Children of CHARLES KEENAN and MARY WOODWARD are:
BERTHA ELIZABETH 2 KEENAN, b. March 11, 1886, Nebraska; d. December 1969, El Cajon, CA.
RAYMOND GILBERT KEENAN, b. 1889, San Diego, CA; d. July 11, 1954, San Diego, CA.
The 1900 census of Minden City has Mary, widowed, so Charles must have died before 1900. She has Bertha and Raymond with her
In 1913 the Pioneer reported "Mrs. Mary Keenan arrived last Friday from her home in San Diego, Calif., for an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Jennie Woodward; her sister, Mrs. J.L. Dickson, and her brother, Frank Woodward."
The Yuma Pioneer of October 3, 1913 reported 'Mrs. Jennie Woodard (sic) and Mrs. Mary Keenan departed today for an extended visit with relatives and friends in Kansas City and points in Nebraska and Kansas.' Jennie Woodward was Mary's mother, and Jennie was living in Yuma with her youngest daughter Ruby at the time.
Generation No. 2
2. BERTHA ELIZABETH KEENAN was born March 11, 1886 in Nebraska 1, and died December 1969 in El Cajon, CA. She married HARRY FREDERICK JAMES ALLEN August 05, 1913 in San Diego, California. He was born December 21, 1867 in Greenlaw, Glencross, Scotland, and died March 22, 1932.
Child of BERTHA KEENAN and HARRY ALLEN is:
FREDERIC RAY ALLEN, b. August 12, 1914, San Diego, California.
RAYMOND GILBERT KEENAN was born 1889 in San Diego, CA, and died July 11, 1954 in San Diego, CA. He married GRACE SERAFINA CONNORS (October 6, 1888 - December 20, 1966).
Children of RAYMOND KEENAN and GRACE CONNORS are:
i. CHARLES KEENAN.
ii. REYE LUISA KEENAN, b. June 15, 1910, San Diego, CA; d. March 08, 1999, Walla Walla, WA.
Generation No. 3
4. FREDERIC RAY ALLEN was born August 12, 1914 in San Diego, California. He married CLARA MARIE BOLLO August 10, 1941 in San Diego, California. She was born December 15, 1913 in San Diego, California.
Children of FREDERIC ALLEN and CLARA BOLLO are:
FORREST BOLLO ALLEN, b. July 01, 1949, San Diego, California
LESLIE ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. March 30, 1955, San Diego, California
KATHERINE EMILY ALLEN, b. October 01, 1956, San Diego, California
VICTORIA WOODWARD ALLEN, b. July 25, 1958, San Diego, California
5. REYE LUISA KEENAN was born June 15, 1910 in San Diego, CA, and died March 08, 1999 in Walla Walla, WA. She married MARK TOMAS. He was born December 26, 1911, and died May 1972 in San Diego, CA.
Fred - Chuck Rey "Grandy" Bertha - "Uncle Ray" with fishing pole
Ray Keenan (holding dog "Peggy"), Grace, Reye, Mary E Woodward Keenan (Grandy), Bertha, Charles "Chuck" Keenan, Frederic, Harry Frederic James Allen.
Bertha Keenan Allen, Frederic Allen, Mary E Woodward Keenan, Forrest Allen (infant). Four generations! This must have been the latter half of 1949, because I was born in July, and I (Forrest Allen - the contributor) look pretty young; that would make Bertha about 63, and Mary E about 81.
Joyce JAMESON Lutes went to a one-room elementary school in the sandhills of Thomas County, Nebraska (way north of North Platte). She and her brother had to live with their grandparents in Wray, Colorado to go to high school. Bert and Jennie (Joyce's aunt) Monk would keep them on weekends, and Joyce wrote in 2011:
"On several occasions boxes of clothing would arrive from the West Coast; sent by Aunt Mary. The Monk families would get together and distribute the contents of the boxes. Each family would get to choose what they wanted and go around in that sequence until the lovely clothing was gone. Everyone was so excited and marvelled at such beautiful and good quality clothing. I was especially excited because they let me draw a number and I received some beautiful items that my family could never have afforded and I felt well dressed and proud and I was so grateful to be included in such a loving family. I'm sure Aunt Mary received letters of thanks from the families she helped. It would have been so nice if she could have seen the joy and thankfulness expressed at these times by relatives. That was such a wonderful ministry shown by a generous, loving aunt to those less fortunate. I'm sure God blessed her for her efforts and generosity and love shown to others."