Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Capt. Abram Kean 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 8 Jul 1855 - Flowers Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 172
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 May 1945 - Flowers Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 89) 172
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
       Children:
                1. Capt. Joseph William Kean
Notes
General:
051213:

This is the famous, or possibly infamous, sealing captain, who was at least partially responsible for the loss of life in the Great Sealing Disaster.

Ship's Captained:

SS Beothic
SS Prospero
SS Esquimaux
SS Wolf
SS Hope
SS Aurora
SS Stephano

Joseph Lewis Kean 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir Sep 1918 - Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada 5869
    Christening: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Capt. Joseph William Kean 5191
         Mother: Jessie Emily Lewis 45,146
Notes
General:
051213:

If one can believe Jessie Kean's diaries, she was impregnated at the age of 12 by Capt. Joe Kean, who died in the FLORIZEL tragedy before the child was born. Of course, that means there was no one left living to support who the true father would have been. Clearly, Jessie was raped, though she tries to make it appear as a love affair in her diary, which appears to have been written many years later as a sort of personal catharsis. It is possible that Joe Kean was the father, though he was as old as her own father at the time. It is equally possible that she could have been abused by her own father. We will never know unless her son, whom she named Joe Kean Lewis or Joe Lewis Kean were to submit to a DNA test. But he is most likely deceased now.

Capt. Joseph William Kean 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Sep 1873 - Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
    Christening: 
          Death: 23 Feb 1918 - Cappahayden, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 44) 5869
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: Lost at Sea, victim of sinking of FLORIZEL

Events

•  Occupation: Captain of sealing vessels for Bowering Bros., Bef 1918, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Capt. Abram Kean 5190
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jessie Emily Lewis 45,146 
    Partnership: 
       Children:
                1. Joseph Lewis Kean

2. Flora Hann
       Marriage: Cir 1905 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
       Children:
                1. Mabel Kean
                2. Madeline Kean
Mabel Kean 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Oct 1906 - Wesleyville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5190
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Parents 
         Father: Capt. Joseph William Kean 5191
         Mother: Flora Hann
Madeline Kean 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Dec 1915 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5190
    Christening: 
          Death: 3 Mar 2000 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 84) 5190
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Capt. Joseph William Kean 5191
         Mother: Flora Hann
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: James Maurice Kearney 14
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: James Maurice Kearney 14
         Mother: Living
Emily Kearney 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1863 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
    Christening: 
          Death: 21 May 1936 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 73)
         Burial: After 21 May 1936 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Michael Condon Kearney 2179
         Mother: Bridget Blackler
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph J. Wadden
       Marriage:
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living

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