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Westmeath / Re: Keegan/Clarke
« on: Tuesday 20 August 13 21:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Spuncy,

Coincidence what you say regarding visiting relatives in Kinnegad. My father used to spend the long summer holiday in Killucan with his father's relatives as a boy. O'Briens or Twomeys, I believe, cousins of the Keegans. I have some photographs. PM me if you'd like a copy.

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Westmeath / Re: Keegan/Clarke
« on: Tuesday 20 August 13 18:11 BST (UK)  »
Great work Spuncy. Much appreciated.

I've followed Francis, Mary and Margaret on familysearch through various Rhode Island and US Census data until their deaths. I've got Mary Fitzgibbons listed as spouse on Francis's RI death record 7 Feb 1937.

As for Molly, I've searched the Irish Times Archive which has returned some results but I haven't plucked up the courage to subscribe at this time.

You said on an earlier post that you had found eight Keegan children. I have Patrick, Mary (1849), Francis, Margaret, Mary, Esther, Ellen and Elizabeth. I believe it was common to reuse names of deceased children at the next opportunity. It's quite likely I've missed a couple as I have gaps in the timeline from 1845 up to 1864.

If Patrick was named after Esther's father, could Francis have been named after Michaels father?

More thoughts to follow later this evening.

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Westmeath / Re: Keegan/Clarke
« on: Wednesday 14 August 13 22:15 BST (UK)  »
I’m also a descendant of Elizabeth Keegan and Edward Walsh, like Faye via their son William, my Grandfather. I can add the following updates.

The photograph of Elizabeth was scanned from a black and white copy of the original. My dad had a copy which I now have.  I expect all his siblings have or had one. It was her engagement photograph.

Another sister, Ellen (1862-1937) also emigrated to Rhode Island. She married a James Leary.

There is the death of an Esther Keegan listed on familysearch.org  in Rhode Island Deaths and Burials on 9 January 1892, d.o.b 1826. Her parents are listed as Patrick and Esther Clarke. Perhaps she had gone out to RI to be with her children. Unfortunately her spouse is not listed.

Molly Keegan was her married name. I don’t know which Keegan she married though. Apparently she was somewhat less than popular amongst the Walsh family due to her lack of concern when Elizabeth was very ill.

Elizabeth was buried in St. Etchen’s Church of Ireland churchyard in Killucan. All denominations were buried there at that time. I don’t know the date though.

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