Brief Life History of Thomas Raymond
When Thomas Raymond Keegan was born on 16 September 1887, in Comanche, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Samuel Lawrence Keegan, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Lane Keegan Carney, was 26. He married Edith Julia Tedford on 3 November 1909, in Comanche, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 3 June 1961, in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Ray T Keegan, "United States Census, 1930"
- T R Keegan, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Thomas Raymond Keegan, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamonn, Liam, Bridie, Colum, Fintan, Francis Pat, Kieran, Niall.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin ‘son of Aodhagán’. Aodhagán is a double diminutive of the old Irish personal name Aodh ‘fire’. See McKay .
History: Mac Aodhagáin was a learned family in Connacht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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