Hi Siobhan,
I will see if I can help you.
McKeon is not too common unlike Clarke. My first port of call would be irishgenealogy.ie, I had a quick look at the deaths up to 1901 for a start and there a quite a few there, but not all the images are not available to view yet, but they will come onlien, so keep an eye on them. Look up to 1901 as that takes you to the 1901 Census in Pollafree. You would be looking for the death of her parents, hoping that she was present when they died.
My own great grand mothers marriage cert stated her residence at the time of her marriage, her maiden name was Smith and I could never find her parents and it was a chance discussion with one of my older relatives about this issue when he said that she was living with her grandparents when she got married as her parents were in Scotland, so there can be reasons for the residence not to be where her parents are.
I could not find a registered death for Ann McKeon, but I did find a note of Grant of Probate for her on the will calenders for 1918 from Drumallaght, which is close to Pollafree. I looked at the marriage cert for Bernard McKeon and his fathers name is missing also.
I found the marriage for Ann McKeown to Thomas Skelly on Roots Ireland 27-Nov-1884, again no father mentioned and for some reason not on the civil registrations, but Owen is there as a witness. I am guessing it is their daughter that is with Bernard McKeown in 1901.
Parish / District:DENN
County:Co. Cavan
Husband
WifeName:ThomasSkelly
AnneMcKeonAddress:Castlerahan
DennDenomination:Roman Catholic
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Husband's Father
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Husband's Mother
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Witness 1
Witness 2 Name:Owen McKeon
Margaret Monaghan Address: I did find a baptism for Owen and it states that his father was Bernard Name: They had another Owen in 1848, so I presume the first one had died by then
Owen McKeon Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism:07-Jan-1844Address:
Parish/District:CROSSERLOUGH Gender: Male County Co. Cavan
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Bernard McKeon Mother:Ellen Mulligan Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Andrew Maguire Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Bridget Mulligan
Notes:
DATE BASED ON PREVIOUS ENTRY.
I looked up Griffiths Valuation and I found in 1857 Mary McKeon see this link in Pullafree http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…;
See if you can find a death for her.
I know a little about Lakeland as my mother came from there and there were McKeons living there at one time, I used to visit them, would there be a link?
I dont know anyone in Pullafree and perhaps if you wrote to the the churches in Denn or Crosserlough and ask that your query be mentioned in the parish bulletin it might raise some local knowledge for you.
It is difficult geting back before civil registration started and hopefully I have given you some other clues to look at. Also look online for grave transcriptions, they are good substitutes where civil records are missing. Not all graves are recorded but volunteers are getting around to putting a few more on line all the time.
Regards and best wishes in your search. Carmel O'Callaghan
