THE KEATING FAMILY
Originally this family was shown as the Kadien's
or Caton's. We now know, after further research, that Keating is the
actual
name. This was confirmed by Barney's (the first member of his family to
settle in New Ireland) signature on the deed to his land. Confusion
occurs
due to the fact that variations such as Caton, Cayton, Kayton, Kadien,
and Kating appear on maps, gravestones, and census records. This is
probably
due to a combination of factors: misspelling by census takers due to
the
interveiwees brogue or large amount of illiteracy at this time in our
nation's
history. In approximately 1865, Barney Keating moved to New Ireland
(Carrollton
, Cattaraugus County, NY) and lived there for a period of time. Through
the records of St. Patrick's church, it is believed that Barney had
eleven
children. However, only Patrick and James appear in the 1865 census.
Barney
and his wife, Bridget, were both born in Ireland around 1815. An
existing
map
of 1897 shows that Patrick, Barney's eldest son, owned the land
that
his father owned previously. Patrick purchased the land from his father
for the amount of $1.00. In June of 1897, the National Transit Co.
began
to accumulate land in the area. They leased the land from Patrick to
lay
natural gas pipelines. The company paid $6.20 for the use of the land,
and they would also pay for any damages that would be made to crops or
property. We believe that Patrick Keating resided on the same plot of
land
until at least 1914 when the name Keating is no longer found on the map(see
map
of 1914).
This notice appeared in the Salamanca Press announcing the callup of
many local boys in to military service during World War I. Though this
is difficult to read you may find the name J.P. Keating in the second
column
thirteen lines from the bottom of the article. He along with the other
local men were sent on to Ft. Dix, New Jersey for their basic training.
We have come to a bit of a road block with the Keating family. Not
for
the lack of trying though. With so many different spellings and
incorrect
information on some of the censuses we have had a hard time finding
information
about this family and connecting the pieces of the puzzle together.
to be continued............
