Denis Killeen^[1]

1786 - 1850  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Denis Killeen
  Nickname	Dinnie
  Born	About 1786	Meelick, County Galway, Ireland   [2]
  	Listed as age 18 at time of military enlistment (1804)
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Soldier; carpenter; farmer
  Military	10 Dec 1804	Clonony, King's Co. (Offaly), Ireland   [3]
  	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
  	Pensioned out on 23 Dec 1818. Pension transferred from Kilmainham 26 Aug 1819.
  Emigration	1819	Ireland to Canada
  Address	1820	March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [5]
  	KILLEEN, Denis, from Ireland, settled in March, Ontario on 23 August 1820 [PAOMS154]
  Census	1821	March township, Carleton Co.   [6]
  	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.   [7]
  	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.   [8]
  	Address: Dinis Killian found on the Township of March Collector's Roll, 1
  Died	1850	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Made a will 24 May 1850. Died before the 1851 census enumeration.
  Will	24 May 1850	March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [9]
  	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
  Notes	Found in the Collectors Roll for the Township of March for the Year 1846: Dinis Killian Enlisted in British army in 1804 at age 18. 97th Regiment of Foot. Discharged in 1819. Awarded pension on 26 August 1819 (British Army Pensioners Abroad. Source: WO120 Volume 70, p. 166. Index #6420). As a pensioner, he was among very first settlers of South March. Worked as servant to Captain John Benning Monk until receiving (26 May 1828) a patent from the Crown for the South 1/2 of Lot 11 Con 3 March Township, 100 acres. In 1819, he helped Monk build his temporary residence, a shanty that Monk nicknamed "Mosquito Cove" (Monk later built a stone manor which he named Beechmount, which was destroyed by fire in 1870). Wife Mary Ahearn was also a servant in the Monk household. Listed in May 4, 1821 census of March as "Killeen, Darius, wife, 1 son, 1 daughter."
  Person ID	I135	Moran
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Ahearn,   b. About 1799, Ireland ,   d. 1860, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)  [11]
  Married	About 1818	Ireland or Canada?
  Children	+ 1. Ellen Killeen,   b. About 1818, Ireland ,   d. 18 Apr 1882  (Age ~ 64 years)   2. Patrick Killeen,   b. Apr 1820, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1890  (Age ~ 70 years)   3. Hanora Killeen,   b. 10 May 1821, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. Before 1911, Clarendon, Pontiac Co., Québec  (Age 89 years)   4. Elizabeth Killeen,   b. About 1826, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   5. Bridget Killeen,   b. About 1827, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1910  (Age ~ 83 years)   6. John Killeen,   b. About 1828, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 February 1906, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years) + 7. Denis Benjamin Killeen,   b. 1 Dec 1829, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1914  (Age 84 years) + 8. Catherine Killeen,   b. About 1830, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 12 Aug 1894, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years) + 9. William Killeen,   b. About 1832, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. About 1860, Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 28 years) + 10. James Killeen,   b. Nov 1833, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Apr 1896, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana  (Age ~ 62 years)   11. Margaret Jane Killeen,   b. 28 Sep 1835, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 December 1913  (Age 78 years)   12. Thomas Benjamin Killeen,   b. 15 Jan 1837, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1916, Westboro, Nepean, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age 79 years)
  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Early Ottawa Valley Records, Ed. Norman K. Crowder, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S338] British Army Pensioners -- Kilmainham, Ireland 1783-1822. WO119 Kilmainham [S350] Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Class Number: WO 25; Class Title: 97 Foot; Piece Number: 542A; Piece Title: 97 Foot. [S349] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882. Under Trade or Occupation: Carpenter. With physical description: 5/10 Fair [hair] grey [eyes] swarthy [complexion] The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers & Service Records, 1760-1882; Class: WO 120; Piece: 35. [S348] Irish Emigrants in North America [1670-1830], Part Six, Dobson, David, ( Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003), 67. [S178] Townships of March and Huntley 1821, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston. [S181] Township of March 1822, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston. [S130] 1846 Collectors Roll for March Township, transcribed by DeAlton R. Owens, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S351] Carleton County Land Registry. [S160] War Office 120, Pensioner registers, (British government), MG13, WO120, volume 35, page 252, microfilm reel B. [S77] 1851 Census of Canada, (National Archives of Canada), March Township: pp. 7-8.