Ancestry lets me search just on first name, so I was able to find him in 1891 listed as Moses Cannan:

Douglas, Ward 3, Conchan, District 11
38 Tynwald Street
Skillicorn, James, Head, 36, Builder, b. Douglas
Margaret, Sister, 55, b. Douglas
Mary A, Sister, 41, b. Douglas
Moses Cannan, Lodger, 34, Widower, Reporter, b. Douglas

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