Keenan, Bundoran, Co. Donegal and New York

[*Sandra*]

Nora/Hanora Dyer Keenan - birth 4 December 1889

1901 census Roscommon

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Bellanagare/Leggatinty/1666090/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003850159/

Sandra

[traynorm]

The date of birth for Honoria (Nora) Dyer is 4 December 1889 in Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon
Thank you
Michael.

[*Sandra*]

Looks like a few Dyer or Dwyer family members immigrated to the USA.

Brother of Nora - Martin Joseph Dwyer born 1887 Frenchpark. Roscommon. Died 1954
11 October 1954  Newark, Essex, New Jersey.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/88547701/person/32578157650/facts

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

FIND A GRAVE


Brother John James Dyer - 19 March 1885 Frenchpark Roscommon  - 24 March 1970    Selden, Suffolk County, New York.

Saint John Cemetery Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
PLOT Section 16, Row C, Grave 56

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57373143/john-james-dyer

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/88547701/person/32578157638/facts

Sandra

[traynorm]

Thank you very much,
Yes that is definitely Nora in the 1901 Census for Co Roscommon. The townland agrees with what is on her State birth cert. Unfortunately I don't have a date of death for her. But it could well be what Oldohiohome has suggested. The dates vary a bit but sometimes they didn't know their real birth dates !!. Perhaps if a copy of her death cert could be found that might give more clarity ?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRQK-226

She was still alive for the NY census of 1940. As was her husband Tom who died on 18 October 1949.
Regards
Michael.

[oldohiohome]

I'd look at this one first - it's on billiongraves, but I don't have a subscription.
Nora F Keenan d 3 Aug 1959, buried Calvary, Queens
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HXP-YQY

regarding the other one, people usually didn't get everything wrong about their birth date. Maybe the year but not the date, or they'd be a day or two off from what the record says. Or with Irish records the actual birth could be a few weeks earlier than what the record said. People would be late registering the birth so they would give a date recent enough to avoid the fine.

[*Sandra*]

There are no death certificates available online for the period you require.  Unfortunately, you would need to purchase the certificate from New York.

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

I'd look at this one first - it's on billiongraves, but I don't have a subscription.
Nora F Keenan d 3 Aug 1959, buried Calvary, Queens
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HXP-YQY

regarding the other one, people usually didn't get everything wrong about their birth date. Maybe the year but not the date, or they'd be a day or two off from what the record says. Or with Irish records the actual birth could be a few weeks earlier than what the record said. People would be late registering the birth so they would give a date recent enough to avoid the fine.

I don't think that is her OOH.

https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/5402762

Sandra

[traynorm]

I haven't come across a listing of a son called Martin. He died in 1921 aged 14 years. Nora & Tom were married in 1912.

Is there a census for New York available after 1940 ?

Michael.