847)
MotherHannah Faunce (1807-1855)
Misc. Notes
Names sometimes listed in reverse order.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150003798
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150003798
Marr Date16 Sep 1848
Marr PlaceFranklin Plt., Oxford Co., ME
ChildrenJohn x (~1849-~1850)
William W. “Murchie” x (~1850-~1854)
Jane “Jennie” x (~1851-~1854)
John O (1854-1893)
Julia Fobes (1856-1928)
Martha Emeline (Twin) (1858-1944)
Mary Evelyn (Twin) (1858-1898)
Katherine Melinda “Katie” (1860-1936)
William Willis Woodsum (1864-1884)
Cynthia J. (1865-1886)
Annie E. (1867-1940)
Hannah Pamelia “Millie” (1870-1889)