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Angus Keagan (Keigan)

Angus Keagan (Keigan)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 4:11AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Keagan, Keigan
Hello!

I am helping a friend research her family tree, and I've hit a bit of a wall when it comes to Mr. Angus Keagan (or Keigan, but Keagan is how the family spelled it). Angus was born and died in North Sydney, NS (or at least my friend is quite certain of it), married a Jane McNeil (or MacNeil), and they had at least one daughter, Elizabeth (born 1918). Unfortunately my friend can't recall much more about her grandfather, so I don't have many detalils (though apparently he had quite the black shock of hair, and was very handsome in his day! ;) ).

Any help/direction from anyone who is researching the Keagan tree is greatly appreciated. :)

~ Melody

Re: Angus Keagan (Keigan)

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 1:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Melody,

I believe this is the family you are looking for.

Vince

Family Group Record for Angus Keagan and Jane MacNeil

Husb Angus Keigan "Keagan"
Born 11 Nov 1890 place:
Died 21 Feb 1942 Hamilton Memorial Hospital, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Buried 24 Feb 1942 North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Father Edward Keigan ( - ) Mother Isabel MacKinnon ( - )
Wife Jane "Jean" MacNeil
Born Abt 1890 North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 14 Aug 1974 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Father Peter MacNeil (Abt 1848-1906) Mother Elizabeth MacNeil (Abt 1853-1925)
Children
1 M Peter Keagan
2 M Ernest Keagan
3 M Thomas Keagan
Born Abt 1933 North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 16 Aug 1988 Northside General Hospital, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse Nora Parks ( - )
4 M Matthew "Blowers" Keagan
5 F Marie "Dea" Keagan
Spouse Anderson ( - )
6 F Anna Keagan
Spouse Roland MacCarthy ( - )
7 F Margaret "Margie" Keagan
Spouse Thomas "Tom" Taylor ( - )
8 F Jean Keagan
Spouse Arthur "Art" Stickley ( - )
9 F Edna Keagan
Spouse George Bowers ( - )
10 M Harry Keagan
11 M Edward "Eddy" Keagan
12 M Charlie Keagan
13 F Elizabeth "Polly" Keagan

Re: Angus Keagan (Keigan)

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 6:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 20 Feb 2013 6:58PM GMT
Surnames: keigan keagan mckinnon mackinnon mckillop mcquarry grandy
Hello!

I found this a year later, but thought I should post a message. The info that Vincent posts is outside of any info I have, but I believe the Angus Keagan you mention here is the brother of my wife's great-grandmother Katherine.

I still have some serious sourcing to do, so you'll need to check everything of course, but the shell of what I have for the family is this:

Parents:
Edward Keigan (1864-?)
Isabella McKinnon (1863-1941)
had the following children:

Edward Keigan (1864 – ?)
Mary Elizabeth Keigan (1885 – ?)
Sarah Ann Keigan (1887 – ?)
Katherine Keigan (1890 – 1965)
Angus Keigan (1890 – 1942)
Matthew Keigan (1894 – ?)
Edward Albert Keigan (1897 – ?)

Katherine Keigan married Isaac Levine in New Hampshire, and later lived on Long Island, NY. (Family still here and upstate NY.)

From other trees I am using as a jumping-off point, I believe Isabella McKinnon's parents were:
Angus McKinnon (1816-?)
Catherine McKillop (1831-?)

Edward Keigan's Parents:
Matthew Keigan (1822 – 1911)
Sarah Ann McQuarry (1834 – 1910)

Matthew's Keigan's Parents:
Owen Keigan (1764 – 1832)
Elizabeth Grandy

I recently found some threads that seem to lead back much farther beyond Angus McKinnon back emigration from Barra, Scotland. I was looking through those to see if I am on the right track when I found this thread.

Since I saw Vincent's many posts, I was intending to reach out to him and see if he had any pointers for books or resources to read on those lines...

I'm still just getting caught up on these lines of my wife's family, but I'd be glad to share or discuss anything I have.

I can be reached through the Ancestry forums/messages or more directly via my blog:
http://currach.johnjtierney.com/contact/
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