William Michael Cannon

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Item: 167782 Surname: Kennon (Canning) First Name: Michael Ship: Portland 1832 Date: - Place: - Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 Class: HO 10; Piece: 29 Details: Government servant assigned to Dr. Wardell at Petersham 1494. Kennon Michael, Portland (4), in-door servant, to Doctor Wardell, Petersham

Anonymous on 14th June, 2012 wrote in :

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From information passed down through his Grandson, Michael Kennon became known by the following names. Michael, Michael William, William, William Michael CANNON. He married Sophia Ballard in 1842 in Sydney but lived in Maitland, NSW. He had a number of jobs but mostly a Publican at a couple of establishments in the Morpeth/Maitland area. Most notiably, the Gold Diggers Arms Hotel.

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Item: 167783 Surname: Kennon (Canning) First Name: Michael Ship: Portland 1832 Date: 19 March 1842 Place: - Source: Certificate of Freedom 42/432 Details: 5ft 8 in, ruddy and very slightly pock pitted, brown hair, hazel eyes. Nearly bald on crown of head. three scards forehead, nose thick. Granted certificate of freedom March 1842

Item: 167781 Surname: Kennon (Canning) (?Cannon) First Name: Michael Ship: Portland 1832 Date: 1832 Place: - Source: State Archives. Series: NRS 12188; Title: Bound manuscript indents, 1788-1842; Item: [4/4017]; Microfiche: 682. Details: Age 22. Reads and writes.. Native of Donegal. Occupation indoor servant. Sentenced to 7 years transportation at Portsmouth on 17 October 1831 for embezzlement...Note - Free April 17th 1840 per letter written by P.M. at Maitland