James Willson HANNON

1870 - Aft 1936  (> 67 years)

• Name	James Willson HANNON
  Born	11 Oct 1870	Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1936	Regina, Saskatchewan
  Person ID	I1565	Richard Patterson NJ & ON
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Rev. James HANNON, D. D.           b. 8 Feb 1837, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario           d. 1924, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Sarah Margaret WILLSON           b. 23 Feb 1846, Newtonbrook (Toronto), York Twp., York Co., Ontario           d. 2 Mar 1924, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Orilla WOODS           b. 29 Oct 1863, Kincardine, Greenock Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario           d. Aft 1911, Regina, Saskatchewan  (Age > 49 years)
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F1138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1895 Barrister-at-Law & Solicitor 1895, graduated from Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Lawyer, Judge, Registerer of Land Titles, Battleford, Sask. in 1905. 1909 District Ct Judge, Regina. Prince Albert school trustee, Secretary Liberal Assoc. Resided at Hamilton, Guelph, Dundas, St. Mary's, Walkerton, Kincardine, Toronto, Chatham area, & lastly Prince Albert, Saskatchewan since 1899. He married Emma Orilla Woods. New York Passenger Lists S. S. Roma, New York, July 1, 1936 James W. Hannon, Judge, B. Hamilton, Ontario, Last residence: Regina. Judge J.W. Hannon, 1859-1860 student Victoria College Cobourg, 1861-1862 Colbourne, ordained in 1863 at Newcastle, 1864-1865 Bowmanville, 1866-1867 Yonge Street South, 1868-1869 Berkley Street Toronto, 1870-1871 Hamilton West, 1872-1874 North Street - London, 1875-1876 Zion Tabernacle Hamilton, 1877-1879 Dundas, 1880 St. Mary's, 1890-1892 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1906 superannuated Chatham, Delegate to General Conference Montreal 1878, Financial Secretary 1878 & 1879, Chairman of District 1880. Ref: Judge J.W. Hannon, 1859-1860 student Victoria College Cobourg, 1861-1862 Colbourne, ordained in 1863 at Newcastle, 1864-1865 Bowmanville, 1866-1867 Yonge Street South, 1868-1869 Berkley Street Toronto, 1870-1871 Hamilton West, 1872-1874 North Street - London, 1875-1876 Zion Tabernacle Hamilton, 1877-1879 Dundas, 1880 St. Mary's, 1890-1892 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1906 superannuated Chatham, Delegate to General Conference Montreal 1878, Financial Secretary 1878 & 1879, Chairman of District 1880. - James W. Hannon was educated in the public & high schools & collegiate institutes of Ontario, Canada (Dundas, St. Mary s, Walkerton, Kincardine). He also attended the County Model School. In 1888 he matriculated with honors in Classics at Toronto University. From January, 1889, to July, 1890, he taught a country school about 18 miles south of Chatham. Mr. Hannon graduated from law school at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario, in 1895 & was admitted to the bar of Ontario as Barrister-at-Law & Solicitor the same year. He practised law at Guelph, Ontario, & later at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was appointed Crown Prosecutor for Saskatchewan in 1899 & Solicitor for the city of Prince Albert. In 1901 he was made Agent of Dominion Lands & Crown Timber Agent at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Mr. Hannon became Registrar of Land Titles for the West Saskatchewan Land Registration District, with office at Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1905 & removed to Battleford in that same year. In 1909 he was appointed Judge of the District Court of the Judicial District of Regina & since then has resided at Regina. Judge Hannon is a member of the Board of Governors of Regina College. At Prince Albert he served several terms as public school trustee & also as secretary of the Liberal Association. - - - [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Wellington Willson Cummer, Esq., 1901.