William (Te TUPONGA) Henry Keenan was born about 1806 in Sydney, NSW, AUS.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 He and
Katarina Hikimapu Takune were married on 28 November 1845 in Te Awaiti, Marlborough Sounds, Rev REAY witness Patrick NORTON.
8 He died in 1880 in Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ.
1 William (Te TUPONGA) Henry Keenan was a whaler Kapiti area 1834 ON.
2 Early settler Wellington (1835) then Queen Charlotte.
involved in defence of Otako stronghold, New Plymouth 1832 JST
probably the William who came to NZ in 1828 on the Adventure with Richard BARRETT RYHR3
William Henry Keenan (Te Puponga), was born in 1806 in Sydney, but was said to have been from County Cork, Ireland. He firrst landed in Taranaki in the 1820s, and was among the group of Päkehä, including Dicky Barrett and John Love, who assisted the local Ngämotu people when Ötaka Pä was attacked by Waikato tribes: https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Ba40Spo-t1-body1-d1-d6.html
several children
PPA Marlborough Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1242, 1 October 1880, Page 2
The most recent loss has taken place in the death of Mr William Keenan,- who died at his residence, Queen Charlotte Sound, on Tuesday last. Born in the early part of this century in New ?South Wales, his roving disposition led him at the age of 24 to New Zealand, and he has remained in this colony for fifty years, the greater part of the time being spent on the borders /: of Queen Charlotte Sound With the gift of a fluent tongue and retentive memory what tales he could have told about the manners and customs of clden times, before the advent of any but European adventurers in the colony; when the early comers were more Maorised than the natives themselves, and might, not right, ruled this fair land. For the long period of fifty years Keenan was an inhabitant of New Zealand, and had he but possessed the pen of a ready writer what secrets he could have made known ; but it is all over now, his worldly wisdom is no longer available, and he is in possession of the secret we all shall learn sooner or later when we are called upon to join the great majority. Few residents in this psrt but can call to mind the tall upright figure that was conspicious, especially on regatta days, his curt sentences, as if he waiTafntid to use two words when one would answer the purpose, and his curiosity io inquiring into the use and meaning of anything new or strange. For the past year or two Keenan was suffering from a malignant form of cancer, which caused him intense suffering during his latter days, and it is probable that before the end came he was weary of the life he had borne so long. He passed away as we have said on Tuesday last, having attained the age of 74 years e short time before his death,
1832 Involved in defence of Ngamotu Pa which attacked by Waikato Maori. 11 Europeans involved DOWI
1853 Catholic priest Father GARIN baptised 7 children and re-married William and Katarina. DOWI. He was a seaman on the Adventure in 1828.
4 He immigrated to to Taranaki from Australia about 1830 age 24 PPA.
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