Rebecca Keeney

28 July 1788–after 1860 (Age 71)
East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Rebecca

When Rebecca Keeney was born on 28 July 1788, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, David Keeney I, was 35 and her mother, Jerusha Morley, was 26. She married Abner House Jr about 1809, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. She died after 1860, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Abner House Jr
1786–1860
Rebecca Keeney
1788–1860
Marriage: about 1809

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World Events (8)

1789
Age 1
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 14
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
1808
Age 20
Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

(1997: 3609;2007: 6865; 2010: 9294)Irish: variant of Keaney .Americanized form of Swiss German Kühni, Kühne (see Kuehn ), or German Kiene or Kiener .

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

Possible Related Names

Keaney

Sources (11)

  • Rebeckah Kuny, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Rebeca House in household of Abner House, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Rebecca House in household of Abner House, "United States Census, 1850"

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