Anne McKeever (McIver)^[1]

1834 - 1876  (42 years)

• Name	Anne McKeever (McIver)  [2, 3]
  Birth	1834	Monaghan, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Dec 1876	Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Burial	St. Malachy's Cemetery, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	P253	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Hugh McKeever (McIver),   b. Ireland d. 24 Mar 1857, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Mother	Mary Quinn,   b. Ireland d. 19 May 1876, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Marriage	1825	Ireland
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis McKenna,   b. 1828, Monaghan, Ireland d. 1892, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1856	Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Children	1. John McKenna,   b. 9 Sep 1857, Prince Edward Island, Canada   2. Ambrose McKenna,   b. 9 Jul 1858, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada   3. Jerome McKenna,   b. 1859, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada + 4. Mary Ellen McKenna,   b. Apr 1861, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 1892, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 30 years) + 5. Jane Frances McKenna,   b. 4 Jun 1863, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 1936, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 72 years)   6. Ann (Ada) McKenna,   b. 20 Mar 1865, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. Oct 1900, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 35 years)   7. Margaret McKenna,   b. 13 Jan 1867, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 8 Oct 1942, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years)   8. Charles William McKenna,   b. 13 Jan 1869, DeSable, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 07 Feb 1951, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Age 82 years)   9. Veronica McKenna,   b. 27 Jan 1871, Hampton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 19 Nov 1951, St. Vincent's Convent, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 80 years) + 10. Francis Hugh McKenna,   b. 22 Sep 1872, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 12 Mar 1936, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)   11. Lavenia Susan McKenna,   b. 24 Jan 1875, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 12 Feb 1947, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2021

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - Anne (McKeever) McKenna

  
  

  Histories

  History - McKenna-McKeever History

  
  

• Notes

  Anne McKeever McKenna was the oldest girl and fourth of eleven children born to Hugh McKeever and Mary Quinn. She was one of the children born in Ireland, and came with her parents and five brothers to Newton, Prince Edward Island in 1839. In 1856, she married Francis (“Frank”) McKenna. Frank McKenna went to California at the time of the Gold Rush. He did not come home empty handed. He bought a large farm and built a spacious home. His lawns and gardens, patterned after what he had seen in California, were the envy of the neighbours at that time. To this home he brought Anne McKeever. They were married in St. Joseph’s Church in Kelly’s Cross when Anne was 22 years of age. Anne and Frank were married the year before her father died. She and her brother, Charles, are the only family members who are not mentioned in his will. Anne and Frank had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. Anne died on December 28, 1876 when her eight living children ranged in age from 2 1/2 years to 15 years. The 1881 Census indicates that, at that time (five years later), the McKenna children were living among various members of the family and friends throughout the Island. Veronica (age 10) was living with John Shields and Annie Shields on Lot 26. Charles (age 12) was living on Lot 26 with his mother’s siblings, Peter and Susan, (just down the fields from where Anne was raised). Maggie (age 14) and Mary (age 20) were living in Lot 19 with John and Mary Mullin (Anne’s sister and husband). Mary was a school teacher at the time. Lavinia (age 6), Francis (age 8), and Ada (age 16), were living with their father in Lot 29. Three of the girls (Ada, Margaret, and Veronica) became members of The Sisters of Charity, while Mary Ellen, Fannie (Jane Frances), and Lavinia married and raised their children in PEI. Anne’s two sons, Charles and Francis, both established their families and careers in Massachusetts, though Charles later moved to New Hampshire. Anne is buried in St. Malachy’s Cemetery in Kinkora. Her headstone is still standing and is located beside her brother, Owen, and Bernard McCourt who was a long-time family friend.

  
  

• Sources

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