An 1854 Irish Wedding

I’m a little bit late on this article. Ideally, it would have been posted on the 170th anniversary of the wedding, last month. On the 27th of February 1854, my immigrant ancestors, John Charles Keating and Julia Ann Hyland, were Read More …

Obituary – Lawrence “Larry” Charles Keating

March 4, 1969 – September 11, 2021 I met Larry halfway through high school. We had both recently moved to Rhode Island from the deep south, he from Florida and I from Alabama. Some thought we were related due to Read More …

Mary (Aultmiller) Keating (? – 1943)

Mrs. Vincent J. Keating Word was received here last night of the death in Hollywood, Cal., of Mrs. Mary Aultmiller Keating, wife of Vincent J. Keating, Mr. and Mrs. Keating formerly lived in Cumberland. Mr. Keating, son of the late Read More …

Keatings Stop Here Entour (20 May 1940)

Keatings Stop Here Entour Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Keating and daughter, Mary Eileen, of Hollywood, Cal., are at the Fort Cumberland Hotel for a brief visit before their return home. They have been on a three weeks’ tour, having Read More …

Obituary – Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks (1930 – 2004)

Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks, 74 Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks, 74, of Hollywood, MD died on Friday June 25, 2004 at her residence. Born on January 13, 1930 in Porte Aux Prince, Haiti, she was the daughter of the late Edmund Read More …