Keenan & McCarron Research Tree

Migration from Monaghan to Scotland to South Australia.

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Green = KeenanRed = McCarronGold = union / descendant branch Solid = provenDashed = probableDotted = hypothesis
Earliest documented ancestors
James Keenan Sr
c.1810 – d. 1 Jan 1895 · Mullaghmore North, Tydavnet
Earliest strong Keenan anchor in the uploaded evidence. John Keenan named as executor of his will.
✅ proven person
Michael McCarron
c.1810. Annagally, Tydavnet · named in Patrick's 1901 death record
Generation 1 anchor using the Annagally Griffith's entry and Patrick's 1901 death record.
✅ Generation 1 anchor
Second generation anchors
John (Johannes) Keenan
c.1831 – 9 Mar 1904
Annagally farmer, executor of the senior James Keenan's will. His own will and probate places him in Annagally at his death.
⚠️ probable son of James Sr
James (Jacobus) Keenan
13 Feb 1854 – 21 Feb 1927
Born in Tydavnet, migrated to Glasgow between 1871-74. Died of cerebral haemorrhage.
✅ proven
Selected siblings omitted here; John's will and 1901 census are still attached in the popup.
Patrick McCarron
c.1830 – 20 Mar 1901
First-generation migrant from Monaghan to Scotland c.1848: first near Falkirk (1861 census) then Glasgow before 1869 (1881 census shows 12 year old child born in Glasgow).
⚠️ probable son of Michael McCarron
Margaret McCarron
13 May 1851 – 8 March 1937
Born in Bonnybridge near Falkirk, before marrying in Glasgow. Died in 1937 from Hemiplegia/Stroke
✅ proven
Other children in Patrick and Helen's family are omitted here to keep the focus on Margaret and the main line.
Central union
James Keenan and Margaret McCarron in Glasgow
James Keenan
17 Jul 1874 · Glasgow
Margaret McCarron
Keenan and McCarron lines joining in the Glasgow branch
This marriage is the meeting point in Glasgow of the two Monaghan family lines.
Marriage record preview for James Keenan and Margaret McCarron
Marriage register preview: James Keenan and Margaret McCarron, Glasgow, 17 Jul 1874
✅ proven union
Joseph Keenan
Aug 1886 – 14 Apr 1918
WWI concriptee and casualty of Battle of the Lys; father of the Australian migrant line.
✅ proven
28 Dec 1905 · Paisley
Margaret Devine
c.1883 – 6 Jun 1937
Joseph's wife; died from colon cancer and paratyphoid.
✅ proven
Other children of James and Margaret are still omitted here to keep the focus on the main line.
Australian branch shown from Joseph and Margaret Devine
Joseph Patrick Keenan
25 Sep 1906 – 22 Apr 1976
Born in Glasgow. Worked as a farm hand on the Lord of Montrose's Estate in 1921 census. Adopted the "Patrick" middle name after arriving in South Australia in 1924 as a Barwell Boy; first employed near Burra.
✅ proven