This is a Website dedicated to the Genealogical study of the Kenny's of Pokemouche, 
and area and of the people who have helped shape our lives. John Kenny arrived from 
Ireland, settling in Pokemouche New Brunswick in the beginning of the nineteenth 
century.
Please feel free to brouse this site and if you find you have input toward this
effort, please contact me at kenny@igs.net and i will give you 
privileges to enable your input.






Ceci est un site Web consacré à l'étude généalogique des Kenny's de Pokemouche, et 
aux personnes qui ont aider a façonner nos vies. John Kenny, qui est 
arrivé d'Irlande, débarqua à Pokemouche au Nouveau Brunswick au début du dix-neuvième 
siècle . Soyez libre de parcourir ce site et si vous avez des commentaires, svp me 
contacter par email :kenny@igs.net  et nous vous 
donnerons l'opportunité d'échanger vos idées.


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                                             "tuneat, luceat. floreat"  
                                             "hold, shine and flourish"

The name Kenny in Ireland comes from a number of sources including the 
native Gaelic O'Cionnaoith Sept who were based in Counties Galway and Tyrone. 
Other descendants may derive from English or French settlers who arrived into 
County Wexford. The name is among the eighty most frequently found in the 
country.

Irish naming traditions:
Oldest son named after the Father's father
2nd son named after the Mother's father
3rd son named after the Father
4th son named after the Father's oldest brother
 
Oldest daughter named after the Mother's mother
2nd daughter named after the Father's mother
3rd daughter named after the Mother
4th daughter named after the Mother's oldest sister

Their was a convention followed in the chosing of godparents for the child. If 
the new parents were the oldest in their respective families, then the new 
fathers parents or the new mothers parents were chosen as god parents. If no 
parents were surviving or living in the country, then the oldest 
brother/sister from the fathers/mothers family was chosen. The godparents were 
chosen to ensure that the children were raised by direct blood relatives on 
either their maternal or paternal family sides.



Important Historical Information:

In 1776 a leading Waterford, Ireland merchant house with considerable 
experience in the passenger and provisions trades advertized locally for "boat-
masters,midshipmen, foreshipmen ... a number of good fishermen and ... a few 
good salmon fishermen" to go to Chaleur Bay, across the Gulf, for a season.  
It was pointed out that the inhabitants there were chiefly French Canadians, 
there was a resident Catholic priest, all religions were tolerated, the 
climate was wholesome, and an extensive fishery and trade were carried on in 
the region. We do not know if the venture proceeded, but the reference is an 
early reminder of links that were forged between Irish migration to 
Newfoundland and to the mainland. (The Waterford Chronicle, Feb. 23, 1776).



Pokemouche: Michael Finn, a native of Wexford Ireland, in 1800 was the first 
Irish settler in Pokemouche. In the early 1800s, and especially after the 
Great Miramichi Fire of 1825, other Irish families followed and for many 
years, Pokemouche was one of the stongest Irish settlements in New Brunswick. 
The second Bishop of Chatham, Thomas Barry, was a native son.
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