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Personal data John Keyes 

  • He was born in the year 1830 in Co. Fermangah, Éire.
  • He died on May 21, 1881 in fortasse, somewhere In OH, he was 51 years old.
  • He is buried after May 21, 1881 in Fulton Union Cem., Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
  • This information was last updated on March 22, 2012.

Household of John Keyes

He is married to Catherine Johnston.

They got married at Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh, Éire.

John Keyes oo Catherine Johnston

Marriage source: NSDAR Cemetery Readings Fulton Co OH (1930-1954) vol II, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCVIII), pg. 31, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

"FULTON UNION CEMETERY ...

[Col. 1]

"... KEYES, ...
John, d. 21 May 1881, 30y6m2d
Catherine, w/o J., d 7 Oct 1915, 68y5m19d ..."

Miller, Carol Watkins, e-mail regarding Keyes/Johnson, (Pub. location unknown, CWM, xxi Mar MMXII)

"Dear David, Hope that you received their marriage record that I sent. They were married in Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Eire. ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Isabella Keyes  1869-1941


Notes about John Keyes

John Keyes

Source: N.N., Glenn, Biddle Branches & Twigs, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=premier2&id=I05720, xxx May MMIX)

"... John Keyes Sex: M Birth: 1830 in Fermangah Co., Ireland Death: 24 MAY 1881 in Fulton Co., Ohio ...

Marriage 1 Catherine Johnston b: 18 APR 1847 in Fermangah Co., Ireland

Children

1. b: 26 MAY 1869 in Tullanaguiggy, Fermangah Co., Ireland"

NSDAR Cemetery Readings Fulton Co OH (1930-1954) vol II, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCVIII), pg. 31, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"FULTON UNION CEMETERY ...

[Col. 1]

"... KEYES, ...
John, d. 21 May 1881, 30y6m2d
Catherine, w/o J., d 7 Oct 1915, 68y5m19d ..."

Date of birth using a perpetual date of death & age: circa 19 Nov 1850

Miller, Carol Watkins, e-mail regarding Keyes/Johnson, (Pub. location unknown, CWM, xxi Mar MMXII)

"Dear David, Hope that you received their marriage record that I sent. They were married in Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Eire. I gave you the list of children they had. John was the son of Adam and Isabella(Armstrong or Humphries). Adam was the son of we thought of Henry and Elizabeth. Now at this point it is believed that Adam was the son of Thomas, hence their first born son of John and Catherine wasThomas, who died at 25 from heart failure. He never married. You know about Isabella and Frank(Franklin?) and all their children. There is a web on Fulton county by Mark Lozer that has pictures and family tree there. All of the brothersand sister have blurbs written. Who they are married to, etc. I never met Herbert; Robert Jay's twin. Both born on May 20, 1904. I know that Isabella worked until she was 23, at being a housekeeper. I believe that they were indenturedservants who were sent to US. I also know that Isabella's Uncle John Bratton, was there in Swan Creek, Delta or Wauseon. Also her cousin Robert Bratton was there too, so maybe they went to Ohio because of having some family there. Myfather always said that there were Bratton's in NJ and they stayed with them to rest from their terrible voyage. Isabella was sick all the time. She could sing and did so while she worked. She lived with my parents while my sister Betty was so ill with Rheumatic fever. Betty died around the time that Isabella died. 1941/42 for Betty.

William and Adam Keys were babies born and died shortly after. Catherine was the daughter of William and Catherine Bratton Johnstone/Johnstone. It was told in the family that they came from Donegal. Don't know and cannot prove as yet.The Keys family was rumored to have been in the army of a great Lord of Scotland. The lads fought in the War on the side of the Swedish King. As a reward for their service they were given land grants in Ireland. We are tracing theirroots now, as they were part of the McKay(McKai) clan of Scotland. There are hints of their escapades. The Keys were transplanted Scots and I will believe that till my dying days. There are many 'cousins' out there and our strongestcrusader is Roy Keyes of Ontario, Canada. If I have confused you, I am sorry. Fortese, I had forgotten. I took Latin in school, some 55 years ago.

Pardon an old lady.

Keep in touch. Anything you would like to know, we will get seriously into this. Carol Watkins Miller" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Keyes

John Keyes
1830-1881


Catherine Johnston
1847-1915

Isabella Keyes
1869-1941

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Historical events

Day of death May 21, 1881

  • The temperature on May 21, 1881 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
    • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
    • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.


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