An obituary notice in an Australian newspaper has given me additional information about the family of an Australian politician whose life I researched at the start of this year. Eric Michael Heenan was a survivor of the Spanish flu pandemic … Continue reading →
A sad tale this week in the Heenan In The News series where I share interesting titbits I’ve discovered in old newspapers. This report comes from The Freeman’s Journal on 6 May 1884. KILLED BY A FALL At one … Continue reading →
More than 3,500 people lost their lives as a result of the conflict in Ireland between 14 July 1969 and 31 December 2001. Among them was Eugene “Paddy” (Patrick) Heenan, who was killed when a hand grenade was thrown into … Continue reading →
Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of Heenans I’ve found in my research. The Heenan surname originated … Continue reading →
Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of Heenans I’ve found in my researches. Today, for the first … Continue reading →
This week’s theme in the ” 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is about large families. I covered this topic a little in my recent post “How Big Were the Heenan families?” so this week I am going to take a … Continue reading →