KENNA families in New Zealand
I'm just starting to research the KENNA families in New Zealand due to new-found probable link with families in New South Wales, Australia, descendants from Irish peoples of Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Births, Deaths & Marriages Online - New Zealand
MARRIAGES: 1840 to 1930
Grooms:
1922/5639 Marguerite Chapman Richard Lamington Kenna
1899/5057 Margaret Jane Lyon Percy Kenna
1922/4097 Margaret Jane McConnochie Robert George Webb Kenna
1916/13750 Margaret Jane Morgan Leonard George Kenna
1921/1013 Mary Ellen Murphy Robert Boyd Kenna
Brides:
1925/2974 Mona Ray Kenna Harold Miles
1914/3116 Muriel Helen Kenna Horace Leslie Callaway
1923/447 Mary Margaret Kenna James Brown
1901/1360 Catherine Kenna John Albert Rail
1877/3149 Mary M Kenna John Somers
BIRTHS: 1840 to 1960
1909/9760 Kenna Percy Jennings Margaret Jean Percy
1927/13262 Kenna NR Marguerite Richard Lamington
1925/9053 Kenna NR Marguerite Richard Lamington
1901/5667 Kenna Robert George Webb Margaret Jane Percy
DEATHS: 1840 to 2010
1973/32545 Kenna Ellen Mary 14 September 1894
1943/24312 Kenna Helen Williamson Ferguson 86Y
1943/24428 Kenna Percy 86Y
1974/29499 Kenna Robert Boyd 17 July 1894
1974/30689 Kenna Harold 14 December 1924
1943/27143 Kenna John 74Y
1999/24066 Kenna Ita Mary 18 March 1912
1976/27613 Kenna Percy Jennings 26 October 1909
1956/25793 Kenna Kerry Colin 8H
1954/35006 Kenna Timothy 70Y
1959/21044 Kenna Leonard George 79Y
1961/36271 Kenna Richard Lemington 80Y
1964/28684 Kenna Margaret Jane 84Y
1969/32698 Kenna Margaret Jane 93Y
1985/46323 Kenna Samuel Carleton 27 April 1918
1992/46422 Kenna Edward 18 April 1912
1924/1511 Kenna Richard Maurice 70Y
1926/307 Kenna Kathleen 24H
1907/413 Kenna Peter 74Y
2007/22995 Kenna Joyce Agnes 16 November 1924
1985/53947 Kenna Doris Annie 6 July 1894
1934/6199 Kenna Marguerite 36Y
1985/34918 Kenna Mary Eileen 26 March 1912
FamilySearch LDS database seems to have a great deal of KEENA records.
Comments
My Kenna family came to New Zealand from Queenland, settling in Canterbury initially. They were Richard and Helen with their children - Robert Boyd, Bessie May, Murial Helen, Leonard George, Mona Ray, Richard Lamington. There was 1 more child who died as an infant in Queensland, James Morrissey.
Doris Annie Kenna was the second wife of Robert Boyd.
Richard Morris Kenna was born in Kilkenny and I think but am not sure that his mother came from Tipperary. Her name was Catherine Morrissey.
Richard's father was James Kenna.
Helen, Richard's wife, was born in Londonderry to William Leckey Ferguson and Mary Given.
Margaret Jane Lyon married Percy Kenna in Knox Church Dunedin. I believe that Percy had come from Youghal, Cork, Ireland via Australia. I think he was married in Australia, had children and left for Nz. I believe that the Australian family didnt know where he had gone and the children believed he had died. He then had another family in NZ
Joyce Agnes Kenna was my grandmother her maiden name is Kinley she married Harold ( Harry) Kenna in Wellington New Zealand he was born in Belfast Northern Ireland December 10 1924, I have no knowledge of his parents and I am trying to find out who they were.