Thomas William Kane to Boston 1905

[*Sandra*]

My thoughts were that this record below referred to the son of Thomas and Bridget.

SSDI Record

Thomas E. Kane
Last Residence: 02081  Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Born: 16 Oct 1917
Died: 16 Aug 1989
SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

and the wife of Thomas E Kane was Rita A (Nichols) who died 1 March 2000

Massachusetts Death Index

Name: Thomas E Kane
   
Rita A Kane. Born 30th May 1916 Massachusetts.
Died 1 st March 2000 Norwood. Massachusetts
Death Certificate: 023538
 
US Veterans Gravesites

Thomas E Kane .
Born 116 Oct 1917 -  Died 16 Aug 1989
Service Info.: LTJG US NAVY WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Service Start Date: 2 Aug 1944
Interment Date: 21 Aug 1989  - Cemetery: Massachusetts National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Off Connery Avenue Bourne, MA 02532
Buried At: Section 8 Site 558



Kane, Thomas E, b. 16 Oct 1917 -  died  16 Aug 1989, US Navy, LTJG, Plot: 8 0 558, bur. 21 Aug 1989

Kane, Rita A, b. 05/30/1916, d. 1st March/2000, US Navy, LTJG, Res: Walpole, MA, Plot: 8 0 558, bur. 6th March 2000

http://www.rootschat.com/links/09rd/

[*Sandra*]

IF the above was the right connection - then:-

Thomas William Kane born December 05, 1952 - May 23, 2005 was the son of Thomas and Rita


Thomas William Kane, age 52 of Foxboro died at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday, May 23. He was the son of the late Thomas E. and Rita A. (Nichols) Kane.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/09rc/

[*Sandra*]

World War 2 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Casulties. 1941 - 1945

Thomas E Kane
Relative Name: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane
Parents  13 Gould Avenue. Massachusetts.
Type of Casualty: Wounded In Action

[*Sandra*]

The passenger list is still a mystery - the nearest I came was this one:-

Book Indexes to Boston Passenger List

Thomas Keane. Born about 1877. Aged 28
Ship Name: Saxonia
Date of Arrival: 21 Apr 1905

No further info.

[*Sandra*]

The family, mis-transcribed as Kam in 1930

1930 Census Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts

All children born Massachusetts.

Thomas Kam 55 Born Ireland. Married at 32 years. Rents home $35. Immigrated 1905. Applied for Naturalization. Driver at Mill.
Bridget Kam 52 Born Ireland. Married at 29 years. Immigrated 1907. Alien.
Catherine Kam 21 Stenographer. Power Office.
Mary Kam 19 Roller. textile ....
Josephine Kam 16
James Kam 13
Thomas Kam 12
Helen Kam 10

You can access Census and some other information on the link below albeit not the 1930 unfortunately.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
 
 
 

[grub]

Passenger list information for 21 April 1905
Saxonia travelling Queenstown to Boston.

KEANE, Thomas, aged 28, Laborer, cannot read or write.
Last residence was Galway, passage paid by brother. He had $30.
Going to sister: Annie Keane 41 Park Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.

* Dr. noticed defective? right eye. I'm not sure if this applies to Thomas or the passenger above him on the list.

Grub

[Kane Keane Kain]

Thank you I have found out more from this forum in less than one day than I obtained in searching the web for the past 5 years.

Sandra the census link works for me, I have located all of my GF Thomas Kane siblings that I knew to have come to the USA.

Grub, You solved the mystery about the arrival date for the Saxonia.   You also more importantly identified Annie his sister.  I had found Annie on the Irish Census in 1901 but only knew her as Julia.  She did live at 41 Park St in Brookline.  Also my GF Thomas Kane did loose his right eye.  I always thought it was from an accident at the paper mill he worked in, now I know that the eye was defective when he arrived in Boston.

Thank you all very much.

[*Sandra*]

Hi Grub,

Great to see you on the threads - hope you are enjoying some relaxation.    The name change for Thomas has thrown us for a few days I think but good to see that resolved.

Hi Kane,

Delighted we could help solve a few things for you. Always someone ready to help on here - so fire away if you need further help. Do hope that Craig (the original) poster returns - you may be able to compare notes.

Regards Both
Sandra 

[angusmacg]

Wow!!!! This is fantastic. All of you are just plain amazing. I am still very new to tracking down information and just getting used to searching under different spellings, etc. Funny thing is I have posted in other forums in the past and received little to no response so I wasn't expecting soooo much information in such a short amount of time!.

Just an FYI, Kane/Keane/Kain is my 1C1R and his request to me spurred me to try this forum for the first time. I will obviously be posting more and trying to offer what help I can for people.

Craig