Keen Family History
Keen Name Meaning
English: from Kene, a short form of the Old English
personal name Cen or Cyne, based on Old English
cene ‘wise’, ‘brave’, ‘proud’.Americanized spelling of
German Kühn (see Kuehn).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Keen
Name Distribution of Keen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Keen families
 143 - 283  48 - 142 |
 1 - 47  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Keen families
|
649 - 1,295 217 - 648 |
1 - 216 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Keen families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Keen census records
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Keen Family Origin
Keen Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Keen families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Keen
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Keen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Keen census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Keen ancestors, such as occupation.
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Keen Civil War Service Records
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