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KEENAN FAMILY in Australia

Wilfred Walter ("Wis") Keenan (1910 - 1998)

Last updated 21 October 2011
 
Australian Generation:  Second
Born: 15 January 1910  at Batlow, New South Wales, Australia   
Parents:  James Keenan and Florence Lillico Skein
Married: Venda Cavell Nolan on 26 January 1944 at ...................................................., New South Wales.  See her family details below.
Occupation: Fruit packer and carpenter
Main Residence: Shepparton, Victoria
Deceased: 10 August 1998 at Tarcoola Nursing Home, Shepparton, Victoria.  Causes of death: ..................................
Buried:  13 August 1998 at Pine Lodge Cemetery, Pine Lodge (Shepparton East)

Children:

  

Barbara June Keenan (1945 - 2007)

Peter James Keenan (1947)

Geoffrey Bruce Keenan (1949)

Wilfred Walter Keenan (1910 - 1998)
Eulogy: Click here for eulogy delivered by Peter Keenan and written by Peter Keenan and Barbara Crosby (nee Keenan) (deceased 2007).

 

VENDA CAVELL KEENAN (NEE NOLAN)

 

Wilfred Keenan's wife (my mother) was Venda Cavell Keenan (nee Nolan), born 23 April 1916, in Warialda, New South Wales. She was a Sixth Generation Australian. Venda had 5 brothers, namely Jack Coulton Nolan, Robert Nolan, Errol Nolan, Ronald Nolan and Douglas Nolan. (At 21/10/2011 only Doug Nolan in alive.) Their father was Henry Francis Nolan and their mother was Alga Vera Coulton. Venda and her siblings grew up in Young, New South Wales. Later in life Jack moved to Wagga Wagga and Doug moved to Sydney. Venda moved with her family to Shepparton, Victoria, in 1953.

                                                                        THE COULTONS FROM THE START IN AUSTRALIA:

First Generation: William Coulton, born circa 1802, died 1864 in Tamworth, New South Wales. Married Margaret H. Son: William Coulton.

Second Generation : William Coulton, born .......... , died 1877 in Tamworth, NSW. Married Mary A., who died in Manilla, NSW, 1887. Children: Elizabeth Coulton (b.1842); William Isaac Coulton (1843-1877); Mary A Coulton (b.1845); Charles Coulton (1848-1889); George Coulton (1840 ??-1878); Richard Coulton (1840??- 8/5/1888).

Third Generation: Richard Coulton, born 1840??, in Tamworth, NSW; died 8 May 1888 in Narrabri, NSW. Married Mary Agnes Short in 1867 in Tambaroora (Tenterfield), NSW. Children: William H Coulton (b.1868); Richard (John R) Coulton (1870-1944); Edward Coulton (1871-1943); Richard Ernest Coulton (b.1874); Albert Thomas Coulton (1876-1961); Agnes A Coulton (b.1878); Lennon James Coulton (1880-1881); Oswald D Coulton (b.1882); Mary A Coulton (b.1887); Elizabeth J Coulton (1885-1945).

Fourth Generation: Richard (John R) Coulton, born 1870 in Tamworth, NSW; died 1944 in Warialda, NSW. Married Sarah Jane Chapman in 1890 in Tamworth. Children: Alga Vera Coulton (b. 1891); Mona B Coulton (b. 1892).

Fifth Generation: Alga Vera Coulton, born 1891 in Manilla, NSW. Married Henry Frances Nolan in 1912 at Manilla, NSW. Children: Jack Coulton Nolan; Robert Nolan; Errol Nolan; Ronald Nolan; Venda Cavell Nolan and Douglas Coulton Nolan.
 

THE NOLANS FROM THE START IN AUSTRALIA

Information to come as soon as possible.