Ann Elizabeth Laney1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 21129, (abt 1815 - 1888)
FatherJohn Laney4 (abt Apr 1790 - 1872)
MotherCatherine Housel (1784 - 6 Feb 1858)

Key Events:

Birth: about 9 Oct 1815, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania5,6,7
Marriage: about 1848, Christian Gann (about 27 Feb 1805 - 3 Mar 1868)8,9,10
Death: 1 Jun 1888, Savannah, Andrew Co., Missouri11,12
Burial: 3 Jun 1888, Savannah Cemetery, Savannah, Andrew Co., Missouri13,14

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Ann Elizabeth Laney was born about 9 Oct 1815 near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.5,6,7
     Ann married Christian Gann about 1848.8,9,10
     Ann and Christian appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Hartley Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 9 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $600. Their son George and his children by his prior marriage, John, Catharine, Christian, William and Mary, were listed as living with him.15
     Ann and Christian appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Hartley Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 13 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate of $494. Their children George, Anne and Harriet and his children Catharine, Christian, William and Mary were listed as living with him.16
     Ann and Christian moved to Missouri about 1865.17
     Ann was named an heir in the will of her husband Christian dated 15 Jan 1868 in Andrew Co., Missouri, in which he left her two parcels of land in Andrew Co. totalling 119 acres, the proceeds of the sale of land he held in Pennsylvania, and all his personal property. All this to be hers as long as she remained his widow, after which $300 would become her property and the rest divided among his children.18
     Christian died on 3 Mar 1868.19,20
     Ann appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Nodaway Twp., Andrew Co., Missouri, enumerated 28 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate of $1,200. Her children George and Harriet were listed as living with her, as was her step-daughter, Mary.21
     Ann appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Savannah, Andrew Co., Missouri, on Chestnut St., enumerated 14 Jun 1880. Her daughter Harriet was listed as living with her.22
     Ann died on 1 Jun 1888 in Savannah, Andrew Co., Missouri, at her home.11,12 She was buried on 3 Jun 1888 in Savannah Cemetery, Savannah, Andrew Co., Missouri, next to her husband, with a joint tombstone.13,14
     
Research Note, 24 Mar 2017:
The evidence that Ann was the daughter of John and Catherine Housel Laney is circumstantial, but reasonably persuasive. Her daughter Annie's death certificate shows her maiden name as Laney, and her daughter Harriet's middle name was Housel. Thomas H. Laney, a son of John and Catherine, was a witness to her husband's will, and John Laney, widely reported in unsourced online trees as another son, was his executor. John, John H., and Thomas H. Laney all lived in Andrew Co. and are buried in the Savannah Cemetery, where Ann and her husband were buried.23,24,25

Children:
     Children with Christian Gann:

  • George L. L. Gann26,27,28 (12 Feb 1850 - 27 Mar 1936)
  • Anne E. Gann27,3 (1852 - 24 Feb 1923)
  • Harriet Housel Gann23,27,22 (17 Oct 1859 - )

Citations

  1. [S7413] Register of Methodist Evangelical Church of Mufflinburg, Pennsylvania, pg 6, Record of Baptisms, Harriet Housel Gann, shows name as Anna Elisabeth Gann.
  2. [S7328] Christian Gan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Elizabeth Gan.
  3. [S7416] Annie E. Gann Rinear, Certificate of Death, shows mother's name as Laney.
  4. [S7416] Annie E. Gann Rinear, Certificate of Death, shows her maiden name a Laney.
  5. [S7881] Mrs. Eliza Gann obituary, Savannah Reporter, shows age 72 yr 7 mo 23 days at death 1 Jun 1888, near Lewisburg and state.
  6. [S7417] The Photograph Andrew County Tombstones Project, online, Savannah Cemetery, section 1, record for Ann E. Gann, shows age 72 yrs 7 mo 23 days at death 1 Jun 1888, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  7. [S7328] Christian Gan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 34 and state.
  8. [S7328] Christian Gan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S7329] Christian Gann household, 1860 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S7331] Wills, Andrew Co., Missouri, A:245-8, will of Christian Gann, shows her as his wife.
  11. [S7881] Mrs. Eliza Gann obituary, Savannah Reporter, shows date, at her residence, and city.
  12. [S7417] The Photograph Andrew County Tombstones Project, online, Savannah Cemetery, section 1, record for Ann E. Gann, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  13. [S7417] The Photograph Andrew County Tombstones Project, online, Savannah Cemetery, section 1, record for Ann E. Gann, includes tombstone photo.
  14. [S7881] Mrs. Eliza Gann obituary, Savannah Reporter, shows Saturday.
  15. [S7328] Christian Gan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S7329] Christian Gann household, 1860 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S7413] Register of Methodist Evangelical Church of Mufflinburg, Pennsylvania, pg 6, Record of Members by Classes on Mifflinburg Circuit 16 Jun 1865, shows Christian and Eliza Gann removed by certificate.
  18. [S7331] Wills, Andrew Co., Missouri, A:245-8, will of Christian Gann.
  19. [S7417] The Photograph Andrew County Tombstones Project, online, Savannah Cemetery, section 1, record for Christian Gann, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  20. [S7331] Wills, Andrew Co., Missouri, A:245-8, will of Christian Gann, written 15 Jan 1868 and proved 9 Mar 1868.
  21. [S7414] Elizabeth Gann household, 1870 U.S. Census, Andrew Co., Missouri.
  22. [S7415] Elizabeth Gann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Andrew Co., Missouri.
  23. [S7413] Register of Methodist Evangelical Church of Mufflinburg, Pennsylvania, pg 6, Record of Baptisms, Harriet Housel Gann.
  24. [S7418] History of Andrew and De Kalb Counties, Missouri, pg 515, shows Dr. Thomas M. Laney as son of John and Catherine Housel Laney.
  25. [S7331] Wills, Andrew Co., Missouri, A:245-8, will of Christian Gann, 9 Mar 1868, shows T. M. Laney as a witness and D. H. Laney as executor.
  26. [S7328] Christian Gan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  27. [S7329] Christian Gann household, 1860 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  28. [S7414] Elizabeth Gann household, 1870 U.S. Census, Andrew Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.