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Keeney family of Connecticut

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• George Edward Keeney (1849-1923) — also known as George E. Keeney — of Somersville, Somers, Tolland County, Conn. Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford County, Conn., March 22, 1849. Son of Rockwell Keeney and Leonora Keeney; married 1873 to Ellen Denison; uncle of R. Leland Keeney and Ralph Denison Keeney (who married Julia Allen); granduncle of Robert L. Keeney, Jr.. Republican. Manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1889-90, 1893-94; president, Hartford Life Insurance Company, 1899; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908. Member, Freemasons. Died in Somersville, Somers, Tolland County, Conn., October 4, 1923. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• R. Leland Keeney (1883-1963) — of Somers, Tolland County, Conn. Born November 23, 1883. Nephew of George Edward Keeney; son of Lafayette Keeney; brother of Ralph Denison Keeney (who married Julia Allen); father of Robert L. Keeney, Jr.. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920 (alternate), 1928, 1944. Died September 18, 1963. Interment at West Cemetery, Somers, Conn.
  
  
• Julia Allen Keeney (1889-1959) — also known as Julia A. Keeney; Julia Allen; Mrs. Ralph D. Keeney — of Somersville, Somers, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 26, 1889. Daughter of Normand Francis Allen and Caroline White (Olmsted) Allen; married, June 12, 1912, to Ralph Denison Keeney (nephew of George Edward Keeney; brother of R. Leland Keeney); sister of Edward Normand Allen (who married Mildred Pomeranz). Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Somers, 1935-45; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952, 1956; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1952-57. Female. Died April 13, 1959. Interment at West Cemetery, Somers, Conn.
  
  
• Ralph Denison Keeney — also known as Ralph D. Keeney — of Somers, Tolland County, Conn. Nephew of George Edward Keeney; son of Lafayette Keeney; brother of R. Leland Keeney; married, June 12, 1912, to Julia Allen; uncle of Robert L. Keeney, Jr.. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Normand Allen (1891-1972) — also known as Edward N. Allen; Ned Allen — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., April 18, 1891. Brother of Julia Allen; married, January 4, 1936, to Mildred Pomeranz. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Hartford Police Commissioner, 1920-24; head of the Sage-Allen department store; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1927-29; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1947-48; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55. Died November 14, 1972. Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
  
  
• Mildred Pomeranz Allen — also known as Mildred P. Allen; Mildred Pomeranz — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Daughter of Morris Pomeranz and Anna (Landsberg) Pomeranz; married, January 4, 1936, to Edward Normand Allen (brother of Julia Allen). Republican. Musician; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1956. Female. Member, League of Women Voters; Order of the Eastern Star. Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
  
  
• Robert L. Keeney, Jr. — of Somers, Tolland County, Conn. Grandnephew of George Edward Keeney; son of R. Leland Keeney; nephew of Ralph Denison Keeney. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964 (alternate); Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
  
  

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