McKENNAs in Tyrone

[wildgoose]

I have a Patrick McKENNA (see below) with no immediate information on his amily eg. siblings  Can anone help?

Thanks

Dave

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Birth:   1826   County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland
Death:   18 6 1909   The Home, 43 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh1
Occupation:   Labourer
Religion:   Roman Catholic
Father:   Patrick MCKENNA
Mother:   Catherine McCUSKY
Other Spouses:   Mary BRYSON
Marriage:   21 7 1850   Falkirk, Stirling.2
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Spouse:   Susan CARROLL
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Birth:   1830   Ireland.
Death:   14 11 1870   Almond, Muiravonshire, Stirling.3
Father:   Michael CARROLL
Mother:   Mary MULLINS

[wildgoose]

Anyone researching McKENNAs?

[KDQ]

Hello Wildgoose

Bit of a wildcard here but thought I'd throw my McKennas into the ring:

My McKennas could 'allegedly/possibly!' be from Tyrone but I've got them back to Tydavnet, County Monaghan (bordering Tyrone).... Bridget McKenna was born in Tydavnet in Monaghan circa 1890 - she married Terence Matthews...She died in Newbliss Monaghan in 1971

Bridget McKenna had a brother (could have had other siblings as well) - He moved to Freemantle, West Australia (near Perth) approx 1920... he came back to Ireland with his wife approx 1938 and stayed for three months .. he died in Australia.

If any of the names ring a bell, let me know.  Kind regards, Karen

[XPhile2868]

My mother's family are McKenna's, but I haven't traced them back to Ireland yet. The earliest McKenna ancestor I have is a Robert McKenna, his family and his cousin Patrick Guggerty. Robert and Patrick were both born in Ireland and were living in Liverpool by the 1840's.

Where in Ireland do most McKennas originate from?


Stephen

[wildgoose]

The McKENNAS originated from Tyrone.
Currently hit a brick wall.  I know nothing about Pat MckENNA snr & wife Mary. Iwould like to know if Pat had any brothers/sisters.  I have quite a bit of info on Pat jnrs family which I can email to anyone who may be interested.

Name:   Patrick MCKENNA
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Spouse:   Catherine McCUSKY
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Children:
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1 M:   Patrick MCKENNA
Birth:   1826   County Tyrone, Ireland
Death:   18 6 1909   The Home, 43 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh1
Occupation:   Labourer
Religion:   Roman Catholic
Spouse:   Susan CARROLL
Marriage:   1850   Linlithgow, West Lothian.2
Spouse:   Mary BRYSON
Marriage:   25 2 1873   Linlithgow, West Lothian.3


Notes for Patrick MCKENNA
Griffith's Primary Valuation (1847-64) recs. both McKENNA & McCLUSKY households in County Tyrone, Ireland.
1859 Griffith's recs. a Patrick McKENNA res. in the townland of GARVAGH, parish UPPER BODNEY, barony UPPER STRABANE, Tyrone.  Patrick McKENNA leased a farm of 33 acres, 1 rood & 35 poles, from Lord Dorchester, at a cost of £4.00 (four pounds) for the land and a further 10s (ten shillings) for the buildings.
The next plot of 36 acres, 3 roods & 30 poles,  is leased by a James McKENNA for £4.05 (four pounds & five shillings) for the land & 10s for the buildings.
Griffith's also recs. in the same townland a Patrick & Jas McKENNA and several other tenants leasing from Lord Dorchester a mountain of 556 acres & 3 roods for £15.05 (fifteen pounds & five shillings).
Grenham's Irish Surnames recs. that MacKENNA is the English form of the Irish surname MAC CIONAOITH. The MAC CIONAOITH were originally based in Meath, but in early times were brought north into Clogher as hired fighters by the rulers of that territory, and quickly became lords in their own right of Truagh, a territory on the borders of the modern counties of Tyrone and Monaghan. Their power endured down to the seventeenth century, their last chief being Patrick McKENNA, who died near Emyvale Co. Monaghan in 1616. Another branch of this family settled in Co. Derry in the seventeenth century, near the town of Maghera.
The name is one of the few for which anglicisation, the loss of the "Mac" prefix, has never worked. The surname is still very numerous in the area of the original homeland, to the point where suffixes and local nicknames are necessary to identify the different families of the name. Over the centuries, however, it has spread throughout Ireland.




Notes for Catherine McCUSKY
1873 Surname probably recd. incorrectly on Patrick McKENNA's marriage cert. as McCUSKY.  Griffiths Primary Valuation (1847-64) doesn't record the surname McCUSKY in Ireland. It does, however, rec. both McKENNA's and McCLUSKY's res. in Ulster, predominantly in County Monaghan and County Tyrone.


Notes for Patrick (Child 1)
1861 Census recs.
Dwelling: Edinburgh to Glasgow Rd.
Census Place: Linlithgowbridge, Linlithgow, WLN
Patrick McCANNIE, head, marr., 36, labourer at iron workers, IRL.
Susan Carroll McCANNIE, wife, marr., 30, IRL.
James McCANNIE, son, 10, scholar, WLN, Linlithgow.
Patrick McCANNIE, son, 7, scholar, WLN, Linlithgow.
John McCANNIE, son, 5, WLN, Linlithgow.
Mary Ann McCANNIE, daur., 2, WLN, Linlithgow.
1871 Census recs.
Census Place: Almond, Muiravonside, STI.
Patrick McKENNA, head, widr., 45, furnace filler, TYR, IRL.
James, son, unm., 20, railway labourer, Linlithgow, WLN.
Patrick, son, unm., 17, apprentice moulder, Linlithgow, WLN.
John, son, 15, labourer, Lilithgow, WLN.
Michael, son, 10, scholar, Linlithgow, WLN.
Peter, son, 7, scholar, Linlithgow, WLN.
Bernard, son, 4, Linlithgow, WLN.
Mary DUNCAN, lodger, wid., hawker, Glasgow.
1881 Census recs.
Dwelling: 161 East Benhar
Census Place: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Patrick MC KENNA M 55  M Ireland   Rel: Head   Occ: Labourer
Mary Bryson MC KENNA M 48  F Edinburgh, Scotland   Rel: Wife   Occ: Labourers Wife
Peter MC KENNA U 18  M Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Scotland   Rel: Son  Occ: Labourer
Bernard MC KENNA U 14  M Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Scotland   Rel: Son  Occ: Labourer
James COYLE U 27  M Ireland   Rel: Boarder   Occ: Labourer
William MULLEN U 28  M Ireland   Rel: Boarder  Occ: Labourer
Margaret GRAHAME U 35  F Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland   Rel: Visitor
1891 Census recs.
Dwelling:  32 Castle Row.
Census Place: Whitburn, WLN.
Patrick McKENNA, head, widr., 66, general labourer, Ireland.
John McKENNA, son, unm., 34, general labourer, WLN.   
1901 Census recs.
Dwelling: House for the Aged & Infirmed, Gilmore Place.
Census Place: Newington, Edinburgh, MLN.
Patrick McKENNA, inmate, widr., 78, retired wireworker, TYR, Ireland. 
This institution was run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. and was later renamed St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly.



Notes for Patrick & Susan (Family)
1861 birth cert. Michael McKENNA recs. date of parents marr. as 1850 July 21st Falkirk (no evidence).
1863 birth cert. Peter McKENNA recs. date of parent's marr. as 1849 July 21st, Falkirk.

[jj.carroll]

Have you really checked Tyrone because a lot of the McKennas came (and come) from there, particularly the southern part of Clogher and County Monaghan.  Look to the Cogher connections, but don't expect much because there wasn't a lot of recordation going on until later that century.  This was a Roman Catholic and it was subject to many of the Penal Laws.  It is also home of the Carrolls, but that is a stretch because you don't know anything about the wife but her maiden name.

[wildgoose]

Many thanks. 

Name:   Patrick MCKENNA
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Birth:   1828   County Tyrone, Ireland
Death:   18 6 1909   The Home, 43 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh1
Occupation:   Labourer
Religion:   Roman Catholic
Father:   Patrick MCKENNA (1791-)
Mother:   Catherine McCLUSKY (1795-1866)
Other Spouses:   Mary BRYSON
Marriage:   1850   Linlithgow, West Lothian.2
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Spouse:   Susan CARROLL
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Birth:   1833   County Cavan, Ireland.
Death:   14 11 1870   Almond, Muiravonshire, Stirling.3
Father:   Michael CARROLL (1796-)
Mother:   Mary MULLINS


Notes for Patrick MCKENNA
1841 Census: Cart Terrace, Mearns, RFW, Patrick McKENNA, 19, cotton spinner, Ireland.
1851 Census recs.
Dwelling: 84 High St.
Census Place: Linlithgow, WLN.
Patrick McKENNIE, head, marr., 23, railway labourer, Ireland.
Susan Carroll McKENNIE, wife, 18, Ireland.
1861 Census recs.
Dwelling: Edinburgh to Glasgow Rd.
Census Place: Linlithgowbridge, Linlithgow, WLN
Patrick McCANNIE, head, marr., 36, labourer at iron workers, Ireland.
Susan Carroll McCANNIE, wife, marr., 30, Ireland.
James McCANNIE, son, 10, scholar, WLN, Linlithgow.
Patrick McCANNIE, son, 7, scholar, WLN, Linlithgow.
John McCANNIE, son, 5, WLN, Linlithgow.
Mary Ann McCANNIE, daur., 2, WLN, Linlithgow.
1871 Census recs.
Census Place: Almond, Muiravonside, STI.
Patrick McKENNA, head, widr., 45, furnace filler, TYR, Ireland.
James, son, unm., 20, railway labourer, Linlithgow, WLN.
Patrick, son, unm., 17, apprentice moulder, Linlithgow, WLN.
John, son, 15, labourer, Lilithgow, WLN.
Michael, son, 10, scholar, Linlithgow, WLN.
Peter, son, 7, scholar, Linlithgow, WLN.
Bernard, son, 4, Linlithgow, WLN.
Mary DUNCAN, lodger, wid., hawker, Glasgow.
1881 Census recs.
Dwelling: 161 East Benhar
Census Place: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Patrick MC KENNA M 55  M Ireland   Rel: Head   Occ: Labourer
Mary MC KENNA M 48  F Edinburgh, Scotland   Rel: Wife   Occ: Labourers Wife
Peter MC KENNA U 18  M Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Scotland   Rel: Son  Occ: Labourer
Bernard MC KENNA U 14  M Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Scotland   Rel: Son  Occ: Labourer
James COYLE U 27  M Ireland   Rel: Boarder   Occ: Labourer
William MULLEN U 28  M Ireland   Rel: Boarder  Occ: Labourer
Margaret GRAHAME U 35  F Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland   Rel: Visitor
1891 Census recs.
Dwelling:  32 Castle Row.
Census Place: Whitburn, WLN.
Patrick McKENNA, head, widr., 66, general labourer, Ireland.
John McKENNA, son, unm., 34, general labourer, WLN.   
1901 Census recs.
Dwelling: House for the Aged & Infirmed, Gilmore Place.
Census Place: Newington, Edinburgh, MLN.
Patrick McKENNA, inmate, widr., 78, retired wireworker, TYR, Ireland. 
This institution was run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. and was later renamed St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly.



Notes for Susan CARROLL
1841 Census: James Place, South Leith, MLN, (Susan) Ann CARROLL, 9, Ireland
1851 Census: 84 High St., Linlithgow, WLN, Susan Carroll McKENNIE, wife, 18, Ireland.
1856/67 on children's birth certificates Susan's maiden name is also recd. CARLE, CARL, CAROL & McCARROLL.
1861 Census: Edinburgh to Glasgow Rd., Linlithgowbridge, Linlithgow, WLN, Susan Carroll McCANNIE, wife, marr., 30, Ireland.

[alcollins]

We have a great grandpa called patrick McKenna born 1840 Donaghmore, Tyrone - that is all. Next we know is that he went to India in 1861 joined Madras Horse Artillery -
Married in St. Thomas' Mount Catholic church, Madras in 1967 to Anne Elizabeth Byrne. They had many children including 1873-Alice; 1881-Mary; and in 1882-Winnifred (our grandma). He reached Warrant Officer (Conductor) rank in Madras in 1881 - served in Burma in 1886. We recently found that his wife Annie died in Madras in 1906 aged 56 and was listed as an Army pensioner - so Patrick must have passed on before that.
We are in Aus and are also looking for his birth/baptism certificates and where he is buried in India and, of course, any of his descendents. (We will ring the registrar in Dungannon on MONDAY but will probably have to contact the churches in Donaghmore.  Alcollins   

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat but civil registration of births, deaths and Catholic marriages in Ireland only started in 1864 so there will be no birth certificate for your Patrick McKenna. For pre-registration dates you need to see if any church records exist.