Keelan, James Dudley

1864 - 1942  (78 years)

• Name	Keelan, James Dudley
  Birth	29 Feb 1864	, , , Canada
  Gender	Male
  1870 Census	1870	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page
  Listed living with parents a ge 6 born in Canada Kaukauna Film # 295697, page 7;
  	1870 Census Kaukauna page 07 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1880 Census	1880	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 23
  Listed living with parents aged 16 born in Canada
  1895 State Census	1895	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1895 Census Kaukauna; James Keelan listed as head of household of 2 mal es and 4 females, 6 born in the US.
  1900 Census	1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  ED89 Page 02a
  Listed living with wife and 6 childr en age 36 born Feb 1864 in Canada married 18 years occupation Farmer
  News Mention	9 Sep 1904
  Kaukauna Times
  1904 Kaukauna Times dated 9/09/1904; Kaukauna - Jas. D. Keelan and daughter Rose Sundayed at DePere.
  1905 State Census	1905	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 03
  Listed living with wife and 6 children a ge 41 born in Canada occupation Farmer. 41 James 36 Mary 17 Rose 16 Liza (elizabeth) 13 Arthur 11 Dora (sara) 9 Earl 7 Henry
  News Mention	17 Jan 1908
  Kaukauna Times
  1908 Kaukauna Times dated 1/17/1908; James Keelan of Kaukauna listed as survivor of father Michael Keelan.
  1910 Census	1910	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  James D Keillor46 Mary E Keillor41 Rose A Keillor22 Mary E Keillor20 Jr James A Keillor18 Sarah T Keillor15 Earl S Keillor14 Henry A Keillor12 Ruth I Keillor4 Francis K Keillor2
  Biography	1911  [1]
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0956
  JAMES D. KEELAN, a well-known farmer of the town of Kaukauna, was born February 29, 1864, in Canada. Michael Keelan, his father, was a son of James Keelan, and both were natives of Ireland. The family immigrated to America in 1840, first settling in Vermont, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits. Later the home of the family was established in Canada.. Michael Keelan was born in 1833, and was one of a family of seven children. Upon the death of his father, James Keelan, he came with his widowed mother, whose maiden name was Mary Mohan, to the United States in 1865, and se tled in Wisconsin. Here his mother died in 1885 at seventy-six years of age. Michael Keelan married Sarah Donley, a native of Toronto, Ontario, and they walked north from Kaukauna to the McCabe farm and purchased land upon which they erected their first home, a log cabin. Their land swas heavily timbered, but this was eventually cleared by hand. In the course of time the rude cabin was replaced by a more modern one; economy enabled them to procure utensils befitting the times, and they gradually prospered in material welfare and in the esteem of their neighbors.In 1902, Mr. and Mrs. Keelan moved to the city of Kaukauna, where Mr. Keelan died in 1907, aged seventy-four years, and is yet survived by his widow at the age of sixty-seven. They were the parents of ten children, four of whom are now living, viz.: James D., Mary, John A. and Bernard J. James D. Keelan, the subject of this sketch, received all his scholastic training in the Dent School, at Snyderville. He remained on the home farm until twenty-three years old, then married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Delima) Houle. The parents of Mrs. Keelan came from Canada to Brown county, Wisconsin, in the '50s, and both died in 1906, the father aged seventy-seven and the mother seventy-one. James D. Keelan bought land near the old homestead after his marriage, but one year later moved to Oshkosh, where he worked at his trade of carpenter six years. He then returned to Outagamie county, and has since resided on his present farm. Mr. Keelan has held several town offices, among which were supervisor four years, treasurer six years and school clerk nine years. He and his wife are the parents of eight children: Rose, James, Arthur, Elizabeth, Sarah, Earl, Henry, Ruth and Camilla. The family belong to St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church at Wrightstown.
  	Keelan, James D. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  James D Keelan55 Mary E Keelan50 Sarah T Keelan25 Ruth A Keelan13 Camilla F Keelan12
  1930 Census	1930	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  James D Keelan66 Mary E Keelan62 Sarah T Keelan34 Camillia F Keelan22
  1940 Census	1940	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Dora T Keelan45 (sic) Sara James D Keelan76 Widowed Father
  Death	3 Jun 1942	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Obituary	Aft 3 Jun 1942
  	Keelan, James D. Obituary
  Burial	Mount Olivet Cemetery And Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  	Name: James D. Keelan Date of Death: 6/3/1942 Date of Burial: 6/6/1942 Age at Death: 78 Marital Status: Widowed Last Address: 1606 Sunnyside, Chicago, Il Funeral Home: Niemann & So Cemetery: Mount Olivet Cemetery Location: Block: 8 Section: 1 Row: Lot: 6 Grave:
  Person ID	I3489	1FamilyTree | kathleenRees206722
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Keelan, Michael,   b. 16 Oct 1834, , County Monahan, Ireland d. 12 Jan 1908, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Donnelly, Sarah,   b. Abt Sep 1844, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Apr 1926, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 81 years)
  Family ID	F1870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Houle, Mary Elizabeth,   b. Abt Jul 1868, , , Wisconsin, USA d. 23 Jun 1938 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt May 1887	, , Wisconsin, USA
  News Mention (Family)	3 Jun 1887
  Kaukauna Sun
  Jas Keelan married Mary Hule of Little Rapids, see Kaukauna Sun dated 6/03/1887
  Children	1. Keelan, Sister Rose Clare,   b. Abt Apr 1888, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 3 Jan 1969 (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Keelan, Elizabeth,   b. 23 Apr 1889, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 12 Sep 1934, Rhinelander, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA (Age 45 years)   3. Keelan, Arthur,   b. 17 Aug 1891, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. Aft 1942 (Age 51 years)   4. Keelan, Sarah,   b. 26 Jun 1894, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 11 Apr 1974, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 79 years) + 5. Keelan, Earl,   b. 16 Dec 1895, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 3 Jun 1977, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)   6. Keelan, Henry Arnold,   b. 3 Sep 1897, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 24 Aug 1951, River Grove, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 53 years)   7. Keelan, Ruth,   b. 4 Jan 1906, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Oct 1960, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 54 years)   8. Keelan, Camilla,   b. Abt 1908   d. Abt 1958 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F1871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2012

  
  

• Photos

  Keelan, James Dudley photo courtesy of Thomas Hanrahan

  
  

• Sources

  [S1010] Thomas Henry Ryan, History of Outagamie County, (Published by: Chicago, Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, 1391 pages. Being a General Survey of Outagamie County History including a History of the Cities, Towns and Villages throughout the County, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present), page 0956.