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Rebecca McKeown

Rebecca McKeown

Born
1787-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1848-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female

I'm looking for records of my 5th great-grandmother, Rebecca McKeown (1787 - 1848).

She was born and raised in Ballykennedy, County Antrim.

She (possibly) married my 5th great-grandfather, Joseph Sloss (1782 - 1865); she had at least 1 child with Joseph, named Robert Sloss (1800 - 1875).

And Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sloss lived in Crew, in the town of Maghera, County Derry, after Rebecca married Joseph Sloss.

She died in Crew in 1848.

If she didn't live in Crew at the time of her death, she could have lived elsewhere, in Derry.

And if she wasn't from County Antrim, then she may have simply been from Derry.

Her father is Arthur McKeown; I don't have any information on a possible mother or siblings for her.

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

Derry

Co. Derry, also known as Londonderry or Doire in Irish, is one of the six counties in Northern Ireland.  Derry is famous for its old intact city walls which surround the old city and also for the pretty Sperrin Mountains and Lough Neagh.  We have a population of approximately 247,132.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Drumcroon House

    Location: Derry

    Drumcroon, Macosquin, Coleraine, Co Derry

  • Cumber Upper Parish Church (COI)

    Location: Derry

    71 Cumber Rd, Claudy, Londonderry BT47 4JA

  • Guildhall

    Location: Derry

  • Long Tower

    Location: Derry

Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Macosquin in 1837

    <p>From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1950s

    1958 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1958-09-28 12:00:00

  • 1990s

    1993 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1993-09-19 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland

    <p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>

    1832-09-13 12:00:00

Rebecca McKeown