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canon Name Meaning and History

English: variant spelling of Cannon.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The canon name in History

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canon Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of canon Families in the US in 1920

Number of canon families

28-53

10-27

1-9

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Canon/Canion	tiny5girl	0
Donna Jane Canon, 81, daughter of Donald and Sarah Dick Shaw.	Irishlovey_1	0
Canon Family of Western PA	PaulaGood	15
William Canon PA/OH	hekyle	20
Canon Crest	jcanoniii20001	0
CANON Temple P _and_ Lillian C .JPG	t42Bluebonnet	0
Lawrence Canon in 1923 high school football team photo	old_photos	0
Samuel Canon bio	pa_bios	0
John Canon bio	pa_bios	0
Canon Family bio	pa_bios	0

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