IMPORTANT NOTE: Since posting this I have learned via 23&Me and a reluctant but forthcoming mother that I am, in fact, not a Cantelon (by heritage). I am in fact the child of Harry Samuels, a deceased Jewish man from Canada. I have since met two brothers, a sister-n-law and nieces.
The Samuels last name is recent having been adopted by my great grandfather Samuel Omansky after coming to Canada via Scotland from a shtetl in Chigirin, Russia (modern Ukraine) and after my father was born. So my father’s original name was Harry Omansky. More on this in a far more recent post.
Family Motto – Fortis in Bello (Strength in War) given to ancestor Henry De Cantelu by King William I (William the Conquerer) in 1066 after the Battle of Hastings.
Starting with the most distant and working toward today:
Henry De Cantelu, Ship Captain of Normandy
William De Cantelupe (1090)
Walter De Cantelupe (1120 – “settles” in Ireland)
Nicholas De Cantelupe
Raymond De Cantelupe
Howell De Cantelupe
Timothy De Cantelupe
Richard De Cantelupe
John De Cantelupe (Died 1309) first Baron of Bally Heigue
John De Cantilon second Baron of Bally Heigue
Maurice De Cantilon third Baron of Bally Heigue
Edmund De Cantilon, fourth Baron of Bally Heigue
John De Cantilon
Roger De Cantillon
David De Cantillon (Born 1579)
Valentine De Cantillon
Peter De Cantillon (Finally!)
Jasper De Cantillon
John De Cantillon
John De Cantillon II (B. 1754)
William De Cantillon (1775-1859; emigrated to Canada followed by three brothers. Settled in Clinton, Ontario near Goderich).
David Cantelon
Peter Cantelon
David William Leonard Cantelon (B. Dec. 31, 1889; D. Feb. 12, 1931)
Isabel Cantelon (1915-1985)
Peter James Cantelon (Jan. 1942- Nov. 2, 2011)
Peter James Cantelon Jr. (May 4, 1968-?)
Matthew, Caleb and Isabella Cantelon
Harnessing Chaos 
Hello, I am a descendant of David Cantelon of Clinton, Ontario. His daughter, Pearl Cantelon (married Andrew Weatherwax of Orillia ) was my Grandmother , and my great Aunt, Dorothy Cantelon also lived in that grand house in Clinton. I have a picture of that house, and the Ballyheigh coat of arms with the motto ” Fortis in Bello.” Sadly many of Pearl’s brothers passed away in the First World War. My Mom, Katherine (Kae) Weatherwax (Pearl Cantelon’s daughter) just passed away in December 2014 at the age of 97. Best wishes, Marilyn Lake Lee
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Send a picture of the coat of arms sometime! Cheers.
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please email me at lake.marilyn@gmail.com, and I can send you a dropbox link with photos as well. Cheers, Marilyn Lake Lee (great grandaughter of David Cantelon of Clinton, Ontario.
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Will do! (Great grandson of William David Leonard Cantelon)
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i am also a great grand child of John Cantalon who married Elizabeth Legeer i would love to get some family photos if there are some, thnx in advance
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Hi I have just seen this site as I am researching my great, great, great grandfather, Edmund De Cantillon. I believe he was born in Cork, Ireland in 1830 but I do not have a birth certificate, just info worked out from his wedding certificate. I wondered would you know how I can find out anything further or whether he is any way related.
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whos mum is William David Leonards mum…..?? Elizabeth Betty or E
Elizabeth Armstrong ??PM if you like I just came across this looove the picture is it Spain or France
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Hey Sandra – I will check on William David Leonard. Thanks about the picture – I took it in Tuscany, Italy a couple of years ago
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Very interesting! Peter, you are my 4th cousin once removed. My mother, Mary Jane Cantelon, was the daughter of Edgar Albert Cantelon. Our shared ancestor is William; my mother descends from his son George. What a complicated ancestry! Do you consider the Cantelon ancestry to be French, English, Irish, or proudly Canadian! After my grandfather came back from the war, he seems to have emigrated across the bridge to the US.
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