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Hello Guthrie

The marriage record on Scotlands People lists William's father as

Michael Fitzgerald O'Keeffe a Draper

mother is Mary Josephine O'Keeffe (difficult to read cert) looks like maiden
name Molloy or Malloy. She was deceased at time of marriage

married in the presenceof Matthew Gemmel a Joiner and Mary Hamilton.

EDIT William is an Inland Revenue Clerk

Vera

??? Michael a widower, youngest child has the same first names as William's mother on the marriage cert Scotland 1915

1911
Residents of a house 13 in East View Terrace (Cork No. 5 Urban (part of), Cork)

Show all informationSurname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
Years Married Children Born Children Living

O Keeffe Michael 54 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Limerick R I C Pensioner and Drapers Clerk Read and write Irish and English Widower - - - -
O Keeffe William 18 Male Son Roman Catholic Roscommon Scholar Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
O Keeffe Kathleen Masie 16 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Roscommon Scholar Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
O Keeffe Rose Margt 15 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Roscommon Scholar Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
O Keeffe Pat Joseph 13 Male Son Roman Catholic Roscommon Scholar Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
O Keeffe Mary Josephine 12 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Roscommon Scholar Read and write

Vera

The GRO(I) index thru 1958 (excl N. Ireland post-partition) is available at:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND

One can purchase certs (or cheaper still, the uncertified images of the rego) via:
http://www.groireland.ie/

The Irish 1901/1911 censuses are free at:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Most City of Dublin parish registers are free online at:
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
[There are also Carlow, Cork & Kerry OPRs there too]

Thankyou. I haven't been able to get a birthdate for William. I had recorded Mary's surname as "Mailey". I have not been able to trace Mary or Michael, despite researching all census records, marriage certs, births. I will keep trying.
Helen

Helen...
1901 Census shows Michael to be a Sgt (RIC) stationed at Bellangare Castlerea Co Roscommon..here are details of children...if you look at the original you will see Michael actually signed the form but he is down on the Barracks Return per se and mis transcribed as M "R" (only initials were listed for this type of return).

E.Bee.was b Co Limerick but the others listed born the Co Roscommon....

Residents of a house 20.1 in Bellanagare (Bellanagare, Roscommon)
Show all information


Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion
Keeffe E Bee 17 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Keeffe William 8 Male Son Roman Catholic
Keeffe Katleen 7 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Keeffe Rose Marie 5 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Keeffe Paddy 3 Male Son Roman Catholic
Keeffe Mary Josephine 2 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

Helen ..The death of Mary O'Keeffe is Registered Castlereagh 1899 April-June quarter..age at death 43yrs.

Her death reg. corresponds with Birth Reg of Mary Josephine..April-June 1899 so she may have died in childbirth or just after.


William's birth is Reg.July-Sept.Quarter 1892 Co.Roscommon

You can find all these details on Family Search.org

If you look at the 1901 ErinGB posted, and look on the N and B forms, you'll see the house is situated in Castlrea poor law union (in 1911, it says on the back of the A form). The poor law union (nearly always?) coincided with the civil registration district.

Civil Parish for Bellangare. Castlerea was Kilcorkey but the Births are showing as Reg.Castlereagh..

William's as Co Roscommon...covers a mutiude of sins !!

Baptismal records for the area of CR will be answer.....