It’s always a delight to come across another researcher interested in the Heenan surname. Walt Heenan has been trying to break through a brick wall with his family line which involves a family who settled in New York in the … Continue reading →
Soldiers traumatised by the horrors of World War 1, were confronted by a new nightmare in 1918. The last year of the war marked the beginning of three deadly outbreaks of influenza across the world. ‘Spanish flu’, as it became … Continue reading →
I came across a curious item yesterday from the Essex Newsman newspaper published on October 7 1905. Headlined “Death of Mrs W E J Heenan” it announced the recent death of the wife of a man living in Southend, a … Continue reading →
My update for November is a little later than planned but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some of my progress in researching the Heenan surname. Military records My research on soldiers with the Heenan surname who were killed … Continue reading →
When is Heenan not Heenan? No that isn’t a trick question. Census enumerators in England and Wales clearly had a problem with the Heenan surname. Perhaps the householder trying to answer their questions had a strong Irish accident so the … Continue reading →
Today’s obituary, which comes from the Boston Daily Globe, Massachusetts of 2nd Feb 1911, relates to John Heenan, a veteran of the American Civil War. JOHN HEENAN DIES AT THE AGE OF 86 John Heenan, aged 86 years, the oldest … Continue reading →