unless margaret died first and whoever did the obit saw no more need to list the name of a dead daughter than list the name of a dead spouse. there was a reason she went back to ireland, and a reason she went when she did, and a reason she stayed. wish i could find dennis obit!
meanwhile. you prob realize, that while half of genealogy is proving something, the other half is eliminating possibilities.
www.http://germangenealogygroup.com has some margaret rabbit wed to Keefe , Christofar Nov 3 ,1876 cert # 4667 Manhattan
www.findagrave margaret rabbit keefe
Birth: unknown County Meath, Ireland
Death: Sep. 15, 1902 New York, USA
Family links: Spouse: Christopher Keefe (____ - 1916)
Children: Patrick J Keefe (1877 - 1935)* Mary E Keefe (1880 - 1955)* Christopher B Keefe (1882 - 1970)* *Calculated relationship
Yonkers NY Statesman 1902 - 1240.pdf—AtRlverdale.N. y.. on Monday, Sept.
16. 1902, MARgarET KEEFE, beloved wife
of Christopher Keefe.
Funeral from her late residence. Rock street,
Riverdale, Thursday, solemn high
mass at St. Margaret's Church, at. 10:30.
Interment, St. Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers,
Inscription:Aged 55 years, erected by her husband
Burial:Saint Marys Cemetery Yonkers Westchester County New York, USA
Plot: Section K