Researching Jim Kenny
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The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Kenny on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Kenny and the Kenny Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kenny 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 Kenny family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Jim Kenny at Find My Past.
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Research the Kenny surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kenny Military records.
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Kenny Genealogy Databases
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Find Jim Kenny from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Kenny Forums
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Miscellaneous Kenny Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Jim Kenny. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jim Kenny
Jim Kenny
James Denis Kenny (27 November 1906 – 12 October 1967) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Waterloo to transport worker James Kenny and Margaret Rolley. Educated locally, he became a hatter until around 1930, when he became a glassworker. He was a shop steward for the Glassworkers' Union and served as its state secretary from 1936 to 1947 and federal secretary from 1950 to 1967. In 1946 he was president of the Trades and Labor Council, and from 1951 to 1967 he served on the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. From 1948 to 1967 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Kenny died at Maroubra in 1967.
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