Notes for: Frank Sebastian Canty, Sr.

Birth date mistakenly noted on 1900 Federal Census for Jackson County,Mississippi as Aug 1896, 4 years old as of 7-Jun-1900.

Married in Henry Eikel home, 525 Howard Avenue, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.
[Personal History -- Katherine Ann (Canty) Wellborn's papers (4-Sep-2002)]

WW-I Veteran: Sergeant U.S. Army

Noted living with parents [Willis M. and Julia Canty] in 1900 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi -- Roll T623/812, Image #204, Enumeration District #42, Beat #3, Scranton, Sheet #5B, House #109, Family #110 (Krebs Avenue), enumerated June 7, 1900, by Edward F. Hudson.

Noted living with parents [Willis M. and Julia Canty] in 1910 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi -- Roll T624/743, Image #994, Enumeration District #58, Beat #3, Pascagoula City, Ward #2, Sheet #26A, House #280, Family #302 (Krebs Avenue), enumerated May 3, 1910, by Abner C. Steede.

Noted living with parents [Marion W. and Julia Canty] in 1920 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi -- Roll T625/879, Image #776, Enumeration District #63, Beat #3, Pascagoula, Ward #2, Sheet #1A, House #9, Family #12 (Krebs Avenue), enuermated January 2, 1920, by Busie Mae Greene.

House # Family # Name and Surname Relation Gender Age Condition Where Born Father Born Mother Born Occupation
9 12 Frank S. Canty Head Male 24 Married Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Manager - Auto Service Station
9 12 Lillian E. Canty Wife Female 23 Married Mississippi Louisiana Louisiana  

Found:
Residence: 39567 Pascagoula, Jackson, MS
Born 14 Aug 1895
Died May 1968
Issued: KY
[Social Security Death Index]

Found: PAGE 101
Mayor Frank S. Canty offered him [Ingalls] all the cooperation needed.
[<PASCAGOULA, SINGING RIVER CITY>, by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, August, 1967]

Found: PAGE 102
All this was being carried out as a division of Ingalls Iron Works in Birmingham. But with its first success, Ingalls set up a separate corporation. The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was organized with Ingalls as chairman of the board. Monroe B. Lanier was the first president and W. R. Guest, the executive VicePresident.
[<PASCAGOULA, SINGING RIVER CITY>, by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, August, 1967]

Found: PAGE 118
Longfellow House was sold to Mayor Frank S. Canty in 1938, who sold it to Bob Ingalls.
[<PASCAGOULA, SINGING RIVER CITY>, by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, August, 1967]

Found: PAGE 147
[The Mayors of Pascagoula]
But the opposition struck back. They organized the "Committee for Self Government" and fought the proposal, tooth and hangnail. J. Guy Krebs, Karl Wiesenburg, Frank Canty, and Alvin Charlton, former political opponents, now joined hands in a desperate effort to arrest the progress of the change of government movement. "A change in system insured no change in morality," said Wiesenberg. "Dishonesty thrives under any type of government." And Harold Gautier, from his deathbed, waved a damning finger in protestation.
[<PASCAGOULA, SINGING RIVER CITY>, by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, August, 1967]