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Bonny Lass...If you check the 1901 Census There are 2 Keenan boys b US..
William aged 15 Ballymacreely (Killinchy)..apprentice Bootmaker boarder with Thom Martin..(also next door is a James Keenan and family plus mother and a brother..)

George Keenan aged 19 farm Lab. b US Killinchy.

Neither are on 1911

Evening Bonny Lass...So you have ventured over the Irish sea and creating havoc in your midst...!!
Did you know about "Isabella Easton" in Greenock..was looking for something else the other day and up she popped..thought to myself...not another one..!! I cant recall you mentioning her...

Maura, thank you ever so much for all your help.

Sorry Sandra, nothing coming up for a birth for William.

Maura,

Can I please push my luck and ask if you can find any more details on William Keenan for me? ie - siblings, mother etc.

Maura,

Thank you very, very much.

George GRACEY . Kilmood & Killinchy son of Alexander Gracey; aged 24 married Mary Heney 20 Feb 1853 at Killinchy Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church

William Keenan married Sarah Jane Gracey 17th January 1879 Killinchy Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church Co Down

William's father a Robert
Sarah's father a George

www.ancestryireland.com

Not your fault Maureen, I appreciate your help. x

LOL! Sorry!!!!

Maureen

Maureen, stay away from me. Lol.

I can't believe every avenue I go down ends up dead.

Oh gosh,Sandra,I'm afraid I'm just a killjoy today!
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/census-record.html

Maureen

Is it possible that someone can find William, Sarah and George on the 1891 census in Ireland please?

Maureen, looks like the same person.

I'll have to do some deep digging on this one.

Thank you.

Sandra

Is this the same parson??
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about William Keenan
Name: William Keenan
Arrival Date: 15 Apr 1930
Birth Year: 1884 (Sept 8?)
Birth Location: Delaware
Birth Location Other: wymilgton
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Scythia
Returning to Wyoming.

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about William Keenan
Name: William Keenan
Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1932
Port of Arrival: Buffalo, New York, United States
Departure Contact: Brother James Keenan (Lawlor?Ave. Toronto Canada)
Age: 47
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1884
Birth Place: Wilmington, Delaware
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Irish
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards
Going to Wyoming,NY to resume residence. Contact there is Edward Chamberlain

Maureen

Kay, thank you so much, I haven't got the marriage details but I do now, thanks to you.

You may already have the marriage details, but just in case.....
1879 Jan-Mar, vol.1, page 989, Newtownards, Co Down
Sarah Jane Gracey and William Kenan (note spelling!)

Maureen, thank you.

Just my luck. Lol

Sadly,most of the 1890 US census was lost or damaged in a fire.

Maureen

Can someone please look up the 1891 census for William(c1856) and Sarah Keenan(c1859) (ms Gracey), I'm trying to find children they had, I know there was George born c1886 in Ireland. George emigrated in 1892 to South Carolina USA, Immigrated 1898 to Lanarkshire,Scotland.
I have found this on Familysearch and would like to know if it's my William and Sarah please. ( On the image, it says he was the 3rd child)

Name: William Keenan
Birth Date: 06 Sep 1884
Birthplace: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Father: William Keenan
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Age: 28y
Mother: Sarah Jane Gracey
Mother's Birthplace: Irish
Mother's Age: 24y
Death Date:
Death Age:
Film Number: 6327
Digital Folder Number: 4252304
Image Number: 446
Reference Number: F12

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