Looking for information on Dennis KEIRVEN (Ohio?, USA) - Civil War

[Ohio Susan]

These people are hard to find .....

the closest match I see in  the 1860 census

Gasper, Preble County, Ohio

Kerwin, Lawrence, head, 45, farmer, $500 personal property, b. Ireland
Mary, 41, b. Ireland
Dennis, 18, b. Ireland
Patrick, 16, b. Ireland
Allice, 12, b. Ireland
James, 4, b. Ohio
John, 3, b. Ohio
Lawrence, 3 months, b. Ohio

Alice death
Name: Alice Kervin Smith
Death date: 25 Feb 1926
Death place: Washington, Preble, Ohio
Birth date: 1834
Estimated birth year: 1848
Birthplace: Ireland
Age at death: 78 years
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed
Race or color: Caucasian
Street address: R.R. #1 Eaton
Occupation: Housewife
Residence:
Burial date: 27 Feb 1926
Burial place: Mound Hill
Cemetery name:
Spouse's name: Jacob Smith
Father's name: Lawrence Kervin
Father's titles:
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Mary Dunne
Mother's titles:
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
GSU film number: 1984194
Digital GS number: 4025185
Image number: 2623
Reference number: fn 11565
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

Patrick
Name: Patrick Kirven
Death date: 11 Jan 1926
Death place: Somers, Preble, Ohio
Birth date: 1846
Estimated birth year:
Birthplace: Ireland
Age at death: 80 years
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Race or color: Caucasian
Street address: R.R.6
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Camden, Preble, Ohio
Burial date: 14 Jan 1925
Cemetery name: Mound Hill Cem.
Father's name: Laurence Kirven
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Mary Dunne
 Mother's birthplace: Ireland



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[Erato]

WWI draft registration

12 September 1918
Kirven, William James, 3215 Lexington St., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, age 34, b. 19 July 1884, white, native born citizen, conductor illegible railway company, 23 W. Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois, nearest relative - Mrs. Mary Kirven, 3215 Lexington St., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, tall, medium build, blue eyes, light hair, no defects.


5 June 1917
Kirven, Benjamin Harrison, 4?52 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois, age 21, b. 12 October 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, natural born citizen, chief clerk, general freight office, Canadian Pacific RR, 209 S. LaSalle St., single, caucasian, nearest relative - mother, dependents? - yes, mother, tall, medium build, blue eyes, light hair, not bald, no defects

[Erato]

WWII draft registration

William James Kirven, 4955 W. Hubbard, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, age 57, born Chicago, Illinois, July 19, 1884, telephone Aus 6227, name and address of person who will always know your address - Mrs. Ida Carroll, 4503 Congress, Chicago; employer - Rrway Express Agency, 817 S. Wells, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Lawrence Charles Kirven, 3319 George St., Cicago, Cook, Illinois, age 56, born Oct. 23, 1885 in Chicago, Illinois, telephone Alb 3281, name and address of person who will always know your address - Mrs. Ethel M. Kirven, 3319 George St., Cicago, Cook, Illinois; employer - Overland Construction Company, 2819 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, Cook, Illinois

[Jacquie in Canada]

Mary's death certificate can be ordered from the Cook County Clerk's genealogy website:
http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/
You can order it online and the cost is $15 plus a charge for using a credit card. I believe you can download the images as soon as you pay for them.

I don't know if this is the same family but there are also marriage registrations for the following:

Alice Kirven to Henry D. Blackburn on 28 Apr 1948
William Kirven to Ellen Farrell on 11 May 1943

There's also a death registration for Benjamin H. Kirven dated 29 Dec 1921 and a John Kirven dated 7 Nov 1923. 

There's also a birth for a Lawrence Kirven on 23 Oct 1885.

Jacquie

[mh_deadwoods]

These people are hard to find .....

the closest match I see in  the 1860 census

Gasper, Preble County, Ohio

Kerwin, Lawrence, head, 45, farmer, $500 personal property, b. Ireland
Mary, 41, b. Ireland
Dennis, 18, b. Ireland
Patrick, 16, b. Ireland
Allice, 12, b. Ireland
James, 4, b. Ohio
John, 3, b. Ohio
Lawrence, 3 months, b. Ohio

So Allice (Alice) was born ~1848 in Ireland, and James was born ~1856 in USA. So the family must have immigrated sometime between these two dates; 1848 & 1856. However I can't find records against this family group under Kerwin, Kervin or similar. In 1850 the family group would have been Lawrence ~35, Mary (nee Dunne) ~33, Dennis James ~8, Patrick ~6 and Alice ~2.

I've found a few Lawrence's, but the dates don't line up. I've also found heaps of Patrick's (not really a unique Irish name!) but again the dates don't line up.

[Ohio Susan]

John's death

Name: John Larance Kirvin
Death date: 30 Jul 1909
Death place: Milford Twp., Butler, Ohio
Birth date: 28 Jul 1855
Estimated birth year:
Birthplace: , Preble, Ohio
Age at death: 54 years 2 days
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Burial date: 02 Aug 1909
Burial place: Hamilton, O.
Cemetery name: St. Mary'S Cemetery
Father's name: Larane Kirvin
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Mary Dunn
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

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if we could find the family in 1870 

[Ohio Susan]

RAOGK

http://www.raogk.org/illinois.htm

Cook     Shelli     I can check Cook Co. marriages 1930-1960, Cook Co. deaths 1908-1988, and Cook Co. births 1916-1935. I can give you a link for free Cook Co. marriage cert. 1871-1920.,

Cook     Laura Aanenson     I will search for death notices and obituaries in the Chicago Daily News (July 1876-March 4, 1978) and the Chicago Tribune (1849-September 25, 2009) which are on microfilm at the University downtown. To request a lookup, please provide a full name and exact date of death.

etc...

[mh_deadwoods]

RAOGK

http://www.raogk.org/illinois.htm

Cook     Shelli     I can check Cook Co. marriages 1930-1960, Cook Co. deaths 1908-1988, and Cook Co. births 1916-1935. I can give you a link for free Cook Co. marriage cert. 1871-1920.,

Cook     Laura Aanenson     I will search for death notices and obituaries in the Chicago Daily News (July 1876-March 4, 1978) and the Chicago Tribune (1849-September 25, 2009) which are on microfilm at the University downtown. To request a lookup, please provide a full name and exact date of death.

etc...

Thanks for the pointer.

There's a ton of info in this thread. At the outset I was hoping that the Keirven spelling could tie into the Keirven's I've got in Northumberland. I'm happy with the level of info forward of Dennis Keirven. I need to focus on Lawrence Kerwin and Mary Dunne back into Ireland, find their place of residence and their family back there. Hopefully I'll be able to link my Kerivens to this branch.