Wallace Valentine Keene, ^^[1]

1926 - 1995  (68 years)

• Name	Wallace Valentine Keene
  Suffix	^
  Born	25 Jul 1926	{Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	Address: Hawkins lane
  	He was living with his parents.
  Education	Abt 1946	Albany (New York State College for Teachers), Albany, NY   [4, 5]
  	While Wallace Valentine Keene was educated as a school teacher, no evidence has been found that he ever taught school. In addition to operating the family farm, he worked at the Swezey (no close relation) department store in Patchogue, NY. It is said he drove the oldest, most dilapidated cars in Brookhaven hamlet.
  Namesake	While some family members attributed his middle name to the the Valentine family who operated the Brook Store in Brookhaven, and who had befriended his grandmother, Addie DeMange Swezey, when she first immigrated to the United States, recent research suggests that he was likely named after his paternal and maternal grandfathers -- Valentine Keene and Wallace Swezey.
  Residence	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	Address: 5 Hawkins lane (now 5 Wallace lane)
  	It is said that he was born at this residence and lived there all his life.
  Died	19 Jun 1995	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I14347	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Allen V. Keene, ^,   b. Abt Mar 1889, Meridan, New Haven, CT ,   d. 1 Jun 1959, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Beatrice A. Swezey, ^,   b. Abt 1892, NY ,   d. 8 Apr 1950, Huntington, Suffolk, NY  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	Abt 1925  [3]
  Residence	Aft 1926	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  	Address: 5 Hawkins lane (Sleepy Hollow Farm)
  	Both Allen and Beatrice were living in 1947.
  Documents		Keene family farm house on Hawkins lane in Brookhaven Hamlet .. this document is the Historic Sites datasheet entry for this site and contains photograpic references.
  Family ID	F5252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Susan Lucile Keene, daughters and grandson l.-r.: Madelaine "Madge" Barteau, Susan Lucile Keene, Ethel "Sue" Garbin, Wallace Valentine Keene, Floris "Babe" Swezey

  
  

• Sources

  [S904] Photograph, Susan L. Keene & family. [S6] SS Death Index, SS# 099-22-3131. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 418.0. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 7 Nov 1946, p. 17. Wallace V. Keene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Keene of Box 732, Bellport, a junior at New York State College for Teachers, Albany, was recently named to the Deab's List for the second semester of the 1945-46 school year. The Dean's List is composed of students who have maintained at least a "B" average for the semester's work. Mr. Keene is registered for a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in social studies and a minor in English. He is a member of the Classical club. [S901] Email: Meg Koch, Wallace Valentine Keene; email; 1 August 2011; John Deitz & others. [S748] U.S. Public Records. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 24 Dec 1926. This is the earliest reference so far found of their residency in Brookhaven hamlet. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 2 Jan 1947, p. 5. This is the latest reference to Allen Keene's residency in Brookhaven hamlet so far found, although son Wallace is known to have lived on Hawkins lane until his death. [S901] Email: Meg Koch, Rose family residence; email; 1 August 2011; JohnDeitz and others. ... folks around here played musical houses in the summers. My grandparents leased this house [on Old Stump road] and moved all the way to Hawkins Lane for summers. ... All the land down Hawkins Lane was a one time owned by Wallace Swezey. Wallace was fond of selling land; Addie [his wife] made him deed lots down Hawkins Lane to each of the children. As the children became adults they sold, swapped, combined, whatever the lots. That is why when I was growing up three of Addie's children—Viola, Beatrice, Emma—lived down there. .... [S127] Advance, Long Island, 4 Mar 1927. Telephones were installed Tuesday at the following homes: Allen Keene, Julien Rose, Ellen Learned and Anders Myher, all down Hawkins Lane. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 2 Jun 1959, p. 6. Allen V. Keene, 72, died Monday at his home on Hawkins Lane, Brookhaven. Mr. Keene was born in Meridan, Conn., and had been a Brookhaven resident for the past 37 years. He was a retired electrician. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice, a son, Wallace C. Keene and a sister, Mrs. Frederick Swezey, all of Brookhaven. Rosary services were held at Herrmann's Funeral Home, Center Moriches, at 8 p.m. yesterday. Requiem mass was at Mary Immaculate R. C. Church, Bellport, this morning. Interment followed in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Coram.