Hi Kod !
Now we’ve a fixed name, this is what I’ve found for your grandfather:
Alexander O'Drain
Birth 1 of January 1857 in Philadelphia, Pa: 3 sources 1880 / 1900 US Federal Census plus Death certificate.
Death 23rd of December 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Grandmother:
Catherine Cuniff.
Birth abt 1858 Pennsylvania.
Death August 9, 1899.
Her Parents were Owen Cuniff (Cunnoff, Kenoff, Keniff) 1845-1890 and Margaret 1841-1906.
Owen was born in Ireland and died in Philadelphia. Perhaps important for you is that he left Ireland at the age of 3 years old from Liverpool docks on the ship Pacific. (209 passengers) Arrival date in New York on the 20th of January, 1847. Note, the name confirmed on the “Irish Immigrants New York Arrival Records 1846 to 1851” is Cuniff, Owen. (parents know best !)
Seems Owen was married twice... Margaret Kenneff b1830 with a daughter called Margaret b1866, and another Margaret 1841-1906 with another daughter Catherine 1858-1899.
Children of Alexander b1857:
Charles J O'Drain 1877 –
Margaret O’Drain 1879 – 1900
Howard Joseph O'Drain 1882 –
Alexander Lawrence Odrain 1885 –
Harry Joseph ‘Drain Sr 1888 – 1977
Regina O Drain 1890 –
Kate O Drain 1892 –
Eugene Alexander Odrain 1894 – With a certain Helen... LOL ! (Sources WW1 and WW2 registration cards)
Edmund Francis O’Drain 1896 –
Thomas J O’Drain 1899 – 1919
From here on, please be very careful as it could be a genealogical trap.
I surfed the 1841 census for Owen but I didn’t have enough info. On the other hand, I found another Owen but with a birth date of 1827. As with the above, he also died 18 November 1890 and has also a wife called Margaret..., Margaret Stafford. 1830-1906.
He, is indicated as having a father called Peter, 1810-1860 and died in October 1860 in Luzerne Pennsylvania. This Owen is indicated as having a mother called Ann b1823 in Ireland and she died in Delaware.
Obit Margaret:
O’Drain – On January 18, 1900. Margaret M. beloved daughter of Alexander L. and the late Katie E. O’Drain and granddaughter of Margaret and the late Owen Cunniff. Also League of Sacred Heart of St. Joseph’s Church are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Monday morning at 8.30 o’clock from her father’s residence, 135 Cherry Street (formerly Elfreth Street) Solemn high mass of requiem at St Augustine’s Church. Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
Children of Owen 1827-1890:
Patrick Cunneff Kenoff 1849 – 1928
Catherine Cenneff 1856 – 1899
Margaret Cunneff 1866 –
Photo of Patrick:
Details: In 1900 Irishman Patrick Cunniff, his wife (born in Pennsylvania), and six of their seven children lived in house #121. Patrick worked as a fire department hoseman, possibly just around the corner at Engine Company Number Eight (now Fireman's Hall Museum). He was on of twelve firemen who lived on the Alley between 1800 and 1920.
Nineteen-year-old Florence worked as a cler; her 14 year-old sister, Clara, worked in a suspender factory. Vincent (the eldest boy) attended school, and three younger boys stayed at home with their mother. By 1920, Patrick and Catharine Cunniff and two of their sons had moved to house #113 and Vincent had moved into house #138 (now demolished) with his own family.
Wife of Patrick b1849... Catherine S. Walters 1859-1922 and 6 children.
Florence R. Cunneff 1881 –
Clara Cunneff 1885 –
Vincent D Cunneff 1888 – 1939
Joseph A Cunniff 1890 –
Raymond Leo Cunneff 1892 – 1980
Harold Stanley Cunneff 1895 – 1969
Phew ! Now you’ve got something to work on ! Lol ! If I were you I’d surf the NI genealogical sites and ask a friendly question or two on RootsChat.
..., Iain.