Part 3 - 1945-1953

Alice and Earl Cann in San Francisco 1950

Gary Fletcher

Ramona, Gary and Alice

Alice with Rhea and Kitty

Rhea and Kitty

Earla Cann Styll standing in-between her in-laws Edson and Verona Styll

Marshall and Earla Styll with Ramona and Gary Fletcher (although not sure what year they were married)

The gangs all here! A happy group!

Marshall and Earla’s house being built in Whittier, CA

I wonder who took this picture? 

First house under construction in Whittier

Back row L-R Alice, Marshall, Earla, Beth, Verona, Dale

Front row Edson, Ramona and Gary

Marshall and Earla with dear friends Drusilla and Ralph McIntosh

Earla and Drusilla went to elementary school together


Marshall and Earla’s first house was purchased in 1951

14810 Anaconda Street, Whittier, California 

3 bedrooms, 1 bath, spacious back yard and a garage

$10,485 on the GI Bill

Part 2 1945-1953

Edward T. Fletcher (1873-1949) and 

Anna Laura Linder Fletcher (1873-1948)

Lon (1896), Anna Laura (mother), Clarence (1907), 

Alice (1903), Rhea (1909) and Ed Fletcher (father)

Earl Weston Cann, Gary Fletcher, Earla Cann, Rhea Fletcher

And Kay and Lon Fletcher 

Kitty and Rhea Fletcher

Rhea, Kitty, Lon and Kay Fletcher

A postcard from Idaho

Earla and Gary at maybe the family ranch in Idaho?

Family homestead in Idaho?

Earl Cann and Gary Fletcher

Alice Fletcher Cann

Daughter and Mother - Earla and Alice Cann

Ramona and Gary Fletcher and Alice Fletcher Cann

Alice Cann, Kitty and Kay Fletcher

Earl Cann with Lon and Kay Fletcher

Late 1940’s to 1953 Photo Album - Part 1

Dale, Elsie and Earl Cann - siblings. This is the start of a large photo album

that my Grandma Alice put together. This time she didn’t include names

of the people here, so I am going to wing it on some

Earla Cann and Gary Fletcher. They were double cousins, but more like brother and sister.

I have always referred to him as my Uncle.

Elsie Cann Fletcher. Grandpa’s sister married Grandma’s brother and Gary is their son

Earla (my mom) with her dad Earl, and maybe Bernie Mulliken and Alice Cann

Ramona Hutchins and Gary Fletcher

Earla Cann on the day of graduation from high school 1947

Lifelong friends Bernie and Bill Mulliken of my grandparents and parents

Grandpa Earl and I’m not sure who

Alice Fletcher Cann and Earl Cann. She made most of her clothes herself

Alice Cann always had the most stylish shoes

Club San Moritz Lodge by Crestline and Lake Gregory in California.

It’s still there and a wedding venue

Alice Fletcher Cann and a reindeer

Earla and her dad Earl

Alice Cann and her daughter Earla Marie

The Earl Cann Family in Yosemite 


Alice in front of a waterfall in Yosemite! 

Obituaries for Elizabeth and Jessie Cann

Elizabeth Cann (1879-1911) age 31 which also sounds like pneumonia 



Jessie Cann Lindsey (1884-1912) age 28 of pneumonia. Also great hints of other family members! 

Cann - Kunz Photos

William Cann, son of Joseph Irwin and Clemenza - born in 1887. 

These photos might be around 1911. Lizzie Jones is Williams’s daughter

Lizzie Jones, William Cann (long beard) with (do not recognize the name) 

and his father Irwin Cann (b. 1847). Florence is Lizzie’s daughter

Lora Kunz Cann (1877-1939) married Donald Earl Cann (1882-1921) 

parents of Earl, Elsie and Dale. 

Don Cann died of double pneumonia on 15 Dec 1921 at age 39

Jessie Cann Linsey (1884-1912)  and her son Bryce. 

She married Daniel Linsey in 1903. 

Jessie was the youngest of six daughters and died of pneumonia at age 28

Last name is spelled in most records as Lindsey

Irwin with his grandson Russel in 1912 (his birth year) and Aunt Birdie. 

Russel was the son of William and Amelia Jett Cann. 

Bertie never married.

1910 Census: William, Amelia and Bertie lived together. William was a Street Car Conductor and Bertie was a cook in a restaurant. 

1920 Census: Russel lived with Irwin, Clemenza, Frank, and Birdie. 

1930 Census: Frank, age 52 and Birdie, age 45 and nephew Russel, age 18 lived together