Ellen Kealy as a young woman

Ellen Kealy Hirsch at age 100

Ellen Kealy and Frederick Hirsch, wedding day, 3 Mar 1908

born: 25 Mar 1887, near Neligh,Antelope Co.,Nebraska, at a sod house

died: 7 Jan 1990, San Pedro,California

bur.: 13 Jan 1990, St. Edward, Boone Co., Nebraska, at Evergreen Cemetery

spouse: Fredric Henry HIRSCH

marr: 3 Mar 1908, St. Edward, Boone Co., Nebraska

born: 14 Mar 1885, Stitzer,Grant Co.,Wisconsin, at Liberty Ridge Twp

died: 3 Jun 1953, Platte Co.,Nebraska

bur.: 6 Jun 1953, St. Edward, Boone Co., Nebraska, at Evergreen Cemetery

Children:

Lillian Eugenia Hirsch

Frederic Gerald Hirsch

Donald William Hirsch

Marcella Marie ``Sally'' Hirsch

Vernon Francis Hirsch

Genevieve Katherine Hirsch

Mary Jane Hirsch

Joseph Dean Hirsch

Elizabeth Jean ``Betty'' Hirsch

Patricia Claire ``Patty'' Hirsch

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  |------William H. KEALY (1859, New York - 1929, Nebraska)
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Ellen Jane ``Ella'' KEALY (1887, Nebraska - 1990, California)
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  |                   |--------John FARRELL (Ireland - )
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  |        |---------George FARRELL (1829, Ireland - 1882, Iowa)
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  |        |
  |------Maria Jane FARRELL (1853, Iowa - 1931, Nebraska)
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           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Jane CULLEN (1826, Ireland - 1862, Iowa)
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She moved with her family to St. Edward, Nebraska where she attended and graduated from St. Edward High School in 1906. She then attended Normal School at Peru. She returned to Boone County, Nebraska where she taught school.

Ellen described how she and Fred met in an article describing her 100th birthday celebration:

``I was boarding at a home while I was teaching school and he came to work there as a farm hand,'' Hirsch said, smiling at the memory.

``The big attraction was his horse and buggy,'' she added, laughing.

After she and Fred married, they farmed and raised their ten children west of St. Edward until 1936 when they moved into St. Edward due to Fred's failing health. Ellen worked as a practical nurse and assisted Dr. Sullivan.

In 1953 Ellen moved to Omaha where she worked as a housekeeper. She worked until she was 83, when she had a heart attack in her Omaha home and moved to Harbor City, CA to live with her daughter Marcella for 12 years. For her last seven years she resided at the Little Sisters of the Poor Rest Home in San Pedro.

She loved to quilt up through age 100, and made one for each of her daughters.

Also as part of her 100th birthday celebration, she attributed her longevity to ``Raising 10 kids on a dirt farm.''

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