People named Martin Mckenna

Martin J Mckenna of Brighton, Suffolk County, MA was born on July 26, 1908 in Irish Free State, and died at age 67 years old in January 1976.

Martin J Mckenna of New York was born on October 1, 1888, and died at age 77 years old in January 1966.

Martin McKenna (1832-1907), brewer and pastoralist, was born on 11 November 1832 at Carrahill, Kilkenny, Ireland, son of Patrick McKenna, a Catholic farmer, and his wife Anastasia, née Feehan. After working for a Quaker firm of millers he migrated to Victoria in 1854. He mined on such goldfields as Ballarat, Ararat, Blackwood and Forest Creek but caught typhoid. McKenna then went to Kyneton where he joined his cousin Michael McKenna in business. By 1858 he was able to join a friend, Jowett, in building the Campaspe brewery in Beauchamp Street, Kyneton, and twenty years later combined with Johnson & C***'s brewery on the Campaspe. McKenna became chairman of the Kyneton Brewing Co., Jowett retiring from the business. In 1879 the malt house was built in Ebden Street. In 1861 McKenna and others including C. & M. Lyons took up occupation licences at Baynton, and the basis of McKenna's Glen Erin estate was formed. He also owned properties at Tylden and Katunga. In 1883 he told the royal commission on the tariff that he had between 4000 (1619 ha) and 5000 acres (2024 ha), with 120 acres (49 ha) under crop and the rest grazing Lincoln sheep, cattle and horses. McKenna's business interests included membership of the Board of Union Trustees and Executors Co. and shares in the Tramways Co. His tall upright figure was well known in Kyneton and in Melbourne where he wore a silk top hat and frock coat. He was a splendid host and enjoyed the respect of his contemporaries as an impartial and forceful leader in local affairs. His local offices included membership of the Land Board in the early days and presidency of the Kyneton Hospital and Racing Club. He was a sergeant in the volunteer Prince of Wales Light Horse in the 1860s. In 1864, after two years as a councillor, he was elected mayor of the borough of Kyneton. When Kyneton became a shire in 1865 he was its first president and remained a councillor till 1907. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Kyneton Boroughs in March 1868, and held the seat as a moderate protectionist until he retired in March 1874. In the Legislative Council he contested the North-Western Province in 1881 without success. He later held the post of returning officer for elections to the Legislative Assembly. He was also a justice of the peace. In 1865 McKenna had married Catherine, daughter of Bartholomew Wheeler of Carlsruhe; they had eleven children. One of their six sons became a Catholic priest and others carried on his civic interests. After two years of illness McKenna died on 7 May 1907.

Martin Patrick Mckenna of Kyneton Australia was born in 1871 to Mckenna Martin Mckenna and Catherine Wheeler Mckenna. He had a brother Gerald James McKenna 2nd Lt. Martin Mckenna died at age 73 years old in 1944 in Kyneton.

Martin J McKenna of Apache Junction, Pinal County, AZ was born on July 29, 1916, and died at age 72 years old on April 9, 1989. Martin McKenna was buried at National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section 18B Site 183 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix.

Martin Mckenna of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 4, 1892, and died at age 88 years old in August 1981.

Martin Mckenna of Missouri was born on October 16, 1877, and died at age 84 years old in September 1962.

Martin N Mckenna was born on November 19, 1917, and died at age 72 years old on August 13, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martin N Mckenna.

Martin Mckenna of Alsip, Cook County, IL was born on November 13, 1928, and died at age 78 years old on December 9, 2006.

Martin Mckenna of Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania was born on September 15, 1890, and died at age 77 years old in November 1967.

Martin J Mckenna of Lansdowne, Delaware County, PA was born on March 25, 1907, and died at age 90 years old on March 6, 1998.

Martin C Mckenna of Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA was born on July 3, 1960, and died at age 50 years old on April 28, 2011.

Martin Mckenna of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY was born on October 16, 1914, and died at age 64 years old in May 1979.

Martin J Mckenna of New City, Rockland County, NY was born on January 15, 1947, and died at age 64 years old on January 28, 2011.

Martin F Mckenna of Mystic, New London County, CT was born on March 3, 1920, and died at age 79 years old on November 18, 1999.

Martin Mckenna of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on December 12, 1926, and died at age 75 years old on August 21, 2002.

Martin Mckenna of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on December 16, 1915, and died at age 67 years old in January 1983.

Martin F Mckenna of Stonington, New London County, CT was born on May 31, 1944, and died at age 51 years old on July 15, 1995.