Marie Anna Albina (Riopel) McKeegan (1880 - 1949)

Born 29 Feb 1880 in L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John McKeegan — married 27 Nov 1900 in Polk County, Minnesota

Died 30 Jul 1949 at age 69 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho

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Biography

Marie Anna Albina Riopel (called Albina) was born on February 29, 1881. Her father, Joseph, was 22, and her mother, Eugenie, was 29.

Albina married John McKeegan on November 27, 1900 in Polk Country, Minnesota.^[1] Family notes from interviews indicate: "moved to Idaho & never heard from her again" and in another set of notes "went to N.W. so family lost contact."

In the 1910 Federal Census she was married to and living with John McKeegan in Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, USA. They had two children: a daughter named Beatrice Mckeegan born about 1905 and a son named John Mckeegan Jr born about 1907.^[2]

In the 1920 census we find her separated from her family for medical reasons and living in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho.^[3]

In 1935 her husband, John McKeegan (1866–1935) died at 69 years.^[4]

Albina McKeegan died 30 Jul 1949 (aged 69) at Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.^[5] Albina Riopelle McKeegan's memorial stone indicates a birth on 29 Feb 1880 in Canada. She lies buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho, USA.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Minnesota Official Marriage System record: POLK County; 11/27/1900; Couple MCKEEGAN, JOHN and RIOPEL, ALBINA.
2. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHK-DF2 : accessed 23 February 2022), Albina Mckeegan in household of John Mckeegan, Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 224; FHL microfilm 1,374,237.
3. ↑ 1920 US Federal Census "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCN-X8X : 1 February 2021), Albina McKeegan, 1920.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #27260862
5. ↑ "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-JWTK : 31 March 2021), Albina McKeegan, 30 Jul 1949; citing Death, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #27260871