Person:James Keating (3)

James Alfred Keating was born on 9 Aug 1826 in County Armagh and married Eliza Gordon on 12 Mar 1859 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. James and Eliza lived in the townland of Ballyhay. After Jun 1873, James and Eliza and 7 of their children emigrated from Ireland to Blythe, Ontario, Canada. In 1879, the entire family emigrated to Adair County, Iowa, U.S.A. James and Eliza had a total of 13 children. James Alfred Keating was born 9 Aug 1826 in County Armagh, Ireland and married Elizabeth Gordon on 12 Mar 1859 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. Elizabeth was born in 1834 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland.

They had James Alfred on 4 Oct 1859, Mary Jane on 12 Jul 1861, Samuel Bockaman on 28 Mar 1863, William Robert on 9 Mar 1864, John on 1 Jan 1866, Margaret Gordon on 6 Jul 1867, Eliza Letitia on 25 Jun 1869, John B. on 7 Nov 1871 and Susanna on 17 Jun 1873...all born in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland.

In 1873, the entire family immigrated to Canada and settled in Blythe, Ontario, where four more children were born. These four children were Rebina Ann born on 27 May 1874, Hannah Amelia on 16 Sep 1875, Gordon Dale on 4 Apr 1877 and George Henry on 16 Jan 1878.