Keenan, Bundoran, Co. Donegal and New York

[traynorm]

Sandra,
You are playing a blinder with that information !!
Thank you very much.
Would you try and see if you can locate a death notice for James Keenan please?. He was born in 1923.
I know you gave me Catherine's date of death. Could I possibly trouble you to send me a link to her death notice please?.
I know their father, Thomas died on 18 October 1949. Could you try and track down his wife Nora's death notice please?
That would complete that entire family. You have done so well for me !
I apologise for asking you for these requests, but you are a wizard at getting such information !!

Yes, that is the phone number I have been trying, with that international area code.
Kindest regards
Michael.

[*Sandra*]

I have the connection of ancestry tree - will send info via pm.

Sandra

[traynorm]

Sandra,
The reason I am troubling you for newspaper or other death notices is they contain the details of the undertakers, and hopefully from one of them I'll be able to phone or email them.
Thank you
Michael.

[*Sandra*]

In the mean time - see if you can get anything from the pm.

Sandra

[oldohiohome]

obit of Joseph P Keenan's son Robert - 2020
https://www.thompsonmemorial.net/obituaries/1354-robert-joseph-keenan

the daughter in law Mary mentioned in the obit is his wife and survived Robert.

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I think Sandra might have covered this, but as for the funeral home that handled Joseph Keenan's funeral:
Write them a letter
41-45 58th Street
Woodside, NY 11377

try the church
St. Sebastian's Church
58-02 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, NY 11377

http://saintsebastianwoodside.org/contact-us/

I assume this didn't work - is this the page that only accepts messages from the US?
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/contact-us

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will PM you with info for surviving family.

[oldohiohome]

Probably the obituary of John and Genevieve (McCann) Keenan's daughter Carole Martello. This lady was born in 1943, grew up in Queens, and her father worked as a fireman. John's occupation when registering for WWII was a fireman. Her parents aren't mentioned in the obituary. Survivors are mentioned.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-hyde-park-ny/carole-martello-6881507

[*Sandra*]

Have sent you further pm with family relationship explained. Hope this helps you.

Regards
Sandra

[traynorm]

Thank you very much Sandra & Oldohiohome for all that information. That is all terrific and I would be hopeful I should make contact with a living descendant of the Keenan family.

My connection with the Keenan family is my grandmother was Mary Anne Keenan from Bundoran in Co. Donegal. It was her brother Thomas that emigrated to New York in 1907 & married Nora Dyer in 1912. They are the parents of the six children that you have successfully tracked down today. So thank you very much.

If you get a chance, would you mind possibly sending me the death notices for James Keenan, Catherine Keenan (died 24 April 2003) and also their mother Nora Keenan (née Dyer) please. There will be family names and undertakers names on those 3 death certs as well as the others that will help me contact a living member of our family.

It will be great to make contact with a surviving descendant of my grandmother's brother.

Many, many thanks,
Michael.

[oldohiohome]

So far they are proving harder to find, at least for me.
Do you have an exact date of birth for Hanora Dyer? A middle initial?

There is this possibility so far:
Name   Nora F Keenan
Death or Burial Place   Queens, Queens, New York, United States
Death or Burial Longitude   -73.912126
Death or Burial Latitude   40.739043
Cemetery   Calvary Cemetery (Third)
Death Date   03 Aug 1959
Event Type   Burial
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HXP-YQY

and this one
Nora Keenan
State   New York
Residence Place   New York
Last Place of Residence   Queens, New York
Previous Residence Postal Code   11377
Age   84
Birth Date   21 Sep 1890
Death Date   Dec 1974
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRQK-226