Daniel Joseph Kenney

ID# 112, (1848-1941)
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Descendants of Michael Doyle (c1823-1878)
Descendants of Martin Dunn (died c 1847)
      Daniel Joseph Kenney was born on 15 October 1848 in Ireland.1,2 He was the son of Patrick Kenney and Mary O'Neill.3 He immigrated to South Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, with his parents Patrick Kenney and Mary O'Neill about 1849.4 He was confirmed by the Archibishop of Toronto on 20 October 1874 in Philipsville Catholic Church, Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, OntarioG.5 Daniel is described as a boatman on the 1881 census. It was common for men from South Crosby to work the steamboats on the Rideau Canal and the St Lawrence River during the summer months.6,7 He married Ellen Doyle, daughter of Michael Doyle and Elizabeth Mary Dunn, on 30 January 1882 in Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario.2,8 Daniel was listed as farming at the time of the 1891 and 1901 censuses, however, most of his working life was spent on the water first as a deck hand and eventually as a captain on the Rideau Canal and Lake Ontario. He was left a widower when Ellen Doyle died on 3 May 1922.9 He died in 1941.10 He was buried in St John's Cemetery, Gananoque, Leeds & Grenville County, OntarioG.10,11

A short autobiography was included in a newspaper article recognizing his 90th birthday published on 16 November 1938.

Census Records

YearPlaceHead of Household
1871South Crosby Twp, South Leeds, OntarioPatrick Kenney12
1881Crosby South, Leeds South, OntarioPatrick Kenney3
1891Crosby South, Leeds South, OntarioDaniel Joseph Kenney13
1901Gananoque, Leeds South, OntarioDaniel Joseph Kenney1
Last Edited=15 Jun 2018

Child of Daniel Joseph Kenney and Ellen Doyle

Citations

  1. [S931] 1901 Census (Gananoque, Leeds South, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Daniel Kenny household.
  2. [S932] Ellen Doyle & Daniel Kenny, Marriage Registration 006083, Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.ca
  3. [S73] 1881 Census (South Crosby, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-13232, Patrick Kenney family; page 38, family 182.
  4. [S297] Susan Warren, Hub of the Rideau - a History of South Crosby Township (Township of South Crosby: The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1997), p. 295.
  5. [S1423] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1856-1884: Confirmations; np, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, image 100.
  6. [S73] 1881 Census (South Crosby, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-13232, Patrick Kenney household.
  7. [S297] Susan Warren, Hub of the Rideau - a History of South Crosby Township (Township of South Crosby: The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1997), p. 147.
  8. [S1423] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1856-1884: marriage of Ellen Doyle & Daniel Kenney, np, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 84.
  9. [S933] Ellen Doyle Kenny, Death Registration 013227 (May 1922), Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.ca
  10. [S1931] Daniel Kenney & Ellen Doyle Tombstone, St John's Cemetery, Gananoque, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario.
  11. [S92] Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, online (https://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/).
  12. [S72] 1871 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-10001, Patrick Kenney household.
  13. [S457] 1891 Census (South Crosby, Leeds South, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario T-6350, Daniel Kenny household.
  14. [S1424] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1883-1910: baptism of Bernard Aloysius Kenney, pg 39, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2019, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 20. Register entry reads 1888 but surrounding entries indicate that 1887 is correct.