An 1854 Irish Wedding

I’m a little bit late on this article. Ideally, it would have been posted on the 170th anniversary of the wedding, last month. On the 27th of February 1854, my immigrant ancestors, John Charles Keating and Julia Ann Hyland, were Read More …

An Account Of John Charles Keating

There are two letters written by children of John C. Keating that helped me start my research. Though written many years after the events described, and I’ve since found that some of the details (such as dates) are not precise, Read More …

2009 Annual Reunion for the Frostburg, Maryland Keatings

The annual reunion of the “Frostburg Maryland Keatings” will be held on Saturday, 27 June 2009, in Glenelg, Maryland. Although most of the attendees are the families of John and Sara (Pope) Keating, descendants of John and Julia (Hyland) Keating, Read More …

Mrs. Mary E. (Keating) Cronin (January 1857 – 12 March 1940)

Mrs. Mary E. Cronin Mrs. Mary E. Cronin, 84, widow of Patrick Cronin, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Katherine Hawkins, 109 South Smallwood street, following a protracted illness. She was a daughter of the late Read More …

Julia (Hyland) Keating (c.1825 – 1907)

Died: At the residence of John Counihan, this place, Thursday evening, August 22, 1907, Mrs. Julia Keating, aged 82 years. Mrs. Keating, born in Ireland, came to this country in 1852, and here she reared several daughters and sons, surviving Read More …