Elizabeth Jane Keeffe

   Cause of her death was Asthma.

   Other names for Elizabeth were Eliza Keefe,² Elizabeth Jane Keefe ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13} and Elizabeth Jane O'Keeffe.¹¹

  General Notes:

Elizabeth was apparently enumerated twice in the 1870 US Census; once at home with her widowed mother in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin and a second time about 9 days later at the home of her married sister, Mary Keeffe, in Greencastle Borough, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
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Elizabeth gave different birth years for the various census records: 1857 for the 1880 US Census and 1905 Wisconsin census, and June 1850 for the 1900 US Census. Researcher and great grandson Robert C. Westphal provides a birth date of 24 June 1854 which apparently was taken from the obituary. The IGI baptismal record and the 1861 Ontario Canada Census both support birth years of 1853.
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Elizebeth Jane Keefe
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 31 Jul 1853
Event Place: Kemptville, Oxford, Grenville, Canada West, British Colonial America
Event Place (Original): Holy Cross Rectory, Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Michael Keefe
Mother's Name: Margret Shea

Citing this Record
"Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MP-2FM : 13 February 2020), Michael Keefe in entry for Elizebeth Jane Keefe, 1853.
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  Death Notes:

Pallbearers for her funeral were Mervin, Howard, Edmund, and Mark Keeffe as were her sons Edward, William, David, and Harry Drugan.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 21 January 1854 and a birth location of Kemptville, Ontario, CANADA.

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• She has alternate birth date of 24 June 1854 and a birth location of Kemptville, Ontario, CANADA.

Kemptville, Oxford-On-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, CANADA
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• She has alternate birth date of June 1855 and a birth location of Canada.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1856 and a birth location of Canada.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1857 and a birth location of Canada.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1858 and a birth location of Canada.

• She appeared on the 1861 Canada West Census in Kemptville, Ontario, CANADA on 14 January 1861. ⁸

1861 Canada West Census
Page 5, Line 47, District 1
Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Frame House, 1-1/2 Stories, Single Family Home
Elizabeth Keeffe..7..CAN..Catholic

(Living with mother.)
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• She immigrated in 1869.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 11 June 1870. ¹³

1870 US Census
Page 13, Family 107, Roll 1737
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Elisa J. Keefe..16..CAN

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Greencastle, PA on 20 July 1870. ⁹

1870 US Census
Page 34, Family 278
Greencastle Borough, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Eliza. J. Keeffe..16..CAN

(Living with or visiting married sister, Mary Keeffe.)
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• She was naturalized in 1874. ⁷

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 24D, District 72, Family 239, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Eliza Drugan..Wife..23..CAN..Keeping House

(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1853, then her age should have been 27 instead of 23.
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• She appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ¹⁵

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 3
Trempealeau (Town), Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan (sometimes indexed as Dreyan)
Females: 2 = (Elizabeth, wife; Anna, daughter)

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 13 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 237, Family 191
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 22 yrs
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..Jun 1855..44..CAN..Immig 1869..5/5

(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - Her birth date is believed to be in 1853 instead of Jun 1855.
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• She appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Trempealeau, WI on June 1905. ⁵

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 460, Family 40, Line 64
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
House owned
Elizabeth Jane Drugan..Wife..48..CAN

(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 24 June 1854, then her age should have been 50 instead of 48.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 77
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Married 31 yrs
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..52..CAN..Nat 1874..5/5

(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1853, then her age should have been 56 or 57 instead of 52.
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• She was buried on 24 May 1915 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

The somewhat limited records of burials in the old Catholic cemetery indicate that Patrick and his wife, Elizabeth, were not buried within the Drugan Family lots (Lot 65 and 66) but rather in a different row, Lot 51. The La Crosse Diocese Book 2, Deaths/Burials, 1915-1946 for the St. Bartholomew Church, Trempealeau does not include her 1915 death and burial but the published obituary for her husband indicates that he was to be buried alongside his wife.

Find A Grave Memorial #94036993
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 24 May 1915 in Winona, MN.

¹⁶ The funeral services for the late Mrs. Patrick Drugan were held this morning at 9:30 at Trempealeau, Father Bushman, officiating. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery at Trempealeau.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 24 May 1915, page 3)
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• Her obituary was published in the La Crosse Tribune on 31 May 1915 in La Crosse, WI.

³ The death Monday of Mrs. Patrick Drugan, a resident of Trempealeau since 1872, came as a shock to her many friends. She had been confined to her bed for about two weeks but her condition was not considered alarming. Elizabeth Keefe was born in Canada, June 24, 1854. When she was thirteen years old, she moved with her parents to Pennsylvania, coming to Trempealeau five years later, where she has resided until the time of her death. She was married to Patrick Drugan in 1878. Five children were born to them, Edward, William, Glenn, Harry, and Anna. All are living and reside in Trempealeau except Glenn, who lives in Winona. Funeral services were held in Saint Bartholomew church Monday. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery here.

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Monday May 31, 1915, page 4)
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Elizabeth married Patrick Drugan Jr., son of Patrick Drugan Sr. and Anne Coyle, on 25 October 1878 in Ettrick, WI.^{2 3 4 5 6 7 11} (Patrick Drugan Jr. was born on 12 October 1845 in County Tyrone, IRELAND,^{17 18 19} died on 5 January 1926 in Trempealeau, WI ^{19 20 21} and was buried on 8 January 1926 in Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ^{19 20 21}.). The cause of his death was Pneumonia.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 24D, District 72, Family 239, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patsey Drugan..Head..28..IRE..Laborer
Eliza Drugan..Wife..23..CAN..Keeping House
Edmond Drugan..Son..6m..WI..Born in Dec.
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• They appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ¹⁵

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 3
Trempealeau (Town), Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan (sometimes indexed as Dreyan)
Males: 5 = Patrick Jr.; (Edmund, son; William, son; David, son; Harry, son)
Females: 2 = (Elizabeth, wife; Anna, daughter)
Birthplace: United States: 5; British America: 1; Ireland: 1

NOTE - At that time the Town of Trempealeau was distinct from the Village of Trempealeau.
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 13 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 237, Family 191
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 22 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..Nov 1850..49..IRE..Immig 1853.. Naturalized..Quarryman
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..Jun 1855..44..CAN..Immig 1869..5/5
Edmond Drugan..Son..Dec 1879..20..WI..Day Laborer
William J. Drugan..Son..Jul 1882..17..WI..At School
David G. Drugan..Son..Feb 1888..12..WI..At School
Harry R. Drugan..Son..Dec 1890..9..WI..At School
Anna Drugan..Daughter..Dec 1893..6..WI..At School
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• They appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ⁵

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 460, Family 40, Line 64
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Patrick Drugan..Head..57..IRE..Day Laborer
Elizabeth Jane Drugan..Wife..48..CAN
Edmund Drugan..Son..26..WI..Liveryman
William J. Drugan..Son..22..WI
David G. Drugan..Son..17..WI
Harry R. Drugan..Son..14..WI
Anne Drugan..Daughter..11..WI
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 77
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Married 31 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..66..IRE..Nat 1858..Laborer on RR Section
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..52..CAN..Nat 1874..5/5
Harry R. Drugan..Son..19..WI..Salesman at General Store
Anna Drugan..Daughter..16..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

The Drugans left County Tyrone, Ireland in 1849 and emigrated via New York. The 1900 US Census indicates that Patrick Drugan, Sr. arrived in the USA in 1853. The family likely lived for a short time in Sullivan, Pennsylvania with James Drugan and his family, and then moved to Kane, Illinois. They then moved to Caledonia Township, Racine County, Wisconsin in 1854, and then to the village of Trempealeau in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin around 1855. They first lived near the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau.

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Married: 25 OCT 1878 in Saint Bridget's Catholic Church, Ettrick, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

Name: Patrick Drugan
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Oct 1878
Event Place: Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Drugan
Mother's Name: Annie Coyle
Spouse's Name: Eliza Keefe
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Father's Name: Michael Keefe
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Shea
Reference ID: Marr. 1878 - 1892
GS Film Number: 1275576
Digital Folder Number: 007622474
Image Number: 00013

Citing this Record:
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKR-1PZ : 3 June 2016), Patrick Drugan and Eliza Keefe, 25 Oct 1878; citing Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,576.
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Name: Patrick Drugan
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Oct 1878
Event Place: Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original): Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: American
Race: w
Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Drugan
Mother's Name: Annie Coyle
Spouse's Name: Eliza Keefe
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: w
Spouse's Race (Original): w
Spouse's Father's Name: Michael Keefe
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Shea

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKT-MM9 : 30 January 2020), Patrick Drugan in entry for Patrick Drugan, 1878.
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Volume: 1
Page: 299
Full Name of Husband: Patrick Drugan, Jr.
Full Name of Wife (Previous to Marriage): Eliza Keefe
Occupation of Husband: Railroading
Residence of Husband: Trempealeau
Birthplace of Husband: Ireland
Place Where Marriage was Contracted: Ettrick, Trempealeau County
Time When Marriage was Contracted: October 25, 1878
By What Ceremony Contracted: Roman Catholic
Names of Subscribing Witnesses: James Donovan and Mary Haligan
Date of Certificate of Marriage: October 25, 1878
Name of the Father of the Husband: Patrick Drugan, Sr.
Name of the Mother of the Husband: Anne Coyle
Name of the Father of the Wife: Michael Keefe
Name of the Mother of the Wife: Margaret Shea
Dated at: Ettrick, Trempealeau, on the 25th day of October, 1878
William White, Catholic Priest, Ettrick, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
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Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 843 - 845:

St. BRIDGET'S PARISH
The early Catholic settlers in the southeastern part of the county were few and widely scattered. Some lived in the town of Ettrick, some in the town of Gale and some in the town of Trempealeau. Being widely scattered, they never formed strong centers, such as we find in the towns of Arcadia, Dodge and Burnside. Having no parochial schools, prospective Catholic families who might otherwise have located there hesitated to do so. Hence the growth of the church in these three townships was not very rapid. Up to this day none of their parishes has sufficient means and a membership large enough to support a resident pastor without the assistance of some outside mission. None of them conduct a parochial school. For thirty-five years the priests residing at Ettrick had Galesville, Trempealeau and Roaring Creek as missions. Considering the distances from one church to another and the condition of the roads, one can easily imagine the hardships endured by the priests in administering to their scattered flock. More than one priest imperiled his life. At present the condition has been somewhat improved by the fact that Trempealeau has a resident pastor with Galesville as a mission, and that the pastor of Saint Bridget's Parish is only obliged to attend to the mission at Roaring Creek. The early settlers in the sixties had no church, but mass was offered occasionally in the homes of some of the Catholics by pioneer priests from Saint Mary's Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Among these is especially remembered Rev. M. Marcoe. Saint Bridget's Parish was organized by Rev. C. A. Gerst in 1869 and the first church was erected at a cost of $2,000 in 1870. On account of hardships connected with the work of Saint Bridget's and its remote missions the good spirits of the pastors were put to such a test, and their health so greatly impaired, that many had to request their bishop for a change after serving but a short time. The list of pastors is as follows:

Rev. C. A. Gerst, 1869 - 1870
Rev. Herman Kamphschroer, 1870 - 1871
Rev. Martin Connolly, 1871 - 1872
Rev. Twohy, 1872 - 1873
Rev. Chas. Gunkel, 1873 - 1875
Rev. N. Flammang, 1875 - 1877
Rev. N. White, 1877 - 1880 **(Married Patrick Drugan Jr., and Elizabeth Jane O'Keeffe)
Rev. J. B. Conroy, 1880 - 1882
Rev. J. H. Neubrand, S. J., 1882 - 1883
Rev. J. Harrier, 1883 - 1884
Rev. J. J. Briene, 1884 - 1889
Rev. Aug. Biersner, 1889 - 1892
Rev. Daniel McElhaney, 1892 - 1895
Rev. Telise Bryne, 1896 - 1899
Rev. M. P . O'Connor, 1899 - 1905
Rev. M. A. Keegan, 1905 - 1906
Rev. B. A. Enis, 1906 - 1907
Rev. Jos. Colling, January 1907 - April 1907
Rev. J. F. McGinnity, 1907 - 1908
Rev. M. Morris, 1908 - 1911
Rev. J. J. Carden, May 1911 - November 1911
Rev. Jos. Buschelmann, 1911 - 1914
Rev. Peter Briody, 1914 - 1917
Rev. Henry Engelhardt, O. M. I., since March 1917

Among these special mention must be given to Rev. White and Rev. Felix Bryne, who greatly improved and renovated the dilapidated condition into which, through age, the property had sunk. In 1904 Rev. M. Mark O'Connor built a church at Galesville, and, for a time, it was thought that the future of the church in this section of the county would be in Galesville. Hence three pastors who followed Rev. O'Connor established their residence at Galesville and Saint Bridget's became a mission. This, however, did not please the people of Ettrick. Greatly chagrined they took a determined stand against such a move. In time it did prove to the ecclesiastical authorities that the move to Galesville was impracticable, and in 1907 the residence of the pastor was reestablished at Ettrick. This served to reunite the people of Saint Bridget's and filled them with new hope and courage. Since then, under the administration of Rev. Briody, they erected a beautiful new church at a cost of $9,000. This church was completed in Jun 1917. Unfortunately Rev. Briody did not see the full completion of the new church. On 5 Feb 1917, he was found dead in his home. On the previous day, which was bitter cold, he attended a sick call twenty miles in the country through large snowdrifts. This overtaxing of himself is supposed to have been directly responsible for his death. By boarding up the windows it was possible to conduct his funeral from the new church. His remains rest in the cemetery to the left of the church.

Saint Bridget's now counts 75 families or 220 souls. Now that they have an inviting church and are united the parish will see a period of great prosperity and healthy growth.

The present pastor, Rev. Henry Engelhardt, is a native of Germany. He was born on Oct. 5, 1886, and ordained on July 9, 1911. He belongs to the congregation of Oblate Missionaries and spent five years as missionary in India. At the outbreak of the war he was interned by the English, for no cause other than that he was a German in an English colony. Being confined for two years in a detention camp, he was released upon the condition that he would leave English soil. Coming to the United States, he was appointed pastor of Saint Bridget's Church. He is a man of great experiences, well versed in many languages, of energetic and courageous disposition, yet kind and winning in his ways. He has made many friends in a short time and already done much for Saint Bridget's Parish.
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