Goran Jonasson Keen

Brief Life History of Goran Jonasson

When Goran Jonasson Keen was born in 1681, in Upland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jonas Keen, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Greenwich, was 37. He married Anna Gastenberg on 30 October 1705, in British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 10 April 1736, in Swedesboro, Woolwich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Swedesboro, Woolwich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.

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Goran Jonasson Keen
1681–1736
Helena Mullica
1691–1740
Marriage: November 1706
Margaret Keen
1706–1772
Margaret Keen
1710–
Eric Keen
1708–
Catharine Keen
1710–1760
Helena Kyhn
1713–1723
Rebecca Keen
1715–1715
George Keen
1717–1736
Elizabeth Keen
1719–
Susanna Keen
1723–1723
Rebecca Keen
1723–1723

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Goran Jonasson Keen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Goran or George Jonasson or Kuhn
  • The Records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786 — FamilySearch.org- Raccoon is now Swedesboro

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1683

Historical Boundaries and Names: 1683: Raccoon, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1710: Raccoon, Gloucester, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1767: Swedesborough, Woolwich Township, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Swedesborough, Woolrich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States 1893: Swedesboro, Woolrich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States 1902: Swedesboro Borough, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States

1686

Historical Boundaries 1686: Gloucester, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Gloucester, New Jersey, United States

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Kene, a short form of Old English names formed with either Cēn- (from cēn ‘keen’) or Cyne- (from cyne-, combining form of cynn ‘kin, family’).

English: nickname from Middle English kene ‘wise, brave, proud, keen’.

Dutch and North German: from a pet form of the personal name Christianus (see Christian ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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