O'Keefe/Keefe - Limerick to Australia

[carolyn s]

Hello

Hoping someone out there can help me (still a novice!) with my first brickwall... My GGG Grandfather Michael O'Keefe emigrated to NSW from Limerick  with his wife Margaret (nee Fewer or Foley, d. 1907), settling in Queanbeyn area at first (I think?) and later Cooma/Berridale area. I think they arrived about 1841 as their first child was born in NSW in 1841 or 1842. They had 8 children including my GG grandfather, also named Michael. b. 1849 at Queanbeyan.  They appear to have dropped the 'O' from their surname at some point. He married Elizabeth Flint in 1870 at Queanbeyan and she died in 1950.

I do not know which ship this family arrived on, and I cannot find the date of death for either Michael O'Keefe or his son.

Any connections out there?  I'd be grateful for any tips.

Carolyn

[trish251]

Hi Carolyn

On the assisted immigrants there are Michael O'Keeffes arriving in 1841
OKEEFE MICHAEL 25 JUN 1841 DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAN 2 467
OKEEFFE MICHL 20 JUN 1841 DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAN 2 477
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24
No sign of the rest of the family

Trish