Canaan, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Canaan, Connecticut, USA? Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,081 at the 2000 census. The town of Canaan is often referred to locally by the name of its principal constituent village, Falls Village.
Once there was a dream that Falls Village would become an industrial mecca. It would be fueled with an abundance of hydropower thanks to miles of stone canals running along the Housatonic River at the great Falls. Those canals (along with much of Falls Village) were built up over the course of several years. In 1851, the canals finally opened. The crowds cheered, the water flowed, and everything leaked ...
...Thanks to that dream and the fact that it died, Falls Village lives on - much as it was in 1851.wikipedia
Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Main Street looking East, Canaan, Conn.
Canaan, Connecticut, USA
The Canfiled. Canaan, Conn.
Home of Canfield Lime Co.
Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Housatonic River. Near Canaan, Conn.
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In 1738 the area now known as Canaan—and also as Falls Village to its residents—was sold at auction in New London as part of the Western Lands sale.
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1819 - Canaan
Canaan, a considerable post township, is situated in the northwestern section of the county, 41...Read MORE...
Canaan, a considerable post township, is situated in the northwestern section of the county, 41...Read MORE...
1858 - AccidentAt Canaan, Ct., on the 17th, a bright little boy of eight years, son of Edwin Ives, while playing...Read MORE...
1859
CANAAN, a township of Litchfield co., in the state of Connecticut, 42 m. NW of Hartford. Pop. 2,166.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
CANAAN, a township of Litchfield co., in the state of Connecticut, 42 m. NW of Hartford. Pop. 2,166.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1896 - IN A BURNING CAR.Narrow Escape of Four Railroad Men Last Night.
Canaan, Conn., Jan. 9. - Word was received here...Read MORE...
1903 - BURGLARS TURN INCENDIARIES.In Blowing Open Canaan (Conn.) Post Office Safe They Start a $10,000 Fire and Escape.
Special to ...Read MORE...
1913 - COLLISION ON NEW HAVEN.Eight Passengers Hurt, One Mortally, in Wreck at Canaan.
Special to The New York Times.
CANAAN, ...Read MORE...
1916
Canaan, ka'nan, a post-township (town) of Litchfield co.. Conn., on the Housatonic River. Pop. in...Read MORE...
Canaan, ka'nan, a post-township (town) of Litchfield co.. Conn., on the Housatonic River. Pop. in...Read MORE...
1923 - BRAKEMAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH IN CANAAN, CONN.CANAAN, Conn. June 6 - Nicholas Mathias, 30, a brakeman on the Central New England railroad was...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Andrew BACON
(1 November 1791, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 6 November 1875, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Lucy BACON
(1794, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 20 March 1867, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Wells BOURDMAN
(1830, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - February 1852, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eugene DALEY
(1862, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 6 November 1880, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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John DECKER
(1852, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 1 December 1878, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Harvey DUNHAM
(1791, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 13 February 1872, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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James DUNHAM
(1788, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 30 December 1873, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Honora B ELTON
(1794, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 3 December 1870, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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George FELLOWS
(1803, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 10 April 1857, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Hannah FOX
(1819, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 7 March 1866, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Henry L HINMAN
(1816, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 5 September 1867, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charles HOLLIBIRD
(1788, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 28 March 1856, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charlotte HUBBARD
(1820, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 24 December 1870, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Mary Ann HUNTHY
(1817, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 29 December 1865, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charlotte LANDON
(1813, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 12 June 1848, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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James MARS
(1790, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 27 May 1880, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Justus MITCHELL
(8 September 1754, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 24 September 1806, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA)
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James PARTRIDGE
(3 August 1774, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 23 September 1854, Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA)
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John PARTRIDGE
(29 February 1824, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 10 August 1874, Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA)
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William PECK
(1788, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 28 March 1866, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Louisa PRATT
(1780, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 12 February 1864, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Lidasuy ROOT
(1778, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 15 April 1849, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Harlow SARDAM
(1830, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 10 August 1848, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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