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Name | Denis Killeen | |
Nickname | Dinnie | |
Born | About 1786 | Meelick, County Galway, Ireland ![]() |
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Gender | Male | |
Occupation | Soldier; carpenter; farmer | |
Military | 10 Dec 1804 | Clonony, King's Co. (Offaly), Ireland ![]() |
Enlisted with 97th Regiment. For What Period of Service: Unlimited. By Whom Enlisted: Lieut. Kelly. | ||
Military | 23 Dec 1818 [4] | |
Regimental Register of Pensioners | ||
Age: 32 | ||
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Emigration | 1819 | Ireland to Canada ![]() |
Address | 1820 | March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ![]() |
KILLEEN, Denis, from Ireland, settled in March, Ontario on 23 August 1820 [PAOMS154] | ||
Census | 1821 | March township, Carleton Co. ![]() |
Denis mistranscribed as "Darius." Darius Killeen head of a household of 4: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child, 1 female child. | ||
Census | 1822 | March township, Carleton Co. ![]() |
Killeen, D. named as head of a household of 6: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child, 3 female children. | ||
Address | 1846 | March township, Carleton Co. ![]() |
Address: Dinis Killian found on the Township of March Collector's Roll, 1 | ||
Died | 1850 | March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ![]() |
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Will | 24 May 1850 | March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ![]() |
Memorial of a will made 24 May 1850, registered 9 Feb 1854. Citation: Carleton County Land Registry, March, no. 7142, memorial of will of Denis Killeen, 1854. | ||
Religion | Roman Catholic | |
Physical Description | Records for his regiment describe him as 5 ft. 8 when he enlisted (1804), and as 5 ft. 10 at age 22 (1808). Said to have had a "swarthy complexion," with grey eyes and brown hair. [10] | |
Address | Address: Lot 11, Con. 3, March township | |
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Person ID | I135 | Moran |
Last Modified | 1 Jan 2021 |
Family | Mary Ahearn, b. About 1799, Ireland ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Married | About 1818 | Ireland or Canada? ![]() |
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Histories | ![]() | Our Irish Origins, Roughly Mapped Irish ancestors roughly mapped to their Irish counties of origin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified | 14 Apr 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family ID | F34 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Histories | ![]() | The Queen vs. Kelly, Part I Murder and mayhem in the township of March |
![]() | The Queen vs. Kelly, Part II Murder and mayhem in the township of March |
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