John Stephen Kaneen1

#26157, (February 1829 - 1 November 1915)
Caption on image: John S. Kaneen. Virginia, Nevada. April 1869. [Storey County commissioner] Photo by Sutterley. Alfred Doten Collection, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno

Family

Julia Glaven b. c 1837, d. 1909
Children 1.Shelton Crosswith Kaneen+11 (1858 - 1928)
 2.Percival Kenross Kaneen12 (c 1859 - 1924)
 3.Julia Ann Kaneen+12 (c 1861 - 1910)
 4.Nellie Kaneen12 (c 1864 - )
 5.Charles S Kaneen+12 (c 1867 - 1943)
 6.Maud Stella Kaneen13 (1871 - 1946)
 7.Margaret Kaneen12 (c 1872 - 1958)
 8.William Kaneen11 (1873 - 1904)
 9.Edward Sylvester Kaneen+14 (1878 - )
 10.Pattie M Kaneen11 (1880 - )
That Julia Glaven, daughter of John and Margaret, is the same Julia Glaven who married John S Kaneen, is speculative but probable. Julia appears in the 1850 census in St. Louis, Missouri, with her parents and siblings. By 1860, most of her family was in California. Her father John, now prob. a widower, lived in Sierra County with son Daniel. Julia's sister Ellen had married, in St. Louis in 1854, Michael Lawler. Ellen and Michael were also in Sierra County, nearby to John and Daniel. Another sister, Margaret, married about 1858 Frank P Swift. Margaret and Frank were living in Sacramento, California, in 1860. The news report of Frank's death in Sacramento in 1893 says that he came to Sacramento from Massachusetts in 1850, so the marriage was likely in California. Finally, the youngest sibling, Andrew, was living in Sierra County in 1870 with his brother Daniel. The father, John, was in 1870 living in Sacramento with Margaret and Frank. There were two other children of John and Margaret. The eldest, Mary, married, in 1843, John Roche, and removed to Illinois before 1860; a son Dennis died in St. Louis in 1849. The conclusion is that Julia also removed to California at or about the same time as the rest of the family.
John S Kaneen married Julia A Glaven about 1857 (1900 census, married 43 years). Her family name was Glavin, as reported in her son Edward's Social Security records and her daughter Maud's death record. Julia A Kaneen was born in Pennsylvania (census records), as was Julia Glaven. Both were born about 1837, consistent in all census records (actually May 1837 as recorded in 1900).
John S Kaneen was born in New York and his parents were born on the Isle of Man. He and Julia are in Sacramento in the 1860 census, being family number 2402 in the 4th Ward of the city, the same ward as Frank and Margaret Swift, who were enumerated as family 2311. No census record for 1850 for John S Kaneen has been found. There is a John A Kaneen, resident of Black Rock, New York, who enlisted in the U.S. Army on 12 Jan 1850. Interestingly, Black Rock, in Erie County and now a neighborhood of the city of Buffalo, had several Kaneen families around this time, and three of them were headed by a native of the Isle of Man. (The enlistee John S Kaneen, who enlisted in Baltimore, was reported as a deserter in August 1850).
So, there are many positive clues, and no contradictory facts. Since there is unlikely to be a marriage record, we can only presume that Julia Glaven, daughter of John and Maragret, married John S Kaneen.2 
Birth*February 1829He was born in February 1829 at New YorkG.1 
Marriage*circa 1857He married Julia Glaven, daughter of John Glaven and Margaret Kelleher, circa 1857 at Missouri or CaliforniaG.1 
13 August 1860He and Julia Glaven appeared on the census of 13 August 1860 at 4th Ward, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CaliforniaG.3 
20 September 1870He and Julia Glaven appeared on the census of 20 September 1870 at Virginia City, Storey Co., NevadaG.4 
between 1876 and 1880He was mayor of Virginia City, NV between 1876 and 1880.5 
1 June 1880He and Julia Glaven appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at M Street, Virginia City, Storey Co., NevadaG.6 
4 June 1900He and Julia Glaven appeared on the census of 4 June 1900 at San Rafael Twp., Marin Co., CaliforniaG.7 
4 May 1910He appeared on the census of 4 May 1910 at 215 Fourth Street, San Rafael, Marin Co., CaliforniaG.8 
Obituary1 November 1915Obituary for John Stephen Kaneen was published on 1 November 1915.5
Death*1 November 1915He died on 1 November 1915 at Marin Co., CaliforniaG, at age 86.9 
Marriage27 March 1927He witnessed the marriage of George W Turner and Pattie M Kaneen on 27 March 1927 at St. Raphael's Church, San Rafael, Marin Co., CaliforniaG.10 

Citations

  1. [S520] VWH, see note above.
  2. [S520] VWH.
  3. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. J S (27), b. NY, clerk; Julia (23), b. PA.
  4. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. J S (40), b. NY, County treasurer; Julia (33), b. PA, keeps house.
  5. [S2265] Reno Gazette Journal, Reno, Nevada.
  6. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John S (51), b. NY, parents b. Isle of Man, gas works superintendant; Julia (43), b. PA, parents b. Ireland, keeping house.
  7. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. John F [sic] (71), b. NY Feb 1829, parents b. England, gas works superintendant; Julia (63), b. PA May 1837, father b. England, mother b. Ireland.
  8. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. John S (81), wid., b. NY, parents b. English, gas and electric co. engineer.
  9. [S1651] California Death Index, 1905-1939, online FamilySearch.org, John S Kaneen, d. Marin Co. 1 Nov 1915, age 86.
  10. [S1730] California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, online FamilySearch.com, Film 4666539, img. 687/703, Marin Co. Affidavits of Marr., Vol. F, p. 287, and Film 4666522, img. 627/650, Marin Co. Cert. of Marr., Vol. F, p. 592. George W Turner, age 22, res. Los Angeles CA, and Pattie M Kaneen, age 18, res. San Rafael CA, marr. St. Raphael's Church, San Rafael, 27 Mar 1902, by John T Egan, Assistant Rector; witn. John S Kaneen and Maud S Kaneen, both res. San Rafael.
  11. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
  12. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census.
  13. [S384] California Death Index, 1940-1997, online Ancestry.com, Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Maud Stella Kaneen, dau. of --- Kaneen and --- Glavin, b. NV 19 Apr 1871, d. Orange Co. CA 29 May 1946.
  14. [S1411] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration), index online Ancestry.com, Edward Sylvester Kaneen, SSN 126-12-6145, b. Virginia City NV 24 Jun 1878, son of John S Kaneen and Julia A Glavin.