Hugh McKenna was born in 1859 in Ireland to Mary Ann McKenny [c1835 –bf1911], age 24, and James McKenna [Jul 1830- aft 1901], age 29. He was baptized Derrynoose, Armagh, Ireland.
Hugh and most of his family was employed as a damask weaver at the Milford Weaving Factory [1808 -1980], operated by Robert McCrum & Co., owned by Robert Garmany Mc Crum, who designed and built nearby Milford House as well as the Victorian era model village of Milford, Lisnadill Parish, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
On 18 Feb 1884 in Armagh, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Hugh McKenna, 25 yrs. married Annie Corr, 24 yrs. of Armagh, the daughter of Henry Corr (living) Labourer. Witnesses were Patrick Gollaghy and Mary Duncan. Hugh and Annie lived at 16 Ann Street, Millford Village and attended Mass at St. Patrick’s R.C. Cathedral in Armagh.
Hugh and Annie’s family appears in the 1901 for Ann Street, Millford Village, Lisnadill Parish: Hugh McKenna, Head, 42 yrs. Damask Weaver Birthplace Co. Armagh; Annie McKenna wife 40 yrs. Birthplace Co. Tyrone; Mary Ann McKenna dau 16 yrs. Damask Weaver Birthplace Co. Armagh; Vincent Henry McKenna son 13 yrs. Damask Weaver Birthplace Co. Armagh; Sarah J. Clare McKenna dau 10 yrs. Birthplace Co. Armagh; Hugh J. Leo McKenna son 7 yrs Birthplace Co. Armagh.
Hugh, widower in the 1911 for Ann Street, Millford Village, Lisnadill Parish: Hugh McKenna, Head, 52 yrs. Damask Weaver Widower; Mary Ann McKenna dau 26 yrs. Damask Weaver, Single; Sarah Jane Clare McKenna dau 20 yrs. Damask Weaver, Single; Hugh James Leo McKenna son 17 yrs. Damask Weaver, Single.
Hugh McKenna died sometime after the 1911 Census. According to a very elderly neighbor interviewed in 2016, Hugh was alive when his son Hugh James Leo McKenna died in France during WW1.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1859 | |
