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3 of the Dunn Mckenna births (1926 28 and 33) are father and 2 siblings.
His older sister and brother, parents are Joseph Mckenna and Mary Dunn.
Mt fatherwas always told his Mckeena family wwas very large and mostly in Liverpool, so I am guessing you just found a whole bunch of them.
I have applied for marriage cert and hope his fathers name is on it, at the least it will have his age so I can work backwards.
I hope to try and get a picture of him.

Not sisters then...

Hubby not at home...

MCKENNA, Maria Wife Married
6 years F 25 1886 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, Elizabeth Daughter F 5 1906 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, Michael Son M 2 1909 Liverpool VIEW
MCKENNA, James Son M 0 (11 MONTH) 1911 Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Elicia Mother Widow F 57 1854 Hawker Liverpool VIEW
O SULLIVAN, Rose A Daughter Married F 27 1884 Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Elicia Daughter Single F 18 1893 Liverpool VIEW
O SULLIVAN, Mathew Son Single M 16 1895 Shaft Maker Liverpool VIEW
DUNN, Andrew Son M 14 1897 Liverpool

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Institution MCKENNA, Michael 1886 25 ? Royal Navy at Sea and in ports abroad
MCKENNA, Michael Single ? 25 1886 Irvin Ireland

beat me to it.

Shall I find them on 1911?

There are also McKenna-Dunn births in Liverpool 1912 and 1915, so I suspect:

Marriages Mar 1905
> Dunn Maria Liverpool 8b 158
> McKENNA Michael Liverpool 8b 158
Padget Harry Liverpool 8b 158
Shalliker Jane Liverpool 8b 158

and a rather enormous family over 20 years.

Sisters marrying brothers maybe?

Actually, Viv, there are 5 McKenna-Dunn births in Liverpool dist 1917-1926; I figured they all belonged together to another couple.

This site is free ,but not yet transcribed up to date,it wont be long though.

www.freebmd.org.uk

But does have all the births plus one more??

Births Jun 1926 (>99%)
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McKenna Joseph Dunn W. Derby 8b 956

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Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
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McKenna Margaret Dunn W.Derby 8b 938

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Births Dec 1933 (>99%)
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MCKENNA Vincent Dunn West Derby 8b 760


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Births Sep 1926
McKenna James Dunn Liverpool 8b 52



So another Dunn / Mckenna marriage somewhere?

Ancestry --

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782

births 1915-2005

Just search for the surname of the child, with the mother's surname (add a date range if you're dealing with Smith and Jones).

I swear by Ancestry, much as I despise it. ;)

Janey,
How did you find all 3 children to Dunn in West Derby so fast, what site do you use?
I always have to go through each set of 4-7 surname matches for each year. Just wondered if there is a site that finds or Makes matches faster??

I see, yes I made a mistake, His brother was called Joseph, but both say their middle names were John yet neither is registered as that.
Joseph's death record even shows as Joseph John Mckenna!
Confusing! and to make matters worse as Mary Dunn lost her husband so young she re married a Thomas, they had twins and named them Thomas and Mary! same as them! Seriously its confusing

Just that at the beginning you said:

"He had 2 sons, John and Vincent"

but that should be Joseph and Vincent?

It was just looking like the McKenna men were whimsical about their names. ;)

Joseph was his older brother and Margaret was his sister, Joseph was always called Jo, But I am told his middle name was John
My Dad always called himself, Vincent John, every thing he had driving licence ect had this on, but his birth cert does not have John on!?

Does that awnser your query, I am not sure what you mean??

I have ordered it now, only have to wait 15 days! lol oh and then the strike! hehe

Viv, Thank you so much will update here when I get further information.
It will mean so much to me Dad if I can find something

Interesting about the names, Thomas - this is your dad:

Vincent McKenna Oct Nov Dec 1933 W Derby

but the other two births in W Derby with mother Dunn are:

Joseph McKenna Apr May Jun 1926 W Derby
Margaret McKenna Jan Feb Mar 1928 W Derby

-- No John. Was Joseph called John? It may indeed have been a family tradition. ;)

Marine deaths for the years 1936-1937

Charles J Mckenna age 43
ships name..Tunisia
Page 195.

Thomas - hold off a bit until you get the marriage certificate. It will give you his age and father's name and then you'll have something to check other records against.

Yes I did it wrong, try again!

Viv, see I cannot confirm if he had another name so it could well of been him, what information does it give on there for him?
again, thank you!

This is the person Viv found, from the CWGC site - unfortunately no age or family member stated:


Name: McKENNA, JOSEPH
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
Unit Text: No. 41 R.M. Commando.
Date of Death: 15/02/1945
Service No: PO/X 111077
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 7. Grave 6.
Cemetery: WERKENDAM PROTESTANT CEMETERY


Just for info as likely not yours.

Janey,
I know there was a article in a Liverpool newspaper as My Dad was very upset when after years of carrying it around in his wallet, he lost it!
It said something like "Liverpool man dies at sea". I have been in touch with Liverpool Libary and will pop up to look as they said they have all papers from then, but warn me it will be a long search without the date