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KEENAN FAMILY in Australia

The Batlow Pioneers

Last updated 6/9/2016

Henry John Keenan (1842 - 1889)

 Nancy ("Ann") Jane Keenan (nee Gamble) (1844 - 1926)    PHOTO

Married at Kilrea, Northern Ireland, 1 October 1863.  Arrived Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, 22 March, 1864.

Children (First Generation Australians):

James Keenan (1864 - 1942)  
Aaron Keenan (1865 - 1936)  
Elizabeth Jane Keenan (1867 - 1884) Typhoid
Ann Keenan (1869 - 1884) Typhoid
Grace Catherall (nee Keenan) (1871 - 1915)  
John Keenan (1873 - 1957)  
Mary Houston (nee Keenan) (1876 - ?)
Henry John Keenan (1878 - 1889)  Spinal infection
Stuart Gamble Keenan (1880 - 1884) Typhoid
Isabella Keenan (1883 - 1884) Burnt to death

Stewart/Stuart Gamble Keenan (1885 - 1969)

 

To see this depicted in a family tree, click HERE.

To read a newspaper article from 1949 about the arrival of the Keenans and the adventures of them and their children, click HERE.