William Killen / Killeen came from the Diocese of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, (possibly Castlebar) circa 1800 and married Bridget Mulloney.
One of their sons, Patrick, emigrated to England where he married Winifred Gray at St. Patrick's RC Chapel, Felling Shore, Heworth, Felling, Gateshead, County Durham in 1856.
Their seven children were all born in Heworth and baptised in the same local Roman Catholic Church where Patrick & Winifred were married.
Below are the names of this branch of the family.
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William Killen born cir 1800, in the Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland (possibly Castlebar?) & Bridget Mulloney born cir 1800 in the Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland (possibly Castlebar?)
Their children were: John Killen born cir 1822 Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland married Anne McCoy Patrick Killen born cir 1828 Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland married Winifred Gray Thomas Killen born cir 1831 Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland? married Margaret Anna Hart SEE KILLEN / HART TREE
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John Killen born cir 1822 Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland & Anne McCoy born 1834 Ireland. They were married April - June 1849 in County Durham England
Their children were:
William Killen born 1850 Lanchester Durham James Killen born 30.10.1853 Felling Durham
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Patrick Killen born cir 1828 Diocese of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland: died 27.6.1869 in Heworth & Winifred Gray born cir 1837 in Kilmacshalagan, County Sligo, Ireland: died 11.7.1904 in Heworth
They were married on 10.5.1856 at St Patrick’s RC Chapel Felling Shore, Heworth, County Durham, England.
Their children were:
William Killen born 17.3.1857 Heworth, Durham: died 11.8.1927 in Gateshead married Honora Gregory born 18.12.1860 in Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, England: died 17.6.1897 in Gateshead
Ellinor Killen born 22.3.1859 Heworth, Durham married Henry Mallon on 21.4.1877 at St. Patrick's Chapel, Felling Shore.
Mary Killen born 15.5.1861 Heworth, Durham married Mr. Daley on 3.5.1886 at St. Patrick's RC Chapel, Felling Shore.
Thomas Killen born 6.9.1863 Heworth, Durham: died at sea on 19.4.1916 during 1st World War.
Patrick Killen born 27.2.1865 Heworth, Durham: died 27.6.1899 Gateshead
Margaret Killen born 9.7.1867 Heworth, Durham: died Jan-Mar 1868 Heworth, Felling, Gateshead
Francis Killen born 22.1.1869 Heworth, Durham: died 28.3.1888 Portsmouth England
{Winifred Gray's parents were Francis Gray, born circa 1817 & Ellen Flannelly, both born in Kilmacshalagan, County Sligo. They had at least 2 other children, Ann, born circa 1834 and Peter, born circa 1839 both in County Sligo.}
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William Killen born 17.3.1857 Heworth, Durham & Honora Gregory born 18.12.1860 in Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London
They were married 22.11.1879 St Mary & St Joseph’s RC Church, Poplars, Middlesex, England.
Their children were:
William Killen born 10.2.1882 Heworth, Durham: died 6.5.1973, Durban, South Africa married Eleanor Rix (born 11.12.1881 Gateshead: died 2.3.1963 Durban, South Africa)
Thomas Killen born 3.2.1885 Heworth, Durham: died 6.11.1918 married Edith Mary Robson (born 19.5.1880 Gateshead: died 27.6.1954 Gateshead)
Sarah Killen born 1.1.1887 Gateshead, Durham married Peter Gallagher (born 1883 Abberwick: died 29.4.1957 Northumberland)
Ellen Killen born 12.7.1888 Gateshead, Durham: died 4.6.1982 Gateshead married James Oliver (born 4.8.1884 Otago, New Zealand: died 9.6.1958)
Winifred Killen born 16.7.1890 Gateshead, Durham married Joseph Coleman
Joseph Killen born 24.12.1891 Heworth, Gateshead, Durham: died 6.1.1933 married Margaret Myers (born 19.5.1892: died 3.3.1974)
Francis Killen born 8.8.1893 Felling, Gateshead: died 24.9.1951 married Mary Margaret Nolan (born 8.2.1897 Dublin, Ireland: died 3.4.1968)
Mary Killen born 20.9.1895 Felling, Gateshead: died 2.11.1958 - did not marry or have any children
{Honora Gregory's parents were Joseph Gregory born 18.9.1821 in Limehouse, London, England & Frances Aldred born 1820 in St. George in the East, London, England. They had 9 other children, Frances, Sarah, Joseph, Amy, James, Esther, Charles, George and David.}
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William Killen born 10.2.1882 Heworth, Durham & Eleanor Rix born 11.12.1881 Gateshead, County Durham, England.
They were married in Easter 1907 @ Earl Of Denbigh's RC Chapel, Newnham Paddox, Rugby, England.
Their children were:
Leo Killen (born 10.6.1908 Newnham Paddox, Rugby, Warwickshire, England: died 16.4.1978) married Mavis Rita Allard (born 14.10.1907 Perth, West Australia.
Winifred Killen (born 14.11.1912 Gateshead: died 6.7.1982 Durban, South Africa) married Keith le Lievre (born 31.3.1911 Katanning West Australia) 19.10.1935 Perth, Australia.
Vincent Killen (born 17.7.1910 Newnham Paddox, Rugby) married Jean Mary McKenzie-Murray (born 5.9.1914 Leederville, West Australia) 2.11.1935 Leederville, West Australia.
{Eleanor Rix's parents were Henry Rix born 1854 in Poringland, Norfolk, England & Bridget Coggins born 1857 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They had 6 other children, George, Charles, John, Henry, Mary and Albert.}
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Thomas Killen born 3.2.1885 Heworth, Durham & Edith Mary Robson born 19.5.1880 Felling, Gateshead,
They were married on 3.7.1911 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead, County Durham, England.
Their children were:
Patrick Killen born 30.6.1913 Gateshead, Durham: died 5.1.2006 Newcastle upon Tyne, England married Eleanor Stevenson (born 11.9.1914 Gateshead: died 15.2.1996 Gateshead) on 3.4.1937 St. Joseph's RC Church, Gateshead. They had 10 children.
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Thomas Leo Killen born 2.6.1914: died 23.6.2000 Gateshead, Durham married Margaret Coulson-Swinburne (born 12.1.1911: died 13.9.1982 Gateshead) on 10.4.1939 at Corpus Christi RC Church, Gateshead. They had 4 children.
Mary Isabella Killen born 16.11.1915: died 5.11.1994 Gateshead married George Hodgson (born 7.10.1914: died 1993 Felling, Gateshead) on 12..4.1941 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead. They had 7 children.
Norah Killen born 15.10.1917 Felling Gateshead: died 16.12.2007 Newcastle upon Tyne - did not marry or have any children
{Edith Mary Robson's parents were Thomas Robson born 16.3.1846 in Heworth Felling Gateshead, England & Mary McCall born April 1847 in County Tyrone, Ireland. They had 12 other children, George Edward, Isabella, John, Joseph, James, Elizabeth Ann, Sarah, Isabella, Martha, Norah + 1 other.}
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Sarah Killen born 1.1.1887 Gateshead, Durham & Peter Gallagher born 1883 Abberwick, Northumberland, England
They were married on 10.4.1915 at St. Patrick's RC Church Felling, Gateshead.
Their children were:
Joseph Gallagher born 13.5.1916 Felling, Gateshead married Isabella Rae-Burns (born 28.6.1909 Mindrum, Northumberland) in Oct-Dec 1938 at St. Ninian's RC Church, Wooler, Northumberland. They had 4 children.
Mary Gallagher born 15.5.1918 West Kylo, Lowick did not marry or have any children
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Ellen Killen born 12.7.1888 Gateshead, Durham & James Oliver born 4.8.1884 Otago, New Zealand.
They were married on 29.6.1914 at St. Mary's RC Church, North Adelaide, Australia.
Their children were:
Mary Honor Oliver born 25.4.1915 Adelaide, Australia married Gerald William Russell (born 2.11.17 Wellington, New Zealand) on 10.6.1944 AMIC Seaman's Chapel, Wellington, New Zealand. They had 1 son.
Francis Stanley Oliver born 17.5.1917 Melbourne, Australia: died 14.1.1986 married Evelyn Callanan (born 8.5.1923 Geraldine, New Zealand) on 10.11.1945 at Riccarton RC Church, Christchurch, New Zealand. They had 9 children.
James Oliver born 17.10.1922 Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand married Rene Elizabeth Ryan born 12.6.1922 Waimate, New Zealand.
Winifred Margaret Oliver born 12.11.1926 Timaru, New Zealand married Harrison Holloway (born 4.12.1924 Cromwell, New Zealand) on 21.1.1953 at Scared Heart RC Church, Timaru, New Zealand. They had 5 children.
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Winifred Killen born 16.7.1890 Gateshead Durham & Joseph Coleman
They were married on 22.6.1920 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead.
They had no children.
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Joseph Killen born 24.12.1891 Heworth, Durham: died 6.1.1933 Gateshead & Margaret Myers born 19.5.1892: died 3.3.1974.
They were married on 13.1.1917 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead.
Their children were:
Joseph Killen born 16.11.1917 Felling, Gateshead: died 6.3.1985 Gateshead married Rose McWilliam (born 27.9.1916 Felling, Gateshead: died 2710.1987) on 28.7.1945 at St. Alban's RC Church, Pelaw, Gateshead. They had no children.
Winifred Killen born 8.8.1920 Felling, Gateshead married James Arthur Pearson Cox (born 23.6.1920 Felling, Gateshead) on 28.7.1956 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead. They had 3 children.
Francis Killen born 2.11.1921 Felling, Gateshead: died 1994 Gateshead married Muriel Prout Wright (born 23.11.1923 Gateshead, Durham: died 2003 Gateshead) on 15.1.1944 at St.Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead. They had 2 children.
Honora Eleanor Killen born 11.10.1929 Felling, Gateshead married John Brown (born 21.2.1931 Annfield Plain, Durham: died 21.12.1981 Felling, Gateshead) on 15.1.1955 at St. Patrick's RC Church, Felling, Gateshead. They had 5 children.
{Margaret Myer's parents were William Myers & Ellen.}
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Francis Killen born 8.8.1893 Felling, Gateshead: died 24.9.1951 Gateshead & Mary Margaret Nolan born 8.2.1897 Dublin: died 3.4.1968 at Gateshead.
They were married on 4.8.1924 at St.Joseph's RC Church, Farnham, Surrey, England.
Their children were:
Martin Killen born 23.7.1927 Newcastle: died 14.2.2018 Lincoln married Mercy Skelly (born 1931 Gateshead: died 10.3.2018 Lincoln) on 19.4.1952 at Corpus Christi RC Church, Gateshead, England. They had 3 children.
Francis Killen born 28.9.1928 Gateshead: died 3.2.2012 Australia married Phyllis Mary Tobey (born 25.1.1936) on 6.5.1961 at Redhill, Surrey, England. They had 4 children.
Vincent Killen born 4.7.1930: died 7.2.1948 Gateshead. Did not marry or have any children.
Louis Joseph Killen born 10.1.1934 Gateshead married 3 times (Rochelle Hope Estrin, Sally Hamilton Jennings & Margaret Jeanne Osika) but had no children. He went through the Trans-Gender Change late in life and became known as Louisa Jo Killen. She died in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England on 9.8.2013.
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Mary Killen born 20.9.1895 Felling, Gateshead: died 2.11.1958. Did not marry or have any children.
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Leo Killen (born 10.6.1908 Newnham Paddox, Rugby, Warwickshire, England: died 16.4.1978) & Mavis Rita Allard (born 14.10.1907 Perth, West Australia).
They were married on 16.9.1931 Perth Australia.
Their child was: Raymond Killen born 13 July 1932 Australia married Rosemary Hester Bijoux born 29 July 1938 Stanger, Natal, South Africa.
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Winifred Killen (born 14.11.1912 Gateshead: died 6.7.1982 Durban, South Africa) & Keith Le Lievre (born 31.3.1911 Katanning West Australia). They were married on 19.10.1935 Perth, Australia.
Their children were: Peter le Lievre born 1.12.1938 Perth, Western Australia. Michael le Lievre born 15.9.1941 Subiago, Perth, Western Australia.
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Vincent Killen (born 17.7.1910 Newnham Paddox, Rugby): died 1998/99 Floreat Park, West Australia & Jean Mary McKenzie-Murray (born 5.9.1914 Leederville, West Australia) died 3.11.2015. They were married on 2.11.1935 Leederville West Australia.
They had 6 children.
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