Keays family and/or Mary Cross 1800’s

Could you provide more information? Approx. dates. Parents, spouses, children? Places? Anything you know. Thanks.

RICHARD1 KEAYS was born on 21 Nov 1745 in Fenna, County Carlow, South Ireland. He died in

1837 in Abington, , Limerick, Ireland. He married MARY CROSS. She was born in 1745 in Ireland.

She died on 18 Dec 1847 in Caherconlish, 5310, Ireland.

their son went to Canada and is one of my grfathers.

Richard Keays and Mary Cross had the following child:

2. i. WILLIAM KEAYS was born on 24 Dec 1787 in Ballyknocken, Fenagh, Carlow,

Ireland. He died on 05 Dec 1862 in Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. He

married Ellen Fry, daughter of Ansley Fry, on 21 Mar 1819 in Diocese Ossory,

Dublin, Ireland. She was born on 14 Nov 1798 in Castlewellan, Co. Down, Ireland.

She died on 05 May 1874 in Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.