Son of John and Susanna F. [nee WORRILOW] KEENEN. William was 1 of 8 children. Husband of Mary Ella [nee WOODWARD] KEENEN and father of: Harry Lester Keenen; Leah Nora Keenen; Edwin James Keenen; Charles Winfield Keenen; and Elizabeth W. Keenen. William owned and operated the Marshallton Blacksmith Shop which still stands today and is on the National Registry of Historic Places in Marshallton, Bradford Twp., Chester Co., PA.
William took the surname of KEENEN, the same as his father's surname spelling of KEENEN. The family Irish/Gaelic surname was originally: O'Cianán.
Keenan (Cianán) is a male Irish name which means "ancient, distant". Keenan is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cianán which is a diminutive of Cian. The Ó Cianáin clan (Keenan) were the traditional historians to the McGuire clan.
Recorded as O'Keenan and more usually Keenan, this is an Irish surname. Found mainly in the Ulster and northern counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, it originates from the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O' Cianain meaning "The descendant of the faithful one" or similar. It may not have been entirely coincidence that the clan was famous throughout the Medieval Period for producing both high-ranking members of the church, and early historians, in several cases the same thing. The first recorded scribe was Adam O' Cianain, who was also the canon of Lisgool in Fermanagh. He is mentioned in the annals known as the "Four Masters" as being the historian to the famous Maguires of County Fermanagh.
William took the surname of KEENEN, the same as his father's surname spelling of KEENEN. The family Irish/Gaelic surname was originally: O'Cianán.
Keenan (Cianán) is a male Irish name which means "ancient, distant". Keenan is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cianán which is a diminutive of Cian. The Ó Cianáin clan (Keenan) were the traditional historians to the McGuire clan.
Recorded as O'Keenan and more usually Keenan, this is an Irish surname. Found mainly in the Ulster and northern counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, it originates from the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O' Cianain meaning "The descendant of the faithful one" or similar. It may not have been entirely coincidence that the clan was famous throughout the Medieval Period for producing both high-ranking members of the church, and early historians, in several cases the same thing. The first recorded scribe was Adam O' Cianain, who was also the canon of Lisgool in Fermanagh. He is mentioned in the annals known as the "Four Masters" as being the historian to the famous Maguires of County Fermanagh.
Son of John and Susanna F. [nee WORRILOW] KEENEN. William was 1 of 8 children. Husband of Mary Ella [nee WOODWARD] KEENEN and father of: Harry Lester Keenen; Leah Nora Keenen; Edwin James Keenen; Charles Winfield Keenen; and Elizabeth W. Keenen. William owned and operated the Marshallton Blacksmith Shop which still stands today and is on the National Registry of Historic Places in Marshallton, Bradford Twp., Chester Co., PA.
William took the surname of KEENEN, the same as his father's surname spelling of KEENEN. The family Irish/Gaelic surname was originally: O'Cianán.
Keenan (Cianán) is a male Irish name which means "ancient, distant". Keenan is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cianán which is a diminutive of Cian. The Ó Cianáin clan (Keenan) were the traditional historians to the McGuire clan.
Recorded as O'Keenan and more usually Keenan, this is an Irish surname. Found mainly in the Ulster and northern counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, it originates from the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O' Cianain meaning "The descendant of the faithful one" or similar. It may not have been entirely coincidence that the clan was famous throughout the Medieval Period for producing both high-ranking members of the church, and early historians, in several cases the same thing. The first recorded scribe was Adam O' Cianain, who was also the canon of Lisgool in Fermanagh. He is mentioned in the annals known as the "Four Masters" as being the historian to the famous Maguires of County Fermanagh.
William took the surname of KEENEN, the same as his father's surname spelling of KEENEN. The family Irish/Gaelic surname was originally: O'Cianán.
Keenan (Cianán) is a male Irish name which means "ancient, distant". Keenan is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cianán which is a diminutive of Cian. The Ó Cianáin clan (Keenan) were the traditional historians to the McGuire clan.
Recorded as O'Keenan and more usually Keenan, this is an Irish surname. Found mainly in the Ulster and northern counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, it originates from the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O' Cianain meaning "The descendant of the faithful one" or similar. It may not have been entirely coincidence that the clan was famous throughout the Medieval Period for producing both high-ranking members of the church, and early historians, in several cases the same thing. The first recorded scribe was Adam O' Cianain, who was also the canon of Lisgool in Fermanagh. He is mentioned in the annals known as the "Four Masters" as being the historian to the famous Maguires of County Fermanagh.
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