Fagans and Keenans

I'm not having any success with these families at the moment unfortunately - possibly the lack of very early Catholic (i.e. pre 1830s) registers is causing problems. Do you know the names of the parents to Patrick, Thomas, Richard and Jane Fagan ?

I presume the family were Catholic... there are a number of possible Fagan/Fegan etc baptisms around the correct timeframe around Co. Meath for the three brothers and Jane, but none that seem to match up to the same parents. Also no sign that I could find of promising baptisms for the Keenan children mentioned in your post...

Hello  Could your Keenan's have had their spelling of their name changed over time.  I have a 3x Great grandmother Anna Keenehan.  She and her husband John Noonan had a daughter born 1830 in the Parish of Clara,  Castletown-Geoghegan, Offaly/Westmeath, Ireland.   I have my DNA through Ancestry and Heritage .  Wondering if you have the same.

Regards Max Swan

I don't have the names of any parents of Patrick Fagan born December 25, 1821 or his wife Bridget Lee born January 10, 1825.  The information I have comes from their grandsons Patrick Joseph Fagan and Lambert Fagan who researched this in 1947 at Manitowoc and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

They wrote that Patrick, Bridget, Thomas and his wife left County Meath sometime between 1845 and 1849 and settled in Pennsylvania.  Patrick and Bridget had 3 children born to them in Pennsylvania:  Jane 1849, Thomas 1851 and Richard, 1853. They had seven more children after this all born in Cooperstown Wisconsin.

Richard and Jane, brother and sister of Patrick and Thomas came from County Meath at a later time about 1850-1854 and brought their widowed mother ( no name listed for her) They went to Pennsylvania and then went to Manitowoc County sometime between 1855-1860.  The brothers homesteaded land and built houses.  Richard built a house for himself, Jane his sister and their mother.  The mother died sometime in the middle 1860's and is buried in Francis Creek cemetary in an unmarked grave.  Soon after the mothers death Jane married Patrick Lyons.

Here is a bit more information I have on the Keenan side.  It is possible the name has a different spelling.  Nickolas Keenan was born in Ireland May 1, 1769 and his wife Jane Murry was born in Ireland  September 29, 1782.  They had 3 children born in County Meath Edward 1808, Richard 1814, and John 1820.  All of these died in Francis Creek, Wisconsin. 

John Keenan born in County Meath June 24, 1820, (son of Nickolas and Jane) married Margaret O'Brien.  Margaret O'Brien was born March 17, 1830 in County Cork to John O'Brien and Mary McCarthy.  John and Margaret had 5 children born in Cooperstown, Wisconsin, Jane the first child was born there in 1858.

All of these people were Catholic.  I'm guessing they had information and connections from other relatives leaving Ireland to help them first start in Pennsylvania, then move on to Francis Creek Wisconsin and settle there. 

Thank you to everyone who is reading this and offering help and suggestions!