kenna's web
  


William Kenna, Sr.[1]
 1815 - 1881

HomeHome    SearchSearch    PrintPrint    Login - User: anonymousLogin    Add BookmarkAdd Bookmark

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All

  • Suffix  Sr. 
    Birth  abt. 1815  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender  Male 
    IMMIGRATION  14 Jun 1837  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Ship Troy from Liverpool, England 
    Age: 23 
    • Immigration Record
      Name: William Kenna
      Arrival Date: Jun 14, 1837
      Age: 23
      Gender: M
      Port of Arrival: New York
      Port of Departure: Liverpool
      Place of Origin: Ireland
      Occupation: Farmer (may have been one in Ireland? Typo?)
      Destination: United States of America
      Ship: Ship Troy
      Microfilm Serial Number: M237
      Microfilm Roll Number: 34
      Microfilm List #458, page 4
    Naturalization  11 Oct 1842  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Declaration of intention to become a citizen. He would need to wait three more years to complete the process and petition for naturalization. 
    Move  1843  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Moved to the Little Falls area 
    Census  1 Aug 1850  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 34 
    Census  1855  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    NY State Census 
    Age: 38 
    Military Enlistment  6 Jan 1864  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Co H, 16th Regiment, NY Heavy Artillery Volunteers 
    Census  1865  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 50 
    Military Discharge  Aug 1865  [6] 
    Census  6 Jul 1870  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Age: 55 
    Census  1 Jun 1880  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age: 64 
    Died  2 Feb 1881  Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11, 12, 13] 
    Military Service  Jun 1890  Troy, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Supplement to the 1890 Census that documents his Civil War service and his widow Mary. 
    Buried  Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Little Falls, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I210  Default
    Last Modified  27 May 2007 11:48:38 
     
    Father  Kenna 
    Family ID  F141  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Mary Fox, b. 1818, Limerick, Ireland   [1, 2, 8, 9, 15] 
    Children 
    >1. James W. Kenna, b. 27 Jul 1838, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     2. Thomas Mortimer Kenna, b. 28 Aug 1840, St. Johnsonville, Montgomery Co., NY
     3. William Kenna, Jr., b. 25 Sep 1842, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     4. Catharine Kenna, b. 26 Nov 1844, Herkimer Co., NY
     5. Mary E. Kenna, b. 25 Nov 1847, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     6. Margaret Kenna, b. 13 Aug 1852, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     7. Ellen Kenna, b. 16 Apr 1854, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     8. Edward Kenna, b. 03 Apr 1857, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
     9. Anna Kenna, b. 13 Feb 1859
    Last Modified  15 Jul 2007 09:45:55 
    Family ID  F83  Group Sheet
     
  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsIMMIGRATION - Ship Troy from Liverpool, England - 14 Jun 1837 - New York, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Declaration of intention to become a citizen. He would need to wait three more years to complete the process and petition for naturalization. - 11 Oct 1842 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMove - Moved to the Little Falls area - 1843 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 34 - 1 Aug 1850 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - NY State Census - 1855 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Enlistment - Co H, 16th Regiment, NY Heavy Artillery Volunteers - 6 Jan 1864 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 50 - 1865 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 55 - 6 Jul 1870 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 64 - 1 Jun 1880 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Feb 1881 - Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - Supplement to the 1890 Census that documents his Civil War service and his widow Mary. - Jun 1890 - Troy, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Little Falls, NY Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Maps 
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend = Address   = Location   = City/Town   = County/Shire   = State/Province   = Country   = Not Set

  • Documents Extract from passenger list, the Ship Troy arriving in New York, NY from Liverpool, London on 14 Jun 1837. Extract from passenger list, the Ship Troy arriving in New York, NY from Liverpool, London on 14 Jun 1837.
     
    Headstones Burials at Old St. Mary's CemeteryBurials at Old St. Mary's Cemetery
    Status: Located. This page is from the "Old Cemetery" for the Old St. Mary's cemetery of St. Mary's Church in Little Falls, NY. The book now belongs to the Holy Family Parish church in Little Falls.
     
    Histories Kennas in the 1840 to 1880 Little Falls, NY Census
    Intention for Citizenship - William Kenna
     
  • Notes 
    • Biography:
      Immigrated from Ireland around 1837 with wife Mary (?)
      Civil War Veteran
      Moved to Little Falls, NY around 1843
    • Worked as a grave digger at the Catholic church after the Civil War with his nephew (who had one arm). [6]
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S12] 1880 US Census - William Kenna.

    2. [S13] 1855 NY State Census - William and Mary Kenna Extract.

    3. [S23] Obituary for Mary Fox (Kenna), (Herkimer Daily - 15 Mar 1899), 1 (Reliability: 2), 15 MAR 1899.

    4. [S98] Passenger List - Ship Troy - Wm Kenna.

    5. [S43] 1850 US Census - Little Falls NY (William Kenna), (www.ancestry.com), 1 (Reliability: 2), 1 AUG 1850.

    6. [S88] Civil War Pension File - Mary Kenna, (NARA).

    7. [S100] Civil War Service Record - William Kenna Sr..

    8. [S15] 1865 NY State Census - Kenna.

    9. [S30] 1870 Census - Herkimer County, NY.

    10. [S89] 1870 US Census - William and Mary Kenna.

    11. [S16] Kenna Surname - Little Falls Cemeteries.

    12. [S29] Obituary for William Kenna, (Herkimer Daily - 9 Feb 1881) (Reliability: 2), 9 Feb 1881.
      The dates and place of this obituary would connect it to this individual. Based on the age in the obit the year of birth is either 1812 or 1813.

    13. [S23] Obituary for Mary Fox (Kenna), (Herkimer Daily - 15 Mar 1899), 1 (Reliability: 2), 15 MAR 1899.
      His wife's obit validates death date

    14. [S57] 1890 Veterans Schedule - William Kenna, (www.ancestry.com).

    15. [S43] 1850 US Census - Little Falls NY (William Kenna), (www.ancestry.com).


(Copyright © 2006 kennaweb.com)
[Valid RSS]


This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, Copyright © 2001-2006, created by Darrin Lythgoe, Sandy, Utah. All rights reserved.