Brief Life History of James
When James Killen was born in 1884, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Killen, was 27 and his mother, Mary Jane Kernohan, was 27. He married Jeanie CAMERON on 29 October 1909, in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He lived in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891 and Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901.
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- James Killen in household of William Killen, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Killen -
- James Killen in household of William Killen, "Scotland Census, 1901"
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1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1885 · Creation of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
The post of Secretary for Scotland was established in 1885 after the need arose after establishing different departments for the benefit of the communities.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
Irish (Down and Antrim): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coilín ‘son of Colin’. According to MacLysaght, the name was that of a gallowglass family from Scotland taken to Ireland by the O'Donnells.
Irish (Down and Antrim): variant of Killeen .
German: patronymic from Kill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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