Researching Jack Keenan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2537 people with the Keenan surname? In that year Keenan was ranked number 1542 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Keenan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Keenan and the Keenan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keenan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Keenan family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8656 people with the Keenan surname in the UK? Keenan is now ranked number 681 for popularity in the UK. |
Keenan Family History Databases
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Keenan Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Keenan surname in the USA? Keenan is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Keenan Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Jack Keenan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jack Keenan
Jack Keenan (baseball)
John M. Keenan (January 1, 1869 – December 21, 1909), or Kid Keenan, was an American major league baseball pitcher. He pitched one game for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers of the American Association on August 11, 1891. It would be a 9–3 loss to the Boston Reds at East End Park. While he was signed to play for Cincinnati, and went on the road to St. Louis with them, the team was disband before he could play in any other games. After his brief Major League appearance, he pitched from 1893 to 1899 in the minor leagues.
Source: Jack Keenan (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Keenan
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Kaemena Kaman Kamann Kamano Kamany Kamen Kamena Kamien Kamiyama Kamman Kanan Kanion Kaughman Keanan Keenen Keenon Keenum Keenun Keiman Kemeny Kemmann Kemmen Kenan Kenehan Kenen Kenion Kennan Kennham Kennion Kennon Kenwin Kenwyn Kenyam Kenyon Khomin Kimminau Kinahan Kinan Kinane Kingham Kinion Kinman Kinnan Kinnane Kinnen Kinnin Kinnon Kinyon Kinyoun Koenen Kohman Kohnen Konen Konmann Konyn Kunnon Kynan Kynman
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