John Keenan1

#22697, (circa 1820 - )
Father*____ Keenan2 (c 1790 - )
Mother*Anna _____3 (c 1781 - )

Family

Mary Sullivan b. c 1836
Children 1.Anna Keenan10 (1861 - )
 2.Margaret Keenan11 (c 1863 - )
 3.Charles Keenan11 (c 1865 - )
 4.John Keenan11 (c 1867 - )
 5.Allie Keenan11 (1871 - )
Birth*circa 1820He was born circa 1820 at IrelandG.4 
August 1834He accompanied Anna _____ in August 1834 (First Settlers Monument has 1836.)5 
Marriage16 August 1844He witnessed the marriage of Richard Ankettell c1811 and Helen McDonald on 16 August 1844 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.6 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Ellen Hannigan; Charles and Margaret Gorman; Thomas and Nancy Fitzsimmons; William and Norah Hogan; Jeremiah and Hannah Sullivan.)5 
Marriage13 May 1852He witnessed the marriage of William McDonald and Mary Larracey on 13 May 1852; (same time as John Alexander and Catherine Downey.)7,8 
Marriage*23 July 1860He married Mary Sullivan on 23 July 1860 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 
1861He and Mary Sullivan appeared on the census of 1861 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Owen Doherty with great uncke Charles Gorman; Ferdinand and Ann Corbet; James and Ellen Walsh; David and Ann O'Neal; Patrick and Jane Hennessee.)4 

Citations

  1. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1835-1856, img. 269/336. Marr. of William McDonald and Mary Laracey, q.v.
  2. [S520] VWH, In 1861 census, Andrew Keenan Jr is names as a brother of John.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  4. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. John (41), b. Ireland, shoemaker and farmer; Mary (25), b. Ireland.
  5. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). John (30). "Mas" (where either M or F is usually entered), b. Ireland, shoemaker, entered Colony Aug 1834.
  6. [S2160] New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, online Ancestry.com, Film 5418865, img. 106/277, no. 2468. Richard Ankettle of Salisbury Par. and Helen McDonald of Moncton Par., marr. 16 Aug 1844 by Ferdinand Gauvreau; witn. John Keenan and Maragret Hannigan.
  7. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1835-1856, img. 269/336, p. 429, No. 3272. William McDonald and Mary Laracey, both of Moncton Par., marr. 13 May 1852 by W K [sic] Lafrance, Misy. Pst.; witn. John Keenan and Catharine Laracey. [Note: not found in Memramcook register]
  8. [S82] Robert F Fellows, compiler, First Families of New Brunswick (www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html (members only): New Brunswick Genealogical Society, 2006), Source: MC2734 Gaines-Larracey family history, Larracey family group sheets, 20 pages.
  9. [S1496] Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Marriage Register (5 volumes): Vol. C, p. 108, no. 4285, img. 93/322. John Keenan and Mary Sullivan, both of Moncton Par., marr. 23 Jul 1860 by John C Murray; witn. James McDonald and Sarah Kennedy, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Hereinafter cited as Westmorland Co. NB Marriage Register.
  10. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.
  11. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.