Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Charles Winfield KEENEN
This highly respected naive of Chester Co., Pennsylvania was the third child and third son of William Samuel KEENEN and Mary Ella (nee WOODWARD) KEENEN. Husband of Anna Florence GRAY. They had three children: Lowell V. (Vernon?) KEENEN (1923 - 1923); Millicent D.(Drucilla?) KEENEN (1924 - 1925); and Alan Winfield KEENEN (1926 - ). "Win", as he was known, served in WWI in the U.S. Navy as a Machinist Mate on the Submarine Chaser # 93. After the war, he was an auto mechanic, owning his own garage, Mohican Garage in Kennett Square, PA. He served as the Fire Chief of the Kennett Square Volunteer Fire Department for 14 years until his untimely death in 1941 at the age of 51.
Literally just days before his death, 'Win' was married for the second time to Elda Crossan leaving her a widow only 4 days after their marriage on Oct. 25, 1941.
Cause of Death: Heart Attack.
"Win" took the surname of KEENEN, the same spelling as his father (William) and grandfather (John), but different from his great grandfather, James KEENAN. The family Irish/Gaelic surname was originally: O'Cianain.
Keenan (Cianán) is a male Irish name which means "ancient, distant". Keenan is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cianán which is a diminutive of Cian. The Ó Cianáin clan (Keenan) were the traditional historians to the McGuire clan.
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