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Kathryn Alice O'Meara
Born : 13 Aug 1876
Clinton County, IA
Died : 02 Dec 1929
Rock Valley, IA
Age:53y 3m 19d
Father :
Ancestors of John O'Meara Descendants of John O'Meara John O'Meara (1837-1877)
Mother :
Ancestors of Rose Slavin Descendants of Rose Slavin Rose Slavin (1836-1886)
Married :
Ancestors of James Keegan Descendants of James Keegan James Keegan (1868-1937)
on 16 Nov 1897
in Alvord, IA
Children :
Ancestors of Florence Keegan Florence Keegan (1899-1974)
Ancestors of Percy Keegan Descendants of Percy Keegan Percy Keegan (1900-1982)
Ancestors of Clarence Keegan Descendants of Clarence Keegan Clarence Keegan (1901-1985)
Ancestors of Irma Keegan Descendants of Irma Keegan Irma Keegan (1903-1966)
Ancestors of Kathryn Keegan Descendants of Kathryn Keegan Kathryn Keegan (1905-1972)
Ancestors of Clement Keegan Clement Keegan (1907-1973)
Ancestors of Arlene Keegan Descendants of Arlene Keegan Arlene Keegan (1910-2001)
Ancestors of Margaret Keegan Descendants of Margaret Keegan Margaret Keegan (1913-1980)
Siblings :
Ancestors of Thomas O'Meara Descendants of Thomas O'Meara Thomas O'Meara (1862-1940)
Ancestors of James O'Meara Descendants of James O'Meara James O'Meara (1863-1926)
Ancestors of Dennis O'Meara Dennis O'Meara (1865-1885)
Ancestors of Ellen O'Meara Descendants of Ellen O'Meara Ellen O'Meara (1866-1932)
Ancestors of Jennie O'Meara Descendants of Jennie O'Meara Jennie O'Meara (1869-1932)
Ancestors of John O'Meara John O'Meara (1872-1900)
Ancestors of Michael O'Meara Descendants of Michael O'Meara Michael O'Meara (1873-1954)
Ancestors of Daniel O'Meara Daniel O'Meara (1878-1965)
Record Owner : rudy.r
Rel. to Owner : Great-Grandmother
Database ID : 13
Date Created : 16 Nov 1997
Last Updated : 16 Jan 2009

Date : 05 Dec 1929
Location : St. Mary's Cemetery, Rock Valley, IA

Last Rites for Mrs. James Keegan

 

Mrs. James Keegan, nee Kathryn O'Mara, whose death was briefly mentioned in last week's Bee, passed away at her home northwest of Rock Valley, December 2, 1929, following an illness of six weeks in the Sacred Heart hospital, in LeMars. A few days before her death she was removed from the hospital to her home, as it was evident that nothing further could be done for her.

Mrs. Keegan had lived in this vicinity for thirty-five years, having come to northwest Iowa in 1894. After coming here, she taught school for three years, and on November 16, 1897, she was united in marriage to James Keegan, who survives her. She was a woman who was loved and respected by all who knew her, and she will be greatly missed not only in her home but also in this community where she spent so many years of her life.

Mrs. Keegan was born at Petersville, Iowa, August 13, 1876, where she received her early training and grew to womanhood.

Besides her husband, she leaves to mourn her death eight children, Percy, Kathryn, Clement, and Margaret at home, Arlene of Sioux City, Florence of Denver, Colorado, Irma of Maurice, Iowa, and Clarence of Inwood. She also leaves two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Smith, of Alvord, Iowa; Mrs. John Clark, of Aneta, N. Dak; Mr. T.J. O'Mara, of Farmington, Minn., and Daniel O'Mara of Aneta, N. Dak, and two grand children, Charles Buckley and Mary Ellen Keegan.

Funeral Services were held from St. Mary's church in Rock Valley at nine o'clock last Thursday morning. The services were largely attended by sympathizing friends.
 
Rock Valley Bee - Dec 13, 1929

Rose Slavin - line 26

Source - Year: 1880; Census Place: Waterford, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: 334; Family History Film: 1254334; Page: 47B; Enumeration District: 284; Image: 0095.

Rose Slavin - line 1

Source - Year: 1885; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Waterford, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: IA1885_169; Image: 37



Source - Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937

Keegan, Michael (line 36)

Keegan, James W. (line 47)

Source - Year: 1900; Census Place: Doon, Lyon, Iowa; Roll: T623 445; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55

KEEGAN, JAMES W.

James W. Keegan is one of the younger agriculturists of Lyon County, and that knowledge and skill which should characterize the modern farmer mark his management of the family estate in Doon Township. He gives the closest attention to his work, and is becoming widely known as one of the progressive and up-to-date tillers of the earth in this part of the state.

Mr. Keegan was born in 1868 on a farm in Clinton County, Iowa, where his father, James Keegan, of Irish birth, had long been established. The father who came to this country was an old settler in Lyon County, where he died in March 1895.

James W. Keegan was the youngest born in a family of four children, and grew to manhood in Clinton County, where he was inured to hard farm work and trained to steady labor. When his parents removed to Lyon County in 1886, he assisted them in their removal to what was then a frontier, and assisted his father in the development of the farm, being the southwest quarter of section 31, Doon Township. He remained with his father until the death of that gentleman in 1895. From 1893 he ran the farm as a family concern with his brother until 1895, when the property was divided. James W. Keegan now owns a place comprising one hundred and ninety acres, all cultivated, and provided with a most desirable set of farm buildings and a grove that was planted in 1888.

Mr. Keegan was married in 1897 to Miss Katie O'Meara, a daughter of John O'Meara and a native of Clinton County, Iowa. By this union Mr. Keegan has become the father of four children: Florence, Percy, Clarence and Irma. Both he and his wife are well thought of in the community, where they have many friends and well wishers, won at first by their open hearted kindliness, but retained by solid worth and genuine character.

Source - Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. (1905)

Keegan, James (line 74)

Keegan, Michael (line 91)

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Doon, Lyon, Iowa; Roll: T624_406; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 1027.

Keegan, Mrs. Mary (Margaret) (line 76)

Keegan, James (line 85)

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Doon, Lyon, Iowa; Roll: T625_497; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 902.

Page 1 of 3

Keegan, James (line 102)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Doon, Doon, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1822; Image: 84

Page 2 of 3

Keegan, James (line 102)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Doon, Doon, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1822; Image: 85

Page 3 of 3

Keegan, James (line 102)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Doon, Doon, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1822; Image: 86

Last Rites for Mrs. James Keegan

Mrs. James Keegan, nee Kathryn O'Mara, whose death was briefly mentioned in last week's Bee, passed away at her home northwest of Rock Valley, December 2, 1929, following an illness of six weeks in the Sacred Heart hospital, in LeMars. A few days before her death she was removed from the hospital to her home, as it was evident that nothing further could be done for her.

Mrs. Keegan had lived in this vicinity for thirty-five years, having come to northwest Iowa in 1894. After coming here, she taught school for three years, and on November 16, 1897, she was united in marriage to James Keegan, who survives her. She was a woman who was loved and respected by all who knew her, and she will be greatly missed not only in her home but also in this community where she spent so many years of her life.

Mrs. Keegan was born at Petersville, Iowa, August 13, 1876, where she received her early training and grew to womanhood.

Besides her husband, she leaves to mourn her death eight children, Percy, Kathryn, Clement, and Margaret at home, Arlene of Sioux City, Florence of Denver, Colorado, Irma of Maurice, Iowa, and Clarence of Inwood. She also leaves two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Smith, of Alvord, Iowa; Mrs. John Clark, of Aneta, N. Dak; Mr. T.J. O'Mara, of Farmington, Minn., and Daniel O'Mara of Aneta, N. Dak, and two grand children, Charles Buckley and Mary Ellen Keegan.

Funeral Services were held from St. Mary's church in Rock Valley at nine o'clock last Thursday morning. The services were largely attended by sympathizing friends.

Source - Rock Valley Bee - Dec 13, 1929

When my mother [Kathryn O'Meara] was about 9 and Uncle Dan [Daniel O'Meara] about 7 both their parents were dead. The children were taken to Kemptville, Ontario, Canada. My mother lived there until she was 16. She then came to Alvord, Iowa and lived with her sister Jennie [Jane] Smith. She taught school near there until she married my father [James Keegan]. Dan stayed there until he was a young man. Then came to Anita, North Dakota where his sister Nell [Ellen O'Meara] and family lived. He was a mail carrier all his life.

Source - Arlene Keegan Rimmer Remembers

Kathryn O'Meara
Aug 13
1876
Birth
Birth of Kathryn O'Meara
Jul 08
1877
Age 0
Death of father, John O'Meara
Jun
1880
Age 3
Lived in Waterford, Clinton, Iowa (Census)

1885
Age 8
Lived in Waterford, Clinton, Iowa (Census)
Jul 22
1886
Age 9
Death of mother, Rose Slavin
Nov 16
1897
Age 21
Married to James Keegan
Apr 08
1899
Age 22
Birth of child, Florence Keegan
Apr 16
1900
Age 23
Birth of child, Percy Keegan
Jun
1900
Age 23
Lived in Doon, Lyon, Iowa (Census)
Dec 14
1901
Age 25
Birth of child, Clarence Keegan
Jun 06
1903
Age 26
Birth of child, Irma Keegan
Nov 10
1905
Age 29
Birth of child, Kathryn Keegan
Aug 11
1907
Age 30
Birth of child, Clement Keegan
Apr
1910
Age 33
Lived in Doon, Lyon, Iowa (Census)
Oct 09
1910
Age 34
Birth of child, Arlene Keegan
Sep 12
1913
Age 37
Birth of child, Margaret Keegan
Jan
1920
Age 43
Lived in Doon, Lyon, Iowa (Census)

1925
Age 48
Lived in Doon, Doon, Iowa (Census)
Dec 02
1929
Age 53
Death of Kathryn O'Meara


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