McCANN, PETER (1828-1908), builder, quarrymaster and cement manufacturer, and WESLEY BURRETT (1874-1961), cement manufacturer, were father and son. Peter was born on 18 September 1828 at Parramatta, New South Wales, son of Nicholas McCann (1803-1880), stonecutter, and his wife Catherine, née Johnson. His mother died in 1831 shortly after the family moved to Georgetown, Tasmania, and his baby sister Ann, adopted by a Launceston couple, was taken to England. About 1836 Peter accompanied his father to Port Fairy, Port Phillip District, helping him in whaling and squatting pursuits until 1841 when Nicholas moved to Geelong and returned to the building trade. In 1850 Peter, now in partnership with his father, went to England to bring back his sister and returned with a wife Elizabeth, née Begley, whom he had married on 26 September at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grantham, Lincolnshire. In 1854 he established his home at Ceres in the ...

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