I am researching the Keefe family of Newport. I have two sisters, Hannah and Mary Ann Keefe. They were born in Ireland and came to Wales - probably during the Irish famine. Hannah (Keefe) Lapham is married in the Newport 1851 census to George Lapham. They also have a year old son. They later have the following children: Patrick, Joseph and Mary. I cannot find the family in the 1861 census, but they are in the Cardiff 1871 census and at that time Hannah is a widow. The other sister, Mary Ann Keefe, marries Richard Nicholls in Cardiff in 1850. I cannot find them in the 1851 census, but by 1861 they are in Lancashire, England and Mary Ann lists her birthplace as Newport, Wales. In later census she lists her birthplace as Ireland. The father of these sisters is John keefe and there was a Patrick Keefe listed as a witness to Mary Ann's wedding. They all eventually end up in Massachusetts, USA. Does anyone recognize this family? Ann D'Amore