Family History

Mary Ann Roach Doran, b. 1857, Oconto, d. 1929,
Menominee, Mich., was the daughter of John Roach and Fanny Brabson. Her father died
during the civil war (he served with the Oconto River Drivers unit) and her
mother subsequently married Michael McKeever in Oconto Co in 1864. Fanny had
two children by her 1st husband John Roach, Mary Ann & Sarah E., and another
five children with 2nd husband William McKeever, Elizabeth, William, Julia,
Maggie and George.

Mary Ann Roach married James C. Doran (1847-1934), my great-grandfather
John's brother, Dec. 1, 1875 in Oconto. My great-grandparents, John Doran
(1847-1936) and Julia Feeney (1857-1945) were married in Oconto in 1876.
Julia's sister Barbara Feeney was married to John (Jack) Ratchford in the
same city in 1879. Her brother Peter married Marie (Mayme) Burke. Their
parents Peter Sr. (1831-1881) and Mary Walsh Feeney (1834-1916), my 2nd
great-grandparents, are buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Oconto.

Mrs. Mary Doran, wife of James Doran of 611 Williams Ave., Menominee, died
this morning at 5 o'clock at her home. Mrs. Doran had been in failing health
since she fell and broke her hip about four years ago, but death resulted
from heart trouble. Her final illness was of four months duration.
Mary McKeever Doran was born in Oconto, Wis., on January 18, 1857. On
December 1, 1875, she was married in Oconto to James Doran and together they
came to Menominee in 1883. They have resided there continually during the
past forty-five years. The survivors are the husband, the following
children, John H. Doran of Marinette, Herbert J., Edward C., and Miss
Frances J. Doran of Menominee, and Roy F. Doran of Chicago, two sisters,
Mrs. Patrick Curley of Stiles, Wis., Mrs. Robert Telford of Milwaukee, a
brother, George McKeever of Milwaukee, and eighteen grandchildren. Another
brother, William McKeever of Oconto Falls, died on April 17, at a sanitarium
in Milwaukee where he was receiving treatment.
The body was removed to the Lemieux Funeral Home and will be taken back to
the family home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Funeral services will be
held Monday morning from St. John's church and the Very Rev. Father Dennis
Cleary will officiate. Interment will be at Riverside.
Mrs. Doran was a member of the Altar Society of St. John's church and was
also a member of St. Mary's Court of Foresters.

A solemn requiem high mass was solemnized this morning at St. John's
church, Menominee upon the occasion of the funeral of Mrs. James Doran, who
died last week. The cortege formed at the family home at 8:20 and proceeded
to the church where the mass was offered at 8:30 by the Rev. Father Dennis
Cleary, assisted by the Rev. Father F. G. Tulley and the Rev. Father Peter
Salm of Marinette.
The room in which the casket lay at the Doran home was filled with
beautiful floral tributes, silent tokens of the high esteem in which the
decedent was held by her many friends. Six members of St. Mary's Court of
Foresters, acted as honorary pallbearers. They were Mrs. Hinker, Mrs. Seidl,
Mrs. Wachowiak, Mrs. Stauber, Mrs. Coakley and Mrs. Seidl. The active
pallbearers were Frank, Lawrence and Tom Barrett, R. J. Mullins, F. A.
Wachowiak and Ed. Buckley. Interment was made at Riverside, the casket being
encased in a steel vault and consigned to a grave lined with cedar.
Relatives from away who came to attend the final rites included Mr. and
Mrs. Roy F. Doran of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Doran of Hermansville,
Howard and Octave Gravel, Miss Sue Rock and George McKeever of Milwaukee,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McIsaak of Waukegan, Ill., Miss Marjorie Ounsworth of
Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Peter Graf, Mrs. William McKeever and daughter
Stella, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McKeever of Oconto
Falls, Mrs. Patrick Curley, John Curley, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Neil of Stiles,
Wis., Mr. and Mrs. John Merline, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Merline, Leo Merline,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donlevy, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donlevy, Jr., Homer and
Peter Donlevy, Mrs. Lee Deterville and Mrs. William Curran of Oconto, Mrs.
Elizabeth Waggoner and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Waggoner of Green Bay and Fred
Murphy, Iron River, Mich."