Denis Killeen^[1]

1786 - 1850  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Denis Killeen
  Nickname	Dinnie
  Born	About 1786	Meelick, County Galway, Ireland   [2]
  	Listed as age 18 at time of military enlistment (1804)
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Soldier; carpenter; farmer
  Military	10 Dec 1804	Clonony, King's Co. (Offaly), Ireland   [3]
  	Enlisted with 97th Regiment. For What Period of Service: Unlimited. By Whom Enlisted: Lieut. Kelly.
  Military	25 Dec 1813 - 24 Mar 1814	Halifax, Nova Scotia   [4]
  	Record of pay. Amount issued: 2/12/6 (pounds/shillings/pence)
  Military	23 Dec 1818  [5]
  	Regimental Register of Pensioners
  	Age: 32
  	Pensioned out on 23 Dec 1818. Pension transferred from Kilmainham 26 Aug 1819.
  Emigration	1819	Ireland to Canada
  Military	12 Oct 1819	Quebec City   [6]
  	KILLEEN, Denis, Pensioner from 97th Foot, Report of his arrival at Quebec; authority requested to cover disbursement made to him, Quebec 12-10-1819.
  	Petitions, returns, and correspondence relating to half pay and pensions.
  Address	1820	March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [7]
  	KILLEEN, Denis, from Ireland, settled in March, Ontario on 23 August 1820 [PAOMS154]
  Address	1846	March township, Carleton Co.   [8]
  	Address: Dinis Killian found on the Township of March Collector's Roll, 1
  Died	About 1850	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Made a will dated 24 May 1850. Died before the 1851 census enumeration.
  Will	24 May 1850	March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [9]
  	Memorial of a will made 24 May 1850, registered 9 Feb 1854. Citation: Carleton County Land Registry, March, no. 7142, memorial of will of Denis Killeen, 1854.
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Physical Description	Records for his regiment describe him as 5 ft. 8 when he enlisted (1804), and as 5 ft. 10 at age 22 (1808). Said to have had a "swarthy complexion," with grey eyes and brown hair.  [10]
  Address	Address: Lot 11, Con. 3, March township
  Notes	Found in the Collectors Roll for the Township of March for the Year 1846: Dinis Killian Enlisted in British army in 1804 at age 18. 97th Regiment of Foot. Discharged in 1819. Awarded pension on 26 August 1819 (British Army Pensioners Abroad. Source: WO120 Volume 70, p. 166. Index #6420). As a pensioner, he was among very first settlers of South March. Worked as servant to Captain John Benning Monk until receiving (26 May 1828) a patent from the Crown for the South 1/2 of Lot 11 Con 3 March Township, 100 acres. In 1819, he helped Monk build his temporary residence, a shanty that Monk nicknamed "Mosquito Cove" (Monk later built a stone manor which he named Beechmount, which was destroyed by fire in 1870). Wife Mary Ahearn was also a servant in the Monk household. Listed in May 4, 1821 census of March as "Killeen, Darius, wife, 1 son, 1 daughter."
  Person ID	I135	Moran
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family	Mary Ahern,   b. About 1798, Co. Cork, Ireland ,   d. 1860, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 62 years)  [11]
  Married	26 Jul 1817	St. Nicholas, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland   [12]
  	Type: Church of Ireland
  Witnesses	26 Jul 1817	St. Nicholas, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
  	Pat B. Ahern and Wm. Ahern
  Census	1821	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Denis mistranscribed as "Darius." Darius Killeen head of a household of 4: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child, 1 female child.
  Census	1822	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Killeen, D. named as head of a household of 6: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male child, 3 female children
  Children	+ 1. Ellen Killeen,   b. About 1818, Ireland ,   d. 18 Apr 1882, Pontiac Co., Québec  (Age ~ 64 years)   2. Patrick Killeen,   b. Apr 1820, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1890  (Age ~ 70 years)   3. Hanora Killeen,   b. 10 May 1821, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 2 Mar 1903, Clarendon, Pontiac Co., Québec  (Age 81 years) + 4. Catherine Killeen,   b. About 1822, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 12 Aug 1894, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 72 years)   5. Elizabeth Killeen,   b. About 1825, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada + 6. Bridget Killeen,   b. 14 Apr 1826, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1910, Maniwaki, Québec  (Age 84 years)   7. John Killeen,   b. About 1828, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1906, Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years) + 8. Denis Benjamin Killeen,   b. 1 Dec 1829, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba  (Age 84 years) + 9. William Killeen,   b. About 1832, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. About 1860, Torbolton Township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 28 years) + 10. James Killeen,   b. Nov 1833, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Apr 1896, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana  (Age ~ 62 years)   11. Margaret Jane Killeen,   b. 28 Sep 1835, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1913, Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years) + 12. Thomas Benjamin Killeen,   b. 15 Jan 1837, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1916, Westboro, Nepean, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age 79 years)
  Histories		Our Irish Origins, Roughly Mapped Irish ancestors roughly mapped to their Irish counties of origin
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories		The Queen vs. Kelly, Part I Murder and mayhem in the township of March
  		The Queen vs. Kelly, Part II Murder and mayhem in the township of March

  
  

  Military		Killeen, Denis, Pensioner from 97th foot Report of his arrival at Quebec, in a letter from paymaster Thomas Stott to Major Bowles, military secretary, dated 12 October 1819 British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY. Online at LAC, image 861 of 6173. KILLEEN, Denis.
  		Killeen, Denis, Pensioner, 97th Request to cover disbursements made to ten pensioners, including Denis Killeen, 97th. Letter from paymaster Thomas Stott to Major Bowles, Military Secretary, dated 12 October 1819 British Military and Naval Records. "C" Series [multiple media]. RG 8-I, volume 190, page 162, microfilm reel C-2780

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Early Ottawa Valley Records, Ed. Norman K. Crowder, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S338] British Army Pensioners -- Kilmainham, Ireland 1783-1822. WO119 Kilmainham [S350] Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Class Number: WO 25; Class Title: 97 Foot; Piece Number: 542A; Piece Title: 97 Foot. [S470] UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817. Name: Denis Killeen Start of Muster: 25 Dec 1813 End of Muster: 24 Mar 1814 Stationed or Muster Place: Halifax Regiment or Unit: 98th Regiment of Foot Piece Number: 9730 [S349] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882. Under Trade or Occupation: Carpenter. With physical description: 5/10 Fair [hair] grey [eyes] swarthy [complexion] The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers & Service Records, 1760-1882; Class: WO 120; Piece: 35. [S471] British Military and Naval Records. "C" Series [multiple media]. RG 8 I, volume 190, page 162, microfilm reel C-2780 Available online at FamilySearch [S348] Irish Emigrants in North America [1670-1830], Part Six, Dobson, David, ( Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003), 67. [S130] 1846 Collectors Roll for March Township, transcribed by DeAlton R. Owens, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S351] Carleton County Land Registry. [S160] War Office 120, Pensioner registers, (British government), MG13, WO120, volume 35, page 252, microfilm reel B. [S77] 1851 Census of Canada, (National Archives of Canada), March Township: pp. 7-8. [S436] Dunlevie-Killeen Family Fonds, MG197. Certification of the marriage of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahern [26 Jul 1817], dated 17 Feb 1917, as supplied by the parish of St. Nicholas, Cork, at the request of Thomas L. [Lawrence] Killeen of Ottawa, ON, Canada. [S178] Townships of March and Huntley 1821, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston. [S181] Township of March 1822, Ed. Mildred R. Livingston.