John KEENAHAN

Abt 1825 - 1878  (53 years)

• Name	John KEENAHAN
  Birth	Abt 1825	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4AA1AA292F21457798029EB9482710346EF8
  Death	Dec 1878	Prescot RD   [1]
  Notes	Despite extensive searching I can't find John's birth or marriage. Not found in the 1841 census. 1851 census (indexed by ancestry as REANNAN): in Hindley Row, Burtonwood, Lancs, lodging with Michael & Catherine FLINNON(?) and family, (all KEANNAN), John (head, 25, labourer at chemical works, born Ireland), Ann (wife, 27, born Ireland), Martin (son, 1, born Ireland. Also at the same address were 3 visitors from Ireland, all labourers at the chemical works. 1861 census: in Dog Lane, Widnes, Lancs (all KENAHAN), John (head, 36, chem. lab, born Ireland), Ann (wife, 36, born Ireland), Martin (son, 11, born Burtonwood, Lancs), John (son, 9, born Newton le Willows, Lancs), Mary Ann (daughter, 5, born Widnes), William (son, 3, born Widnes) and Christopher (son, 11 months, born Widnes). Also two lodgers, Patrick KENNEY (single, 50, chem lab, born Ireland) and John SMITH (single, 18, chem lab, born Ireland). 1871 census (indexed by ancestry as KEEMHAM): at 19 Pleasant St, Widnes, Lancs (all KENAHAN), John (head, 45, chemical labourer, born Ireland), Ann (wife, 45, born Ireland), John (son, 19, chemical labourer, born Newton, Lancs, Mary A (daughter, 15, born Widnes), William (son, 13, scholar, born Widnes) and Christopher (son, 10, scholar, born Widnes). Also a boarder Miley BYRNE (male, married, 60, chemical labourer, born Ireland). John died in 1878, his wife Ann in 1873. By the time of the 1881 census, daughter Mary Ann had married Elias ROBINSON and at the time of the 1881 census Christopher (20) and William (22) were living with Mary Ann and Elias in Travis Street, Widnes. Footnote (taken from Wikipedia) The coming of the chemical industry to Widnes "John Hutchinson built his first factory in 1847 on land between the Sankey Canal and the railway making alkali by the Leblanc process. This was an ideal site for the factory because all the raw materials could be transported there by the waterways and railway, and the finished products could similarly be transported anywhere else in the country or overseas. Further chemical factories were soon built nearby by entrepreneurs including John McClelland, William Gossage, Frederic Muspratt, Holbrook Gaskell and Henry Deacon. The town grew rapidly as housing and social provision was made for the factory workers. Soon the villages of Farnworth, Appleton, Ditton and Upton were subsumed within the developing town of Widnes. Woodend became known as West Bank. The substances produced included soap, borax, soda ash, salt cake and bleaching powder. Other industries developed including iron and copper works. The town became heavily polluted with smoke and the by-products of the chemical processes. In 1888 the town was described as "the dirtiest, ugliest and most depressing town in England" and in 1905 as a "poisonous hell-town"."
  Person ID	I3951	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	Ann WALL,   b. Abt 1825, Ireland d. Mar 1873, Prescot RD (Age 48 years)
  Children	1. Martin KEENAHAN,   b. Dec 1849, Burtonwood, Lancs d. Jun 1924, Prescot RD (Age 74 years)   2. John KEENAHAN,   b. Abt 1852, Newton, Lancs d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Ann KEENAHAN,   b. Jun 1855, Widnes, Lancashire d. Yes, date unknown   4. William KEENAHAN,   b. Mar 1858, Widnes, Lancashire d. Yes, date unknown   5. Christopher KEENAHAN,   b. Jun 1860, Widnes, Lancashire d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, aged 54, Q4 1878 Prescot 8b/533. (Reliability: 3).