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Name: Margaret O'Shea ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}
Sex: F
Birth: 2 Jul 1831 in Watergrasshill, County Cork, IRELAND ^{10 11 12}
Death: 8 Jan 1912 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States ^{2 10}
Burial: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.
Person Id: I20746
Tree Id: 619380

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Parents

Father:

Edmund O'Shea: Birth: Abt 1795 in , , , IRELAND. Death: Unknown

Mother:

O'conner: Birth: Abt 1795 in , , , IRELAND. Death: Unknown

Family
Marriage:

Married: Michael John O'Keeffe on 1842 at , County Cork, IRELAND.^{2 10}
Michael John O'Keeffe: Birth: 1819 in , County Cork, IRELAND. Death: 1869 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Children:

Matthew Keeffe: Birth: Dec 1845 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, CANADA. Death: Bef 1851
Mary Keeffe: Birth: 20 Oct 1847 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, CANADA. Death: 13 Jan 1919 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Edmund Keeffe: Birth: 24 Aug 1850 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, CANADA. Death: 1 Sep 1919 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Elizabeth Jane Keeffe: Birth: 1853 in , , , CANADA. Death: 21 May 1915 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
William John Keefe: Birth: Dec 1862 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, CANADA. Death: 21 Jan 1948 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Family
Marriage:

Married: Barney Carroll McGraw on 1873 at , Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.^{13 14 15 16}
Barney Carroll McGraw: Birth: 4 Jan 1840 in , , New York, United States. Death: 20 Sep 1928 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

Sources

1.	Title: Bowen, Allerton, Kuhns, Keefe and related families. Author: Matthew William Bowen Publication: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwbowen7
2.	Title: Drugan Family Records Author: John Louis Drugan and William Patrick Drugan Publication: A collection of family history papers and research originally done by John Drugan during the 1960s and 1970s of the Drugan family in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota. Supplemental and updated information maintained by William Drugan. Recent additions by Robert C. Westphal, Jr.
3.	Title: "1851 Canada West Census." Database and images. Page: (www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Apr 2016); Page 55, Line 9 Sub-District 103, West Kemptville, Oxford Township, Grenville County, Ontario (Canada West). Publication: <i>Family Search</i>. www.familysearch.org. Link: http://www.familysearch.org
4.	Title: 1861 Canada West Census. RG 31. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Page: Kemptville, Grenville County, Ontario, p. 5, Margaret O'Shea Author: Canada.
5.	Title: 1870 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images Page: M593, roll 1737, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 13, dwelling 109, family 107, Margaret Keefe (O'Shea), accessed 14 Sep 2012 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6.	Title: 1880 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images Page: T9, roll 1448, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 176D, family 238, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 8 Apr 2016 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
7.	Title: 1900 U.S. census, index and images Page: T623, roll 1819, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 2A, dwelling 26, family 27, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 12 May 2013 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
8.	Title: 1905 State Census, population schedule Page: Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 465, family 108, line 16, Barney McGraw and Margaret O'Shea; (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 May 2013) Author: Wisconsin Publication: Digital images. <i>Family Search</i>. https://www.familysearch.org : n.d. Link: https://www.familysearch.org
9.	Title: 1910 U.S. census, index and images Page: T624, roll 1739, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 2A, family 44, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 31 Dec 2015 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
10.	Title: E-mail correspondence with Brian Lightfoot. Privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Matthew Bowen to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail<; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, California. Page: May 24, 2009>, "O'Keefe Family PDF," Author: Bowen, Matthew
11.	Title: 1870 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images Page: M593, roll 1737, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 13, dwelling 109, family 107, Margaret Keefe (O'Shea), accessed 14 Sep 2012 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
12.	Title: 1900 U.S. census, index and images Page: T623, roll 1819, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 2A, dwelling 26, family 27, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 12 May 2013 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
13.	Title: 1880 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images Page: T9, roll 1448, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 176D, family 238, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 8 Apr 2016 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
14.	Title: 1900 U.S. census, index and images Page: T623, roll 1819, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 2A, dwelling 26, family 27, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 12 May 2013 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
15.	Title: 1905 State Census, population schedule Page: Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 465, family 108, line 16, Barney McGraw and Margaret O'Shea; (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 May 2013) Author: Wisconsin Publication: Digital images. <i>Family Search</i>. https://www.familysearch.org : n.d. Link: https://www.familysearch.org
16.	Title: 1910 U.S. census, index and images Page: T624, roll 1739, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 2A, family 44, Barney Carroll McGraw and Margaret O'Shea, accessed 31 Dec 2015 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Notes

Note: NI20746 Watergrasshill: north of Cork City in the Parish of Kilquarne, Barony of Barrymore, County Cork.
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Margaret had to go to work to support her children after her 1st husband, Michael, died of disease in Nebraska where he had to work when so many US men were going to fight in the Civil War. If the accurate date of Michael's death was in 1862 instead of 1869, then that would mean that their 4th child was born after his death in 1862 in Nebraska.
While she was still living in Canada, a French family agreed to care for infant William while his mother worked. Later, the French family moved away taking baby William with them and Margaret had no idea where her son was until her other son, Edmund, was in the post office one day when one of the townspeople received a letter from the French family and talked about it. Edmund went home and told him mother that William was in a settlement called Frenchville, which received its mail through Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Margaret then began a correspondence with them and as a result she decided to leave Canada and follow them to the US. She caught a Great Lakes boat to Toledo, Ohio and went overland to Cincinnati where she got on a riverboat that took her to St. Louis, MO. At that city she was able to catch a steamboat that would drop her off in Trempealeau. Some say that she couldn't afford the whole fare, and was dropped off before Trempealeau, and some native Americans let her travel in a wagon with them. William was six years old before he was reunited with his family and didn't understand a word of English. All he knew was French. So it was around 1867 before the O'Keeffes were in Trempealeau.
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Margaret O'Shea, later married Barney Carroll McGraw. He was hired to fight in someone else's stead during the Civil War. When the war was over, there was considerable delay in getting discharged, and he finally went AWOL with many others, so was ineligible for any bonus, etc. Barney McGraw was one of the first settlers in Trempealeau.
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