O'Keefe / O'Keeffe - Cardiff, Wales

[mazzie74]

Hi,

I am hoping to find descendants of the O'Keefe (sometimes spelt O'Keeffe or Keefe) who lived in the Roath area of Cardiff from about 1870 onwards.

The father of the family was Timothy O'Keefe (sometimes called Edward O'Keefe) who was born either in Cardiff, Bristol or at Sea (as different census' state) in about 1849. He was the son of Jeremiah O'Keefe from Ireland.

Timothy married Florinda Maria Mazzei (1852-1916) in Cardiff in 1869.

They had 3 surviving sons who's descendants I am hoping to trace. They were:-

Timothy O'Keefe (1874-1933) married Sarah Ann Elworthy in Cardiff in 1903 and had 8 children:-
1). Florinda Catherine O'Keefe (b.1904);
2). Timothy James O'Keefe (b.1905);
3). John O'Keefe (b.1906);
4). Frederick O'Keefe (b.1908);
5). Alfred Thomas O'Keefe (b.1910);
6). Agnes Linda O'Keefe (b.1913);
7). Ann Eileen O'Keefe (1915-1996);
8/. Joseph O'Keefe (b.1918).
Timothy was living at 29 Ruby Street, Roath at the time of his death in 1933.

John O'Keefe (1879-1930) married Elizabeth James in Cardiff in 1900 and had 10 children:-
1). William John O'Keefe (b.1901);
2). Timothy O'Keefe (1902-1992);
3). Elizabeth Ellen O'Keefe (b.1904);
4). Ann Mary O'Keefe (b.1906);
5). Florenda Benodona O'Keefe (1908-1909);
6). Mary Agnes O'Keefe (b.1910);
7). Beatrice Mary O'Keefe (1912-1914);
8/. Thomas George O'Keefe (b.1914);
9). Frederick O'Keefe (1916-1992);
10). Daniel Alfred O'Keefe (1918-1991).

Thomas O'Keefe (1883-1941) who married Agnes Mabel Jenkins in Cardiff in 1918 and had 4 children:-

1). Mary O'Keefe (b.1919);
2). Bernard Rocco O'Keefe (1920-2004);
3). Ellen A. O'Keefe (b.1922);
4). Terence O'Keefe (1925-1944) - Terence was killed in Normandy in 1944 aged 19.
Thomas was living at 6 Caerleon Road, Gabalfa at the time of his death in 1941.


If anybody is a descendant of these O'Keefe's, I would love to hear from you.

Regards,

Darin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

[bore da]

hi Darin..I've been interested in researching my family tree for some time now and never getting very far but after chatting with my cousin yesterday ..she looked through some of her mum's documents for me and found a marriage cert ..and when she put the details online she found you...well!!! we are both so excited!!!!!..we have always been intrigued to find out where the family came from
now!!!..JOHN O'KEEFE(1879-1933...ELIZABETH JAMES
are my great grandparents and I spent a lot of my childhood at Topaz st where they lived
ELIZABETH ELLEN O'KEEFE (1904) is my grandmother
she married William Henry White
her children are ^(*)
they all lived in 15 swansea st splott cardiff
^(*)is my mother,....who married ^(*)
they had two children...^(*)
MY SURNAME NOW IS O'KEEFE
because I am married to ^(*)
WHO IS THE SON OF BERNARD ROCCO(1920 -2004)
I Lived in Cardiff /Pontypridd all my life until I moved to Ireland 8 yrs ago

WE WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM YOU MANY THANKS BETTY X
we would love to here from you

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[mazzie74]

Hi Betty,

This is fantastic!

I have loads of information on the O'Keefe's.

I will PM you my e-mail addres, and hopefully we can share information.

Bye for now,

Darin.

[Morganllan]

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[Gazz555]

Hi Darin,

My interest is in the Elworthy line (Sarah Ann Elworthy was my father's 2nd cousin). If you want to know more about this please let me know, though I suspect it may be peripheral to your main interests.

Regards,
Garry

[mazzie74]

Hi Garry,

My main interest does lie in the O'Keefe line rather than the Elworthy line.

I do, however have a photo of Sarah Ann Elworthy with her husband Timothy O'Keefe, taken around 1910ish.

I also have a copy of her marriage certificate,

Thanks,

Darin.

[Gazz555]

Hi Darin,

Thank you for the photograph which I agree looks to be about 1910. Re. Sarah's children, I have:
Florinda Page died 1943
Timothy J O'Keefe died 1981
Frederick O'Keefe died 1909
Alfred T O'Keefe died 1960
Agnes L O'Keefe died 2002
Joseph O'Keefe died 1937
All Cardiff or S Glamorgan. Not sure about John O'Keefe.

Regards,
Garry

[jananne]

Hi  Darin  I   am interested in OKeefes   keefe    Edward  m Mary Regan  daughter Margaret b 1870  Wales and a son Thomas , we now have information that they came from Wales  not Ireland to New Zealand . The family came to New Zealand  1870s , Margaret stayed m 1892
her parents left New Zealand  about late 1890  1900 > In 1904 a paper report says Margaret says she is the only surviving member of her family .

The B- D dates below are about the parents  dates
  1-. I have found  a Edward Okeefe  b 1846  Medhyr Tydfil    d 1907 Glamorganshire
2-  Edward Okeefe  1846   d 1900 Pontypridd   Glamorganshire
Mary Regan b 1848 Neath  Glamoganshire  Wales    a death i have yet to find and a m date
we have yet to have this verifyed as a link to our Okeefes.

I wondered if you have a family  connection to them . The  B-  D dates  above may have a connection to our Okeefes .

[mazzie74]

Hi,

That O'Keefe line isn't connected to mine.

I have had a look, and think that this is your family in the 1871 Merthyr Tydfil census:

Name: Edward Keeffe 
 Event Type: Census 
 Event Date: 1871 
 Gender: Male 
 Age: 30 
 Relationship to Head of Household: Self 
 Birthplace: Ireland 
 Schedule Type: Household 
 Registration District: Merthyr Tydfil 
 Sub-District: Merthyr Tydfil, Upper 
 Parish: Merthyr Tydfil 
 County: Glamorganshire 
  Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self  Edward Keeffe  M 30  Ireland   
Wife  Mary Keeffe  F 28  Ireland   
Daughter  Mary Keeffe  F 10  Ireland   
Daughter  Elizabeth Keeffe  F 8  Ireland   
Son  William Keeffe  M 5  Dowlais, Glamorganshire   
Son  Paterick Keeffe  M 4  Dowlais, Glamorganshire   
Son  Michael Keeffe  M 2  Dowlais, Glamorganshire   
Daughter  Margaret Keeffe  F 0  Dowlais, Glamorganshire   
Lodger  James Regan  M 22  Ireland 

If it is, their 2 eldest children were born in Ireland, so I think that is where the marriage would have taken place.

Thanks,

Darin.