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My great-great-great-grandfather was named Sylvester Joseph Keely, and he was born circa 1830 and emigrated to New York City from Dublin in 1849. I don’t know his parents’ names or where he was from in Ireland, but there are a lot of similarities with your family. For example, he had children named Mary Ann and James, and he was a printer/compositor in NY. I’ve identified *possible* siblings in the U.S. named James, Mary and Fanny (Frances). Thank you for posting this information. There's a good chance this is my family, but I’m going to sort through it more closely to see if I can find a definite link.