Joseph McKeel, my 5th Great Grandfather was born in Roxbury,Delaware County,NY.
He married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and they had five children: Simeon, Phillip, John, Elizabeth and Francis. Elizabeth died sometime after the 1870 census and before the 1880 census.
Joseph was admitted to the Bradford County Alms House on April 19 1881. He died there on March 19 1882. He is buried in the cemetery there.
The Surname McKeel is of Irish origin, the surname first surfaced in the Irish Midlands.
1830; Census Place: Roxbury, Delaware, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 89; Page: 167; Family History Library Film: 0017149
1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Austerlitz, Columbia, New York; Roll: M653_737; Page: 87; Family History Library Film: 803737
1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Granville, Bradford, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1311; Page: 202A; Image: 408; Family History Library Film: 552810
1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Granville, Bradford, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1104; Family History Film: 1255104; Page: 202C; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 0396
U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Pennsylvania 1850-1880; Supplemental Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes; Year: 1880; Roll: 12; Publication Number: M597
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