Gregory Bernard Keen

Background

Keen, Gregory Bernard was born on March 3, 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Swift and Lucy Ann (Hutton) Keen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1861, A.M., 1864. Graduate P.E. Division School, Philadelphia, 1866. Doctor of Laws, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1907.

Career

P.E. clergyman, 1866-1868. Became a Catholic, 1868. Professor mathematics, Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, 1871-1872.

Corresponding secretary, 1880-1898, librarian, 1898-1903, curator, since 1903, History Society of Pennsylvania. Librarian University of Pennsylvania, 1887-1897. Delaware Columbian Catholic Congress, 1893.

Vice-president Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. Historian of Pennsylvania Society Colonial Wars. President Swedish Colonial Society.

Author: The Descendants of Jöran Kyn of New Sweden, 1913. Home: Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Connections

Married Stella Maria Stokes (nee Watson), June 29, 1885. Children: John Francis Gregory, Joseph Bernard.

Father:

Joseph Swift Keen

Mother:

Lucy Ann (Hutton) Keen

Spouse:

Stella Maria Stokes

child:

John Francis Gregory Keen

child:

Joseph Bernard Keen