Individual Details
John "Sonny" Keenan
(3 May 1900 - 19 Dec 1980)
Events
| Birth | 3 May 1900 | Battramstown, Meath |  | ||
| Alt name | "The Colonel" | ||||
| Census-shared | 1901 | (John Keenan) Battramstown, Meath | | ||
| Census-shared | 1911 | (John Keenan) Battramstown, Meath | | ||
| Residence | 2 Apr 1911 | Age: 11; RelationToHead: Son - Bartramstown, Ardcath, Meath, Ireland | | ||
| Residence (family) | Yellowshar, Meath, - Catherine "Kate" McGovern | | |||
| Occupation | Blacksmith | | |||
| Marriage | Dec 1946 | Dunshaughlin, Ireland - Catherine "Kate" McGovern | | ||
| No Children | Catherine "Kate" McGovern | | |||
| Death | 19 Dec 1980 | aged 80 - The Bog, Battramstown, Meath, Ireland | | ||
| Burial | 22 Dec 1980 | Clonalvy Cemetery, Meath | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine "Kate" McGovern (1904 - 1956) |
| Father | John Keenan (1861 - 1946) |
| Mother | Alice Callaghan (1872 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Alice Maria "Molly" Keenan (1901 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Thomas "Tommy" Keenan (1902 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Mary Ellen "Nellie" Keenan (1904 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Anne "Nancy" Keenan (1905 - 1999) |
| Sibling | James "Jim" Keenan (1907 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Patrick "Paddy" Keenan (1910 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Kathleen "Kitty" Keenan (1911 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Laurence "Larry" Keenan (1913 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mary "Moira" Keenan (1916 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Anthony "Toney" Keenan (1919 - 1970) |
Endnotes
1. Memorial Card.
2. Census 1901. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. John / Alice Keenan & Family. Battramstown, Arcdath, Meath.
3. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. John / Alice Keenan & Family. Battramstown, Meath.
4. Ireland, General Registers Office, Birth Registers, 1900: 422, 39, John Keenan, 3 May 1900;Edan Keenan, .
5. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Search the church / civil records," database, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Irish Genealogy (http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/: viewed 28 September 2018), Birth Register John Keenan 1900.
6. Census 1901. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. John Keenan and Family. Battramstown.
7. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. Keenan family. Battramstown.
8. Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Census, 1911 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Class: RG14.
9. Irish General Register Office - Deaths Register.
10. Census 1911. Census Database, National Archives of Ireland. John / Alice Keenan & Family. Battramstown, Meath.
11. Michael Keenan (Oral History, Personal Knowledge).
12. "Ireland Marriages 1845-1958 Transcription," genealogy website, DC Thomson, Find My Past (www.findmypast.com: accessed 6 April 2017), Marriage Sonny Keenan and Kate McGovern.
13. , Elliott Family Tree (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), John "Sonny" Keenan.
14. Ancestry.com, Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
15. Edan Keenan (Oral History, Personal Knowledge).
16. Memorial Card.
17. Edan Keenan (Oral History, Personal Knowledge).