William Kenna, Jr.

1842 - 1864  (21 years)

• Name	William Kenna
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	25 Sep 1842	Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	6 Oct 1863	Washington, DC   [1, 2]
  	Private, Co M, 2nd Regiment, NY Heavy Artillery Volunteers
  	Age: 21
  	Roster for 2nd NY Heavy Artillery: https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Artillery/2ndArtCW_Roster.pdf "KENNA, WILLIAM. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, October 6, 1863, at Fort Corcoran, Va.; mustered in as private, Co. M, October 6, 1863, to serve three years; killed in action, May 31, 1864, at Pamunkey river, Va."
  Death	31 May 1864	Cold Harbor, VA   [1]
  Notes	Also found as: Wm Kanna, and Wm Kenny [1] James Kana and Mary O'Roark testified on 12 Jan 1878 that they were present at his birth. [1]
  Person ID	I212	Default
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	William Kenna, Sr.,   b. abt. 1815, County Cook, Ireland d. 2 Feb 1881, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Fox,   b. 1818, Limerick, Ireland d. 11 Mar 1899, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1837 or earlier	Ireland
  	They were married when they immigrated on the Ship Troy
  Albums		Passenger Ship Troy 13 JUL 1839 (7) The "Troy" arrived at the port of New York July 13,1839 from Liverpool, England. This ship was built in 1834 in New York, the builder was "Brown & Bell", the owners were a family named "Macy". It was renamed "Aristides" when sold foreign prior to 1858. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Brian - 18 October 1997] http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipt.htm Page 4 has information on William and Mary Kenna. The columns are: Name, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, Country From, Country to Inhabit William (Wm) Kenna is 23, a Farmer from Ireland, and his wife Mary is 23 too.
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Burial Book for St. Mary's Old Cemetery A page from the book that lists Kenna's and O'Rourke's
  		1855 NY State Census - William Kenna (Kana) and Mary Fox Little Falls, Herkimer, NY. It shows that William and Mary have been living in Little Falls for 12 years and that William is a naturalized citizen. Mary's mother (Catherine, widowed) and sister (Margaret) are living with them and have been in Little Falls for 5 years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] Civil War Pension File - Mary Kenna, (NARA). [S105] Civil War Service Record - William Kenna Jr.