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Theodore Gruenhagen Canham

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Theodore Gruenhagen Canham

Birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
11 Dec 1909 (aged 21)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden/Building: ES-G Row/Tier/Division-17 Grave: 514
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Special Officer Theodore Canham was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire at the intersection of Lombard Street and Fillmore Street, trying to protect pedestrians.
He had been assigned to the beat from Van Ness avenue to Fillmore street on Filbert and Greenwich streets, and had never made an arrest.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL TUE, DEC 14, 1909
CANHAM-In this city, December 11, 1909, Theodore Gruenhagen Canham, beloved son of Thomas P. and Annie E. Canham, and brother of William F. Canham, Mrs. George E. Denman, Mrs. Earl Grady and Wilfred R. M. Canham, a native of San Francisco, Cal., aged 21 years 8 months and 19 days.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral today (Tuesday) December 14, at 11 a.m., at his late residence, 2267 Union street. Interment Cypress Lawn cemetery.
Special Officer Theodore Canham was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire at the intersection of Lombard Street and Fillmore Street, trying to protect pedestrians.
He had been assigned to the beat from Van Ness avenue to Fillmore street on Filbert and Greenwich streets, and had never made an arrest.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL TUE, DEC 14, 1909
CANHAM-In this city, December 11, 1909, Theodore Gruenhagen Canham, beloved son of Thomas P. and Annie E. Canham, and brother of William F. Canham, Mrs. George E. Denman, Mrs. Earl Grady and Wilfred R. M. Canham, a native of San Francisco, Cal., aged 21 years 8 months and 19 days.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral today (Tuesday) December 14, at 11 a.m., at his late residence, 2267 Union street. Interment Cypress Lawn cemetery.

Gravesite Details

cemetery has his name listed as Theodore Canhane


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