Alfred Keysell

Male3 January 1852–25 December 1895

Brief Life History of Alfred

When Alfred Keysell was born on 3 January 1852, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edwin Keysell, was 30 and his mother, Ann Pitt, was 29. He lived in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 25 December 1895, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Keysell
1821–1861
Ann Pitt
1822–1863
Thomas Owen Keysell
1846–1892
Edwin Keysell Jr.
1847–1848
Walter Keysell
1849–1883
Alfred Keysell
1852–1895
Ann Keysell
1853–1868
Mary Keysell
1856–1936
Elizabeth Keysell
1857–1857
Ellen Florence Keysell
1860–

Sources (6)

  • Alfred Keyzell, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Alfred Keysell, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Alfred Keysell in household of Mary Keysell, "England and Wales Census, 1871"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (8)

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World Events (7)

1854 · The Crimean War

Age 2

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1855 · London's First Pillar Box

Age 3

The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.

1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate

Age 16

On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.

Name Meaning

Cornish (Cornwall and Devon): habitational name from one or more of several places in Cornwall whose names derive from Middle Cornish castell, kestell ‘castle, village, tor’, such as Kestle in Saint Columb Minor, Kestle in Egloshayle, and Kestal in Saint Hilary.

Altered form of German or Dutch Kessel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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