Michael Howard Keeffe ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Usually went by his middle name of Howard rather than Michael.
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Funeral service for M. H. Keeffe who died New Year's day, were conducted Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Bartholomew church by the Rev. Francis Wallace.

Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 5 Jan 1935, page 10
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 6 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 137, Family 82
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Michael H. Keeffe..Son..Jun 1886..13..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. ⁶

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 461, Family 53, Line 26
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Michael H. Keefe..Son..19..WI..Baggageman

(Living with parents.)
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• His occupation on 5 June 1917 was a Telegraph Operator and Clerk for Chicago &Northwestern Railroad in Trempealeau, WI. ⁴

• He resided in Trempealeau, WI on 5 June 1917.
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• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Trempealeau, WI.

Name: Michael Howard Keeffe
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1886
Birthplace: Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 219, Family 26, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home Rented
Michael H. Keefe..Head..33..WI..Telegraph Operator, C & NW RR

(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 May 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 24, Family 102, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $2300
Howard Keefe..Head..43..WI..Agent, Railroad Station

(Living with wife, 2 children, and brother-in-law.)
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• He was buried on 4 January 1935 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Researchers James R. Losinski and Dale E. Ebersold indicate that his place of burial was at the Old Catholic Cemetery in Row 1, Lot 2, Grave 8 but without a visible marker. When his wife died about 11 years following his death, she was intered at the new cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery. During those years, many interments in the Old Catholic Cemetery were re-intered at the new cemetery, if the families could afford the expense. Many were left behind in the Old Catholic Cemetery and many of those do not have a visible gravestone.

Find A Grave Memorial #93159745
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Michael married Frances Joanna James, daughter of E. C. James and Kathryn, in 1912.^{1 2} (Frances Joanna James was born on 23 October 1887 in Caledonia, WI,^{1 2 9} died on 4 February 1946 in Trempealeau, WI ⁹ and was buried on 7 February 1946 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 219, Family 26, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home Rented
Michael H. Keefe..Head..33..WI..Telegraph Operator, C & NW RR
Frances ? Keefe..Wife..32..WI
James H. Keefe..Son..6..WI
Michael J. Keefe..Son..2y 7m..WI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 May 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 24, Dwelling 100, Family 102, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $2300
Howard Keefe..Head..43..WI..Agent, Railroad Station
Francis Keefe..Wife..42..WI
James Keefe..Son..16..WI
Joan Keefe..Daughter..8..WI
John James..Brother-in-Law..57..MI
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