Mary (Shea) O'Keefe (1869 - 1944)

Born 27 Apr 1869 in Killognaveen, County Kerry, Ireland

Died 9 Mar 1944 at age 74 in 2470 Tiebout Avenue, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Mary daughter of Thade Shea, farmer, of Keelagnavine, and Mary Shea formerly Keating, was born 27 Apr 1869 at Keelagnavine. The birth was registered by Thade Shea, father, of Keelagnavine, on 05 Jun 1869.^[1]

Mary Keefe appeared in the 1900 US census in Borough of Manhattan, Election District 11 New York City Ward 33, New York County, New York, United States, born Mar 1867 Ireland, marital status: marred, as wife to David Keefe, having been married 15 years, with 7 children of whom 4 weres still alive. She had immigrated in 1888. Her parents were both born in Ireland. ^[2]

Mary O'Keefe died 9 Mar 1944, at 2470 Tiebout Ave., The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, aged 74, widow of Dcaid O'Keefe, occupation practical nurse housewife. She was said to have been born 10 Dec 1869, at Kerry Co., Ireland, daughter of Thad Shea (born Ireland) and Mary Keating (born Ireland). She was buried on 11 Mar 1944 at St. Raymonds Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, birth registrations on irishgenealogy.ie, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1869/03389/2242521.pdf
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS29-BRL : accessed 12 August 2019), Cathrine Keefe in household of David Keefe, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 11 New York City Ward 33, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 927, sheet 5A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,122.
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WP4-TM1 : 3 June 2020), Mary O'Keefe, 1944.