| August
2006 |
Oh
Baby! Baby! |
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On May 9th, 2006, we welcomed a
new Kealy into the family. Lauren Elena Kealy was
born to my cousin, Patrick Kealy and wife Antonia.
Lauren came in at an even 7 pounds and 19 inches long.
Patrick says, "Lauren and
Mom are doing very well and Alex and Ryan have been
enjoying spending time with their new sister. We are
all very happy and excited about our newest family
member."
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My (honorary)
brother Pat, his wife Alisha brought another beautiful
little girl into the world on June 27, 2006 at 3:49 a.m
in New York City. Talia Hampton Rehill was 8 pounds 7oz
and 21.5 inches long at her birth.
The family has returned to the Berkshires where the word
from Alisha is "Things are great. The second time
around is SO much easier- everything from the labor to
sleep deprivation. Alena loves her new baby! She is thrilled
each day to see that she is still here. She kisses her
about a million times each day." |
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With as many cousins asI have in
their 20s and 30s, I have new little cousins (1st cousins
once removed) being born ALL the time. Here are some
of the other recent births we are celebrating in the
family.
| Keenen Scott Vela |
July 30, 2006 |
7lbs12oz. |
| Rocco Egan |
May 11,2006 |
7lbs 4 oz, 19 inches. |
| Olivia
Jonsson |
December 20, 2005 |
9 lbs 11oz, 21.5 inches |
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| 2005 -
2006 |
Courtney
Kealy, Fox News, Baghdad | |
Since July 2005, my sister, Courtney, has been reporting
for Fox News in Baghdad. Courtney has just returned
from her fourth rotation in Baghdad and may soon be
heading to Beirut, where she lived for 5 years, to report
on the situation there.
Courtney is a graduate of The
Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
She has been covering events in the Middle East for
over 7 years and has covered events from the Arab Summit
to Papal visits to car bombings (whether in Beirut or
Jerusalem) to Yasser Arafat's funeral in Ramallah. Previous
to her work for Fox, Courtney has worked for ABCNews
TV, Radio, and .com as well as freelance work for numerous
international press outlets. | |
Needless
to say, me and the rest of her family are extremely proud of Courtney. |
| August
1881 | Patrick
Kealy arrives in America | |
| On
August 29, 1881, my great-grandfather Patrick John Kealy arrived at Castle Garden,
New York City's first official debarkation point for immigrants, aboard the Britannic.
I was able to finally obtain this important piece of information thanks to the
work of the Battery Conservancy in New York which has taken the Castle
Garden records and placed them online thus providing access to a database
of more than 10 million of the 12 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of
New York from 1820 to 1892. This is a great geneology resource for those who's
ancestors arrived prior to the opening of Ellis
Island and therefore couldn't take advantage of that valuable site.
Patrick
Kealy was the son of John Kealy and Anna Flood, who lived and operated a dry good
store at 10 Trimgate Street, Navan, County Meath Ireland. Two years after arriving
in America, Patrick married
Mary Agnes Ryan in Bloomington, IL. Patrick and Mary Agnes went on to have
10 children including my grandfather,
John Arthur Kealy. Patrick Kealy ran the Kealy & Lawlor dry goods business
at 101 Front Street in Bloomington until he
bought out his partner and expanded the business. He was involved
in Bloomington politics as well as party to supporting
Irish nationalist, or Parnell,
candidates for Parliament with other Irishmen of Bloomington. Patrick Kealy
and family left the Bloomington area in 1892 but a
visist by his eldest son, Phillip J. Kealy, in 1919 was noteworthy because
of Phillip's successful business career that began clerking for his father on
Front Street in Bloomington. Special thanks to Mr. Bill Steinbacher-Kemp
of the McLean County Museum of History
for his invaluable assistance searching local Bloomington / McLean County records. |
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am thrilled to announce the birth of my son, John Arthur Kealy on October 6, 2004
at 6:52 PM ET. Jack came in at a very healthy 8 lbs 11 oz and 20.5 inches. My
wife, Vickie, did wonderfully and both she and baby are doing well and resting
up. Fun Fact - Jack was born exactly 8 years from the
day Vickie and I met.
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| July
2004 | Alena
& Declan & Maya and more | |
| On
May 9, my (honorary) brother Pat Rehill and his wife Alicia had a baby daughter,
Alena Rehill. She seems to be happy and healthy with well developed lungs (being
exercised daily from 6 to 9 PM.) Here are pictures from
Declan's 1st birthday party and here
are some great pictures of Alena,
her cousins and my nephews, Declan and Harrison, Maya (my cousin Heather's daughter)
and Claudette & Sophia (my cousin Michael's daughters.) My mom, Christine
Kealy, uncle John Keenen, cousins Heather and Meredith and Michael (w/ her husband
Michael) and Alicia's brothers also make an appearance. | |
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| April
2004 | Arthur
Kealy 1945-2004 | |
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I
am very sorry to report the passing of Arthur Philip Kealy. Husband to Kathy,
Father to my cousins, John and Patrick, Brother to Patrick, Kathy, and Bob, Art
passed away on the morning of April 7, 2004.
Art
was the second son of J. Arthur and Genevieve Kealy. He was born in Chicago, IL
on August 1, 1945 and was a 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
Art and Kathy were married for 35 years and raised two really good men, John and
Patrick. Art was also the proud grandfather of five little Kealys, Shane, Devin,
Alexander, Dierdre, and Ryan. He will be dearly missed. |
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NYC and further back to Chicago.) But as all Kealys know we come from the old
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Sincerely,
Ben Kealy
Publisher, Kealy.com |
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