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Kevin Frederick "Fred" Keenan (1904 - 1978)

Last updated 7 December 2024

Australian Generation:  Second
Born: 12 April 1904  at Batlow, New South Wales, Australia. 
Parents:  James Keenan and Florence Lillico Skein.  Note: Fred Keenan's biological father was Frederick Russell. Fred Keenan was baptised after the marriage of James and Florence in April 1906.
Married: Anne (Annie) Beatrice GRADY (b.1906) of Sharps Creek  at the Union Church in Batlow in 21 January 1927. A newspaper report of the wedding was published in The Tumut and Adelong Times on 25 January 1927 (see copy below). Note: Anne is buried beside Fred at the Young cemetery and the headstone says she died at the age of 47, on 9th October 1952. Annie's father: John Grady of Adelong; her mother: Jane Sophia Grady (nee Buckley).
Occupation:  Orchard worker and fruit packing manager
Main Residence: Batlow and Young,  New South Wales
Deceased: 26 July 1978.   Cause of death: ..................................
Buried:  Young, NSW.

Children:

Shirley Irene Keenan

Basil Frederick Keenan

Photographs:

Newspaper report of wedding of Fred Keenan and Anne Grady: