The O'Keefe family was in Massachusetts at least five years, for on the 1860 census record of Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, Father: Edmund O'Keefe was 45, Ireland, Mother: Ellen was 50, Ireland, Andrew was 15, Ireland, and he had a brother, David age 5 born in Massachusetts.[2]
Andrew O'Keefe age 22, Ireland, married Honora Roach, age 20, Ireland, on April 22, 1865, Springfield, Hampden, MA. (Record has Edmund O'Keefe as his father) [3]
In the 1865 census, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Andrew is 23 and Hanna/Honora is 22. [4]
In 1880, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Andrew is 38, working in Cotton Wast., wife: Honora is 36, their children: Edward W. is 13, David is 11, Jeremiah is 8, Catherin is 5 and James is 1. [5]
Children
William E. O'Keefe, christened October 21, 1866, Springfield, MA [6]
David O'Keefe, Christened May 21, 1869, Springfield, Massachusetts[7]
Jeremiah O'Keefe, Christened February 2, 1872, Springfield, MA [8]
Catherin O'Keefe, born 1875, Springfield, Hampden, MA
James O'Keefe, born 1879, Springfield, Hampden, MA
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPN5-4B8 : 9 February 2018), Andrew O'Keefe and Honora Roach, 23 Apr 1865; citing Vol.6Pg41Cn120, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,416.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6L-DYJ : 15 August 2017), Andrew O Keeffe, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 313, sheet 141A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0536; FHL microfilm 1,254,536.
↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXHY-JFZ : 11 March 2018), Andrew O'Keefe in entry for Wm E. O'Keefe, 21 Oct 1866, Springfield, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 187 p 39, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,038.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSQ-1VN : 10 February 2018), Andrew O'Keefe in entry for David O'Keefe, 21 May 1869; citing Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, v 6 p 85; FHL microfilm 185,415.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9N-YC9 : 10 February 2018), Andrew O'Keefe in entry for Jeremiah O'Keefe, 02 Feb 1872; citing Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, v 6 p 125; FHL microfilm 185,415.
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