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Thomas
Scane
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 48-50:
E. W. Scane, who departed this life April 1, 1902, was a leading barrister of Chatham, County of Kent...
Mr. Scane was descended from English ancetry in both paternal and maternal lines. The first member of this family, concerning whom any definite data are obtainable, is Thomas Scane, the grandfather of E. W., who was born in England about the year 1765, and there married, his wife being also a native of England. Some time afterward he came to Ontario, and settled near St. Thomas (where his wife died) in the year 1820. In the year 1822 he moved to Howard township, County of Kent, settling on a farm where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1845. Politically he was a Conservative. To Thomas Scane and his wife were born the following children: Ellen, who died in England; Jane, who died in Ontario; Betsy, who died in Ridgetown; and two sons, John and Thomas, both of whom came to Ontario with their father, and settled in Howard township, where Thomas died in 1871, leaving two sons, Henry and Thomas, and three daughters, Jane, Ellen (deceased) and Betsy Ann. Of these Henry is now deceased, and Thomas still resides in Howard township.
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 476-478:
Charles C. Scane, a retired lumberman and one of the substantial and prominent citizens of the County of Kent, now a resident of Ridgetown, was born in that county Aug. 7, 1834, a son of John and Elizabeth (Mitton) Scane, the former of whom was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1800, and the latter in the same shire in 1805...
Thomas Scane, the father of John came with his sons, John and Thomas, from Yorkshire to the Dominion, and settled on land adjoining theirs, where he remained through the balance of his life. His wife died in England, and their family consisted of but the two sons.
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