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- 17/9/2018 - Added transcripts of letters written in 1913 and 1914 by
Miss Ivy Keenan of Batlow, NSW, to her great
aunt Miss Elizabeth Kerr (nee Gamble) of Lislea, Northern Ireland. Ivy's
grandmother - Nancy Jane Keenan (nee Gamble) - and Elizabeth Kerr (nee
Gamble) were sisters. The letters contain important family
information and insights into those times.
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6/2/2017 - The Gordon's of Lislea, Northern Island, were friends and neighbours
of the Glenone Keenans and Gambles. This Facebook post appeared on Photo's of
Portglenone on 25 January 2017:"P.O.P was sad to hear of the death today of John Gordon
from, 162 Moneygran Road, Portglenone. John was from the well known Gordon
family from the town land of Lislea, he was a digger driver and had worked
all over Ireland & the British Isles. I knew John for many years from my
days around Weir's bar till working for his late sister Elma, he was full of
knowledge and enjoyed the crack. And he had a love for the vintage tractors
and along with his sons had restored a couple and
would have been seen at some of the local vintage rallies. I would like to
pass on my sincere sympathies to his wife Roberta,sons Jason & Brian,
daughter Karen, Grandchild Evanna, sisters Jean, Frances, Eileen, Doreen and
the whole Gordon family at this sad time. May he Rest in Peace. The family have asked P.O.P to share the Family Notice.
William John Gordon - GORDON 24th January 2017, peacefully at Causeway Hospital, William
John, late of 162 Moneygran Road, Portglenone. Dearly-loved Husband of
Roberta and devoted father of Jason, Karen and Brian, Father-in-law of
Michelle and Grainne and grandfather of Evanna and The late Jack. - Funeral from his late home on Friday at 12 noon to First Presbyterian
Church, Portglenone for service at 1.30 p.m. followed by interment in
Kilrea New Cemetery. - Family flowers only, please. Donations in lieu, if desired, for
Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, c/o Thompson Caldwell, Caldwell's
Funeral Services, 42 Hiltonstown Road, Portglenone BT44 8EQ. (Please
make Cheques payable to the Hospice). - Will be lovingly remembered by his Sorrowing wife, daughter, sons.
daughters-in-law, sisters Jean, Frances, Eileen, Doreen and family
circle."
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- 30/4/2016 - Added news item from a Tumut and Batlow newspaper in
February 1948 about the suicide death of Florence Lillico Keenan (nee
Skien); and obituary appearing in a Tumut and Batlow newspaper on the
death in June 1942 of James Keenan b.1864.
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- 29/3/2014 - Added more information about the life of Nancy/Ann Jane
Keenan (nee Gamble), later known as "Granny" Hopson. See bottom of
the page for the 1949 Article on the
Keenans: Pioneer Family of Batlow.
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- 18/2/2014 - Added family trees for David Keenan (b.1878) and his
son, James Malcolm Keenan (b.1905) of the USA.
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- 14/12/2012 - Added more correspondence
from John Kerr of Northern Ireland about the Gamble family. Also,
emails from Kay Hourighan about Aaron Gamble and family of Woodford,
near Warnambool.
- 13/12/2012 - Added page on Neville
Stuart Keenan of Batlow and his family.
- 20/11/2012 - Added a page about the
Gladesville Hospital.
- 18/11/2012 - Added extract of Gladesville hospital Burial Register
received from Bevan Stone. Shows when and where
Henry John Keenan (1842 -1889) was buried.
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- 25/10/2012 - Correspondence received from
John Kerr of
Northern Ireland. John's grandmother, Elizabeth Gamble
of Lislea, was the sister of Nancy Jane Keenan (nee Gamble), who married
Henry Keenan and came to Australia in 1864.
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- 12/10/2012 - Email address for contact with the author of this site
changed. Is now
keenan.pj@gmail.com
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- 1/8/2012 - Added maps showing the location of John Keenan Park in
Engadine (Sydney) and the location of Engadine in relation to Sydney.
See John Keenan b.1873.
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- 31/7/2012 - Genealogical information about Kenneth John Keenan of Engadine (Sydney) has been entered on this site. It was supplied by his brother, Robert Keenan. Ken turns 80 on 20 August 2012.
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- 18/3/2012 --- Family trees of
Karen Topping (nee Keenan) of Scotland added and amended.
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9/12/2011 --- Page added
for Des Keenan of Batlow. Photo of two
of his children, Rachell Nofz and Mathew Keenan.
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15/9/2011 --- With the help of
Sheila Johnston, a relative in Northern Ireland, I have been able to
determine the location of the old Keenan (now gone) in Northern Ireland.
It was located at 59 Clady Road, Glenone, County Derry, and is now a bungalow at
the rear of the house there. For more information click
HERE.
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15/5/2011 --- There have been
several minor changes in the past 6 months. But keep an eye out
for changes to and expansion of some family trees following information
supplied by Karen Topping (nee Keenan) of Largs, Scotland, whom I met in
Melbourne on 12 May 2011. See
photo of Karen.
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22/12/2010 --- Added a
4,000 word extract from a book
entitled "I shook the family tree: The story of an adopted boy", by the
late Edward (Ray) Keenan of Western Australia.
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- 10/7/2010 --- Added more pages
from Edward Keenan's history book on the Keenan's in Western Australia
who came from Glenone in Northern Ireland.
Chapter 3 is new.
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16/6/2010 --- The Bloody
Sunday report into the events in Londonderry on 30 January 1972
has been released. A copy of the BBC News' summary will be found
HERE.
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25/4/2010 --- More old letters,
from the collection by Edward Keenan (WA), have been added to the
relevant pages.
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24/4/2010 --- More old letters,
from the collection by Edward Keenan (WA), have been added to the
relevant pages.
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- 1/3/2010 --- For those interested
in people in the area of Northern Ireland where Henry and Ann Keenan
once lived, I have added a link to a fascinating website: Maghera
and District Genealogy and History. Includes material on
Magherafelt.
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23/2/2010 --- Family trees for
the children of Geoff and Rosemary Keenan have been added and expanded.
Click HERE.
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26/1/2010 --- The family tree of
James Keenan and Maria Keenan (nee Hastings) of Northern Ireland has
been updated with some notes from Sheila
Johnson.
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4/6/2009 --- More information
about Nancy Jane Keenan (nee Gamble)
(b.1844) inserted, including church records from, and photographs of,
the First Presbyterian Church in Kilrea where Nancy was baptised and
married, and where her parents were married.
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- 2/5/2009 --- Correspondence with
Shellie Cummings of Western
Australia, who is a descendant of Stewart and Isabella Keenan of
Western Australia through their daughter Eliza who married James
Armstrong. She has some information about the parents of Stewart
Keenan (brother of Henry Keenan).
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1/3/2009 --- Added email from
June Reid of New Zealand,
great great granddaughter of James Keenan and Maria Keenan (nee
Hastings).
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- 17/2/2009 --- More
photographs added, of Anita Arnold, Robert
and Lyn Keenan, Ken Langford and Peter Keenan.
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- 10/2/2009 --- More information
about my side of the family, my children and
the children and grandchildren of my brother,
Geoff Keenan, and my sister, Barbara
Crosby.
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- 14/11/2008 --- List of other
relevant websites has been reorganised for
ease of use and expanded.
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- 7/11/2008 --- Today I received news from Anita
Arnold that her mother, Dorothy Mary Lovering
(nee Keenan), passed away on 8 October 2008. At 98 years of
age Dorothy was the last of the second generation of the Keenan family.
A copy of the brochure prepared for her funeral will be put on this site
shortly.
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- 20/10/2008 --- Added more information
about Batlow, including many photographs.
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- 1/10/2008 --- The
Guest Book facility has been
reinstated after finding (I hope) a way to prevent automatic spam being
received. Once again visitors can leave or see comments and
messages here.
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- 26/9/2008 --- More
Australian slang words added. See especially John O'Grady's
definition/description of 'Bastard'.
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- 25/9/2008 --- Because of the nuisance caused by
a spammer, the Guest Book facility has had to be suspended. All
entries in the book have been copied to the
Correspondence page.
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- 19/8/2008 --- Anne and Terry Waghorn have
supplied photographs of the old Keenan house (Glenbourne) at Margaret
River, Western Australia. The photos were taken between 8 - 12
August 2008. I have put copies of the photos on the
page devoted to the
West Australian Keenans, and a copy of Anne's email on the
correspondence page.
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23/7/2008 --- Want to search this site?
It is now possible to search for information on this website by going to
the special search page
where there is a text search facility. The simple query language
is explained on the page.
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21/7/2008 --- The Brian
Keenan photo gallery (see
22/6/2008) has been expanded by adding names to all the photos and
descriptions to some of them. More descriptions will be added
ASAP.
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- 11/7/2008 --- In the
Guest Book is a request from a
visitor seeking information about a William Keenan or MacKinnon. A
photograph is available.
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13/6/2008 --- A
Guest Book has been added to the
site. Visitors can leave or see comments and messages here.
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- 9/6/2008 ---
Email from Therese Alting, who is doing
research into Huntington's Chorea. I will shortly be sending her
details of my discoveries at the Archives Authority of NSW regarding
Henry John Keenan (b.1842).
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6/6/2008
--- Brian Keenan of Queanbeyan, New South
Wales, has compiled and sent me a CD containing Keenan family
photographs, mainly people from his clan, such as Aaron Keenan (b.1865),
George Aaron Robert Keenan (b.1894), Donald George Keenan (b.1924), and
Brian's own family. Before making the CD Brian sent copies of some
of the photographs to Anita Arnold for her
comments on the identity of the persons depicted. I will be
putting some of these photographs on this website ASAP.
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- 12/5/2008 --- Added information about
Henry John Keenan (1896 - 1960) (second
generation Australian of Batlow), and family. Supplied by Royce
Aaron Keenan.
- 12/5/2008 --- Added photo of Ivy
Morris (nee Keenan) with her daughter-in-law Pansy Bremner Keenan
(nee Pritchard). Supplied by Royce A Keenan.
- 12/5/2008 --- Added
group photo taken at Gundagai 1964, with
Gale Nelson, Daphne Keenan nee Nelson ,Roy F G Keenan, Royce Aaron
Keenan, Russel Nelson, Tony Daley, John Daley, Michael Daley,
Janice Daley nee Keenan, Pansy B Keenan, Royce Murdoch Keenan , Mark
Laurie Keenan , Eric James Keenan, Jessie L Keenan, and Grace ?.
Courtesy Royce A Keenan.
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- 11/5/2008 -- Added photo of
Robert Keenan, uncle of Jack Harkins of
Scotland (who supplied the photo). Robert was born in about 1917
and died in about 1940 when the HMS Hood was sunk In WW2 by the Bismark.
Robert was brother of May Keenan of Innisrush and Nancy Jane Harkins
(nee Keenan). See also news item on 12/4/2008, below.
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- 28/4/2008 --- Added more
information supplied by Royce Keenan regarding the family of
Aaron Keenan (b.1865).
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- 25/4/2008 ---
Added a link to a
You Tube music video which I discovered when searching "Keenan" on the
internet. The creator is apparently a Keenan whose grew up in the Shankill Road area of
West Belfast. The song is to the tune of John Denver's "Country
Road". Click
HERE. NOTE: This video was taken off You Tube on about
27/4/2008.
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- 20/4/2008 --- Added more correspondence
from overseas: an inquiry about the trip of the Prince Consort, and an
inquiry from John Keenan of Scotland about James and Maria Keenan.
Click HERE.
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- 17/4/2008 --- Added a page for
Royce Aaron Keenan (b.1937) following
information about his children. Also expanded on entry for Roy
Francis Gamble Keenan (b.1900).
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- 12/4/2008 --- Received and added
information to the website about Roy Francis
Gamble Keenan (b.1900). Information supplied by his son, Royce
Aaron Keenan (b.1937). More information is to come.
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- 26/3/2008 --- I have received
photographs from Jack Harkins, a Keenan cousin from Scotland. The
first one put on this site is of
Jack and his wife,
Mary, on holidays. In the other photo - from the 1970's - is
Jack's mother, Nancy Jane Harkins (nee Keenan), her sister, May Keenan
(who now lives in Innishrush, Northern Ireland) and his grandmother,
Agnes. This photo will be posted on the site shortly.
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- 23/3/2008 --- Added sketches of
Melbourne circa 1970 by artist Cedric Emanuel.
Click here.
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- 22/2/2008 --- I have added the titles
and other details of 2 books on Batlow's history.
Click here.
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- 21/2/2008 --- A new page contains
newspaper articles from 1884 regarding the Typhoid epidemic which hit
Batlow (then known as Reedy Creek) and the family of Henry John and
Nancy Jane Keenan. Articles also refer to the burning death of one
of their children and the poor state of Henry's health. To go to
this page click here. Reference
to these matters has been added as an editor's note in the relevant part
of George Keenan's 1949 history
article.
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- 21/2/2008 --- I have added an article
about the Keenans of Bombowlee Creek, New South Wales. It is from
a publication entitled "Mundongo Public School Centenary 1883-1983",
which I found in the Tumut Shire Library in 1993. It describes the
family of Aaron Keenan (b. 1865), second child of Henry John and Nancy
Jane. Click here to see transcription or
here to
see scanned copy of article.
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- 6/2/2008 --- Received an email from
Aimee Lovering, 15 year old daughter of Ronald James Lovering, and
grand-daughter of Dorothy Mary Lovering (nee Keenan). In response
to her request, more information about her relatives has been added to
the site [thanks to Anita Arnold (nee Lovering]).
Click here to start.
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- 31/1/2008 --- On the
Home page I have added a link to an excellent genealogy site with
family-tree type information about the WA and "Batlow branch" of the
Keenans (by which I mean the branch in eastern Australia).
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- 30/1/2008 and 31/1/2008 --- Added some transcripts of
many letters between the Keenan families in America, Western Australia,
South Africa and
Northern Ireland from 1873 to 1955.
Click here to see.
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- 29/1/2008 --- Added more pages of Edward (Ray)
Keenan's book on the Keenan's of Western Australia.
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- 21/1/2008 --- Received a family tree from
Brian
Keenan, grandson of George Aaron Robert Keenan, born 1894.
This information - which covers Brian's line from the second generation
Australians to the fifth - has now been included on the website.
To go to the start, click here.
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- 15/1/2008 --- Received an email from Brian
Keenan, of NSW, grandson of George Keenan, author of the 1949
article that appears on this
site. Brian may be able to supply new documents and photographs to
add to this website.
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- 12/1/2008 --- Photograph of the family of John
Robert Keenan (b. 1898) and Thelma Emily Keenan (nee Champion) (b.1910)
has been added. Also family photograph of Robert Keenan (b. 1943)
and Lynette Keenan (nee Cole) (b. 1946). Both supplied by Donna
Keenan (nee Rosen). Also, Robert Keenan (b. 1943) has supplied a
portrait type photo of himself. See
Photographs.
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- 12/1/2008 --- Donna Keenan has supplied details
of the families of John Robert Keenan (b. 1898) and Robert Keenan
(b.1943). See Documents.
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- 8/1/2008 --- A couple of small family
trees/charts have been added. These show what I know about the
Gamble and Keenan trees (in Northern Ireland) leading to Henry John
Keenan and Nancy Jane Gamble. See Family
Trees.
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- 18/12/2007 --- Today I am commencing publication
of a "book" written by Edward Keenan of Perenjori, Western Australia, in
1995. This book - which he has given the title
"The Keenans of 'Glenone'
- Pioneers of Western Australia, 1859 to 1969" - tells a
fascinating story and includes plenty of information, not just about the
Keenans of Western Australia, but also about other branches of the tree.
It also includes transcripts of correspondence in the late 1800s and
early 1900s between various Keenans, including James Keenan the one
brother who remained in Northern Ireland.
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- 15/12/2007 --- Robert and Lynette Keenan of Engadine, New
South Wales, have kindly sent a copy of their family tree and a
photo of
Robert. All of this material has been added to the website.
Thanks very much, Robert and Lyn.
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- 16/7/2007 --- A correspondence page has been
added to the site for extracts from letters and emails received.
The first item is correspondence with Rachelle Nofz (nee Keenan) of
Sydney. It includes a photograph of Rachelle and her brother,
Mathew. Their father is Des Keenan of Batlow, who is the fourth
son of Neil Keenan and Edith Denson.
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- 14/10/2006 --- A documents page has been added to
this site.
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- 7/10/2006 --- This site has been updated. The main addition is
information about the parents and grandparents of
Henry Keenan and
Nancy Jane Gamble, the Australian pioneers.
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- 29/8/2006 --- A
new blog site has been set up
for occasional articles and to allow comment and communications by
members of the Keenan clan. The blog name is Keenans Online and
the address is http://glenone.blogster.com.
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- 4/8/2006 ---- Contact ---- Sid Trewin of Northern Ireland has
contacted us regarding his mother, Mary Gamble.
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- 4/8/2006 ---- Contact ---- Stephen Turner of Derbyshire in England
has contacted us regarding Keenans from Ahoghill, Northern Ireland.
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- 1/8/2006 ---- Transcript of newspaper reports in
1909 regarding the Catherall-Keenan double shooting tragedy
on 1909 have been added to the site. Go to
1909 Article #1
and 1909
Article #2 .
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- 29/6/2006 ---- Thanks to the internet,
members of the Keenans of Western Australian met members of the Keenans
from the Eastern States on Thursday, 29/6/2006. This may be the
first time that members of the two branches have met since they settled
in Australia in the 1860s. Go to East
meets West for more information.
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- 24/6/2006 ---- The transcript of the 1949 newspaper article
"Batlow Pioneers - The Keenans" has now been completed. Go to
1949 Article
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