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John Edmund Sydney Gannon
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Lawyer, hockey player.
Born in Queensland, Australia on 19 February 1887, eldest son of Edmund Gannon (1847-1929) and Susannah Partington (1862-1949), he attended St. John's College and played with its football and hockey teams. He then worked as a lawyer with the firm of Keith and Gannon.
On 14 March 1914, he married Florence Catherine Beaton (1876-1957) at Holy Trinity Anglican Church and they had a daughter, Lucy Gannon (wife of ? Davidson). He was a member of the St. Johns Curling Club and the Winnipeg Hockey Club. In 1913, his team won the Allan Cup.
He died in his Winnipeg home, 248 Scotia Avenue, on 3 January 1919 during the Spanish Flu pandemic.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gannon House (248 Scotia Street, Winnipeg)
Marriage registration [John Edmund Sidney Gannon, Florence Catherine Beaten], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Gannon - Beaton,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 March 1914, page 8.
Death registration [John Edmund Sydney Gannon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
““Flu” takes away popular athlete,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 January 1919, page 13.
““Jack” Gannon, athlete, and barrister, is dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 January 1919, page 23.
Obituary [Florence C. Gannon], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 August 1957, page 5.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
John Edmund Sydney “Jack” Gannon, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 17 November 2025
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