McKENNA, William

  General Notes:

In his daughter Isabella's death certificate of 1893 William McKenna was recorded as a 'coal miner (deceased)'.

  Research Notes:

MCKENNA MCKINNEY AND MANY OTHER VARIANTS

This surname is the anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac Cionaodha", composed of the Gaelic prefix "Mac", son of, and a personal name composed of the elements "cion", respect, affection, and "Aodh", the name of a pagan god of fire. The name is chiefly found in Scotland as MacKenna, MacKinna, MacKinney and MacKinnie, particularly in Glasgow, but is also found in Ireland in the Tyrone, Fermanagh area, where some of the bearers of the surname are of Scottish descent. The name first appears in records in Scotland in the mid 15th Century

from http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Mckinney
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William married Isabella McCUTCHEON. (Isabella McCUTCHEON was born about 1785 in Ireland ² and died after 1841.)