Researching the ancestors and descendants of the Thomas Kee family that came from Cork County Ireland and settled in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. Thomas Kee was married to Jane Kilpatrick in Ireland and came to the United States sometime in the late 1840's as their names appear in the 1850 Morgan County, Illinois census record.It was noted in the obituary of Jane Kee that she was the mother of 9 children. I can account for 7. John b: August 19, 1840, d: April 3, 1920; Jane (Jennie) b: December 18, 1843 d:June 13, 1924; Thomas b:1847/48 d:January 1872; William b:1850; James b:1856 d:June 1876; Margaret b: 1858 d: Dec 1873; Frances Elizabeth b:June 1, 1861 d:June 3, 1942. John Kee is my Grandfather. He married Malinda Jane Johnson and he and his family moved to Richardson County, Nebraska in the summer of 1886. INTERESTED in determining the birthplace of Thomas and Jane Kee in Ireland, port from which they sailed, ship name and destination city in the United States.