Joseph Keenan (1821 - 1891)

Born 1821 in County Monaghan, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1891 at about age 70 in Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Joseph Keenan was born in 1821, Monaghan, Ireland. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1890, at which time he was living in Rhode Island.^[1]

Joseph Keenan married Bridget Cunningham.

Children:

1. Patrick born 8 Mar 1873 in Begagh ? ^[2] Note: Birth in 1873 does not match info in 1915 Providence, RI census for Patrick Joseph Keenan:

Son Patrick Joseph Keenan was born in Ireland about 1878 (37 in 1915) and married Margaret about 1910 or earlier (in 1915, they had two children: Joseph, 4 and John, 2 months).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX5B-MKN : 11 March 2018), Joseph Keenan, 1890; citing Rhode Island, NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 42; FHL microfilm 1,429,712.
2. ↑ birth register Ballibay, Castleblayney, co Monaghan https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03214/2178507.pdf
3. ↑ "Rhode Island State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMMD-R12 : 11 March 2018), Patrick J Keenan, Burrillville, E.D. 084, Providence, Rhode Island; citing p. J, line 3, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 1,765,395. Image accessed 2 October 2020.

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