Researching Owen Kenan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 39 people with the Kenan surname? In that year Kenan was ranked number 3540 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Owen means "Form of EVAN. young warrior" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Owen Kenan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Owen Kenan and the Kenan Family Tree
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Kenan Genealogy Databases
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Kenan Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Owen Kenan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Owen Kenan
Owen Rand Kenan
Owen Rand Kenan, (March 4, 1804 – March 3, 1887) was a North Carolina politician. He was born in Kenansville, North Carolina in Duplin County, and served in the North Carolina House of Commons from 1834 to 1838. He also represented the state during the Civil War in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. He grew up in Kenansville and took over his father Thomas S Kenan’s Plantation Liberty Hall, which became a hot spot for gala affairs. He married Sarah Rebecca Graham, the daughter of a physician. Owen Rand Kenan was a successful and prosperous planter; he and Sarah had four children, three sons that served in the Civil War and a daughter Annie. His wife Sarah died in 1871 and Owen died in March 1887; both he and Sarah's grave stones are located at the present day Liberty Hall Restoration. At Owen's death his unmarried daughter Annie Kenan became Mistress of Liberty Hall.
Source: Owen Rand Kenan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Kenan
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 Keenan Keenen Keenon Keenum Keenun Keiman Kemeny Kemmann Kemmen 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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