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Francis (Frank) Kenna (1865-1932) telegraphist, teacher, journalist and politician
Birth: 21 September 1865 at Maryborough, Queensland, son of Irish-born parents from County Kildare, Joseph Kenna (c.1828-1908), drover, later butcher and cab proprietor, and Ellen, née Fleming (1841-1907). Marriages: (1) 31 August 1903 at the registry office, Brisbane, to Ruby Mary Thomson, a pianist from South Australia. The marriage was dissolved in July 1904. (2) 16 July 1907 at Gympie to Edith Elvira Stamp (1885-1961). They had two sons. Death: 23 June 1932 at Brisbane. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
D. B. Waterson Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (Canberra, 2001); Verity Burgmann, In Our Time: Socialism and the Rise of Labor, 1885-1905 (Sydney, 1985).
'Kenna, Francis (Frank) (1865–1932)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/kenna-francis-frank-33086/text41255, accessed 29 January 2023.
Frank Kenna, n.d.
State Library of Queensland, 88164
21 September,
1865
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
23 June,
1932
(aged 66)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia