Patrick Keane (1830-1919), benefactor extraordinaire
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 3:26 am
Just came across this will published in full in the Freeman's Journal Sydney, Thursday 11 March 1920.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti ... outh+Wales
I rather expected to find an obituary to match such an extraordinary spreading of wealth, but located only the following:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti ... outh+Wales
I rather expected to find an obituary to match such an extraordinary spreading of wealth, but located only the following:
The Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1942) Thursday 28 August 1919 p 43Mr. Patrick Keane.
On Thursday, the 14th inst., Patrick Keane passed peacefully away, at his residence,
Poictiers Street, Deniliquin, N.S.W., aged 89 years. He had been in failing health for
a number of years, and was the last surviving member of a family of 13 children of
Francis and Ann Keane, of Kilnamona, County Clare, Ireland.
The remains were interred in the Catholic portion of the Deniliquin Cemetery,
Monsignor Treacy reading the last prayers at the graveside. — R.I.P.