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James Keegan was born on Shrove Tuesday in 1803, in the Village, on the hill of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. His father's name was John Keegan and his mother's name was Annie Fowler. His grandfather's christian name was probably John, and his grandmother's name was Cathrine Reynolds (they were fr...

James' brother John came to the U.S. sometime after James and lived in several places before he moved to Van Buren. He lived on a portion of the Keegan farm that he bought from James (this farm was later owned by Peter Charles). John sold the farm back to James sometime between 1844 and 1848 and mov...

I have traced my father's mother's side back 3 generations in Maine and 2 more generations in Ireland, but I can't find anything on his father's side. Dad's mother was Evelyn (Evie) Keegan daughter of James and Marie Bourgoin. I think his father was a Eugene Lurrett (sp). Some stories I have heard t...