Patrick Mervin Keeffe

Patrick Mervin Keeffe
(1884-1964)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances Ann Koehler

Patrick Mervin Keeffe ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 25 May 1884, , Trempealeau County, WI ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ¹⁰ ¹¹
Marriage (1): Frances Ann Koehler about 1909 ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 27 October 1964, Wausau, WI at age 80 ⁹ ¹⁰
Buried: After 27 October 1964, Saint Leos Cemetery, Friendship, WI ¹⁰

bullet Another name for Patrick was Patrick Marvin Keeffe.¹¹

bullet General Notes:

Some researchers may show his middle name as "Marvin" instead of "Mervin" but his signature on both the World War I and World War II Draft Registration Cards is clearly "Mervin".
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bullet Death Notes:

Name: Patrick M Keeffe
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 27 Oct 1964
Event Place: Wausau, , Wisconsin
Residence Place: , Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Age: 80
Certificate Number: 030146

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V89G-DRL : accessed 03 Aug 2013), Patrick M Keeffe, 1964.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 6 June 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 137, Family 82
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Patrick M. Keeffe..Son..May 1884..16..WI..At school

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 1 June 1905. ⁸

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 461, Family 53, Line 26
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Patrick M. Keefe..Son..21..WI..Telephone Operator

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Madison, WI on 18 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 65, Family 110, Roll 1708, Ward 3
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Married 0 years
414 South Brearly Street; House rented
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..26..WI..Telegraph Operator

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 25 May 1884, then his age should have been 25 instead of 26.
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• His occupation on 12 September 1918 was a Train Dispatcher for Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in Adams, WI. ⁵

• He resided in Adams, WI on 12 September 1918.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Friendship, WI.

Name: Patrick Mervin Keeffe
Birth Date: 25 May 1884
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Adams, WI on 25 February 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 215, Family 216, Roll 1975
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Home owned, with mortgage
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..34..WI..Train Dispatcher, RR

(Living with wife, 3 children, and 1 brother (Mark)).

NOTE - If his birth date was 25 May 1884, then his age should have been 35 instead of 34.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Adams, WI on 21 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 1, Family 212, Roll 2560, Ward 2
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Court Street; Home owned, $5000
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..45..WI..Train Dispatcher, Steam Railroad

(Living with wife and 6 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Adams, WI on 20 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 1-1, Family 197, Roll 4456
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $3500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..55..WI..12th grade..Train Dispatcher, Railroad

(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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• He resided at Box 123 in 1942 in Adams, WI.
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• Patrick Mervin Keeffe registered for WW II Draft: 1942, Adams, WI.

¹² Name: Patrick Mervin Keeffe
Event Place: Adams, Adams, Wisconsin
Birth Date: 25 May 1884
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• He was buried after 27 October 1964 in the Saint Leo's Cemetery in Friendship, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial 52455956
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Patrick married Frances Ann Koehler, daughter of Godfrey Koehler and Clara Mundschau, about 1909.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Frances Ann Koehler was born on 1 July 1886 in Wisconsin,¹ ³ ⁴ ¹³ died on 16 May 1941 in Friendship, WI ¹³ and was buried after 16 May 1941 in Friendship, WI ¹³.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Madison, WI on 18 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 65, Family 110, Roll 1708, Ward 3
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Married 0 years
414 South Brearly Street; House rented
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..26..WI..Telegraph Operator
Frances Keeffe..Wife..23..WI..0/0
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Adams, WI on 25 February 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 215, Family 216, Roll 1975
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Home owned, with mortgage
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..34..WI..Train Dispatcher, RR
Frances A. Keeffe..Wife..32..WI
Katherine F. Keeffe..Daughter..9..WI
Harold M. Keeffe..Son..8..WI
Kenneth P. Keeffe..Son..6..WI
Mark I. Keeffe..Brother..20..WI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Adams, WI on 21 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 1, Family 212, Roll 2560, Ward 2
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Court Street; Home owned, $5000
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..45..WI..Train Dispatcher, Steam Railroad
Frances A. Keeffe..Wife..43..WI
Katheryn S. Keeffe..Daughter..19..WI..Clerk, General Store
Harold M. Keeffe..Son..18..WI
Kenneth T. Keeffe..Son..17..WI
Donald J. Keeffe..Son..9..WI
John E. Keeffe..Son..8..WI
William E. Keeffe..Son..6..WI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Adams, WI on 20 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 1-1, Family 197, Roll 4456
Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $3500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Patrick M. Keeffe..Head..55..WI..12th grade..Train Dispatcher, Railroade
Francis A. Keeffe..Wife..53..WI..8th grade
John Keeffe..Son..18..WI..12th grade..Student
William Keeffe..Son..16..WI..10th grade..Student
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1 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 5A, family 110, Patrick Mervin Keeffe and Frances Ann Koehler; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1708.

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 215, sheet 14B, family 216, Patrick Mervin Keeffe and Frances Ann Koehler; index and images (accessed 10 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1975.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 9A, family 212, Patrick Mervin Keeffe and Frances Ann Koehler; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2560.

4 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 1-1, sheet 8B, household 197, Patrick Marvin Keeffe and Frances A. Koehler; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Aug 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4456.

5 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 9 May 2019); Patrick Mervin.

6 World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, microfilm publication M1939, M1936, and M1937 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1942), Patrick Mervin Keeffe.

7 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 4A, dwelling 81, family 82, Edmund Keeffe and Mary Ann Shea; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

8 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 461, family 53, line 26, Edmund Keeffe and Mary Ann Shea; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1443899 : accessed 7 May 2013).

9 "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947978 : accessed 4 November 2020), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89G-DRL : 12 December 2014), Patrick M Keeffe, 27 Oct 1964; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 030146, Waus, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 08 April 2019), memorial page for Patrick M. Keeffe (25 May 1884\endash 27 Oct 1964), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52455956, citing Saint Leos Cemetery, Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin, USA

11 Matthew William Bowen, "Bowen, Allerton, Kuhns, Keefe and related families." (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwbowen7).

12 World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, microfilm publication M1939, M1936, and M1937 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1942), Patrick Mervin Keeffe;
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Adams, Adams, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 May 1884
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Wisconsin
Affiliate Publication Number: M2126
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 623273
GS Film number 1572769
Digital Folder Number 004250060
Image Number: 00582

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 08 April 2019), memorial page for Frances A. Keeffe (1 Jul 1886\endash 16 May 1941), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52455913, citing Saint Leos Cemetery, Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin, USA

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