George Edward MCCANN

(b. 18 October 1865, New Gloucester, Maine, USA d. bet. 1905-1922, )

Summary: George Edward MCCANN was born 18 October 1865 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA. George Edward MCCANN was the child of John Fred MCCANN and Elizabeth BARTOLL

He married Harriet Julia PEABLES 25 December 1889 in Auburn, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Harriet Julia PEABLES was born February 1867 in Auburn, Maine, USA . She died 20 August 1902 in Auburn, Maine, USA .

George Edward MCCANN died bet. 1905-1922
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NOTE: county attorney at the time of the Jessie Cobb murder

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America - Did you know? In 1664, the English seized New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and renamed it New York.

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New Gloucester, Maine, USA
Sabbath Day Lake, New Gloucester, Me.

New Gloucester, Maine, USA
High School (1910)

New Gloucester, Maine, USA
Public Library

Androscoggin's Secret Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine. ¡spɹɐʍʞɔɐq puɐ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝuıɐW 'uoʇsıʍǝ˥ pǝuɹnʇ ʎɹoʇs sıɥʇ '006Ɩ uI ISBN-10: 1469932067 ISBN-13: 978-1469932064

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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George Edward MCCANN married

Harriet Julia PEABLES-- Date: 25 December 1889 Place: Auburn, Maine, USA

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Julia Peables MCCANN (b.21 November 1895, Auburn, Maine, USA d. 27 July 1975, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, USA)

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1865 Birth
Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
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1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"
U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despite the bargain price of roughly two cents an acre, the Alaskan purchase was...Read MORE...

1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York...Read MORE...

The Maine Central Railroad, which originally ran from Cumberland to Danville, came to New Gloucester in 1870.

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1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown

1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870

1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire

1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.
March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis &...Read MORE...

1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875
United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans...Read MORE...

1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion
May 10, 1876: The Centennial Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which Caroline...Read MORE...

1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:
300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped ...Read MORE...

1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
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1880 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: George E. Mccann
residence: New Gloucester, Cumberland,...Read MORE...

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY
At a meeting this evening, largely attended by prominent citizens and those...Read MORE...

1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
UNIFORM TIME

Exactly at noon on Sunday, as has been announced, the new system of uniform time...Read MORE...

1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.

www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884

1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.

www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884

1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
The formal reception of Bartholdi's great statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" took place at...Read MORE...

1886 - New Gloucester Town Hall was built and dedicated.

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1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).

www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886

1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.

www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887

1887 - Death of Osgood Bradbury
Osgood Bradbury, who died in New Gloucester, Me., a few days ago, aged ninety years, was born in...Read MORE...

1889 Marriage / Partner
George Edward MCCANN and Harriet Julia PEABLES 25 December 1889, Auburn, Maine, USA

(New Gloucester) In 1890, the farm of Jacob Osgood Haskell, on the bank of Royall’s River at Upper Gloucester, was purchased and a race track built.

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1890 - The New Gloucester Shakers changed their name to Sabbathday Lake.

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1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended

www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sdtimeln.htm - December 29, 1890

1891 Biography
GEORGE E. MCCANN was born in New Gloucester, October 18, 1865. He was educated at the Freeport High ...Read MORE...

1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.
New York, Jan. 1. - Without any ceremony or formal opening the immigration officials of this city...Read MORE...

1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of European exploratory voyages to the western hemisphere. www.e-referencedesk.com/ ...Read MORE...

1894 - Pullman strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It...Read MORE...

1895 Birth of Child
Julia Peables MCCANN was born 21 November 1895, Auburn, Maine, USA

1896 - Library built in New Gloucester

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1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike

1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
in 1897, at 6 am, over 100 people crowded onto the first train to travel through a tunnel under...Read MORE...

1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.

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1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20).
...On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the...Read MORE...

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud...Read MORE...

1900 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Geo E Mccann
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residence: Auburn city, Androscoggin, Maine
birth date: Oct...Read MORE...

1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
The Gold Standard Act a Law.
Washington, March 15. - The gold standard act passed by congress,...Read MORE...

1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.
THE KIOWA SALOONS RAIDED.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, of this City, Invaded Six of Them last Thursday....Read MORE...

1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.

www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901

In 1902, New Gloucester High School was built

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1902
It has been stated that George E. McCann, Esq. of Auburn is a candidate for nomination as one of...Read MORE...

1902-03 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Geo E McCann (McCann & Kavanagh) George E. McCann and Albert L. Kavanagh) lawyers, 68 Main, h. 288...Read MORE...

1902 Death of Spouse/Partner
Harriet Julia PEABLES died 20 August 1902, Auburn, Maine, USA

1903
Ex-County Attorney George E. McCann of Auburn who has recently returned from Utah where he has been ...Read MORE...

1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communication
One hundred years ago on Saturday, a young Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi stood on a...Read MORE...

1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, Michigan

June 16, 1903

1903 - October - First World Series
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It...Read MORE...

1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.
THE MACHINE ACTUALLY FLIES
Successful Trial of Kitty Hawk, N.C., of Wright Brother's...Read MORE...

1904
George E. McCann, esq. of Auburn, has returned from a business trip to Boston.

The Lewiston...Read MORE...

1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).
Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition world's fair in St....Read MORE...

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal
February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone...

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1905
McCann, J. F., farmer, No
Elizabeth (Bartoll), ho
*Geo. E., law,Boston,Mass
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1906-07 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
No mention of George McCann in 1906 Auburn

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