Isabell Margaret Kay

3 July 1845–3 July 1914 (Age 69)
Canada

The Life Summary of Isabell Margaret

When Isabell Margaret Kay was born on 3 July 1845, in Canada, her father, John Kay, was 39 and her mother, Mary Richardson, was 34. She married Jan Herman Elze in 1870, in Youngstown, Porter, Niagara, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Porter, Niagara, New York, United States in 1865 and New York, United States in 1870. She died on 3 July 1914, in Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jan Herman Elze
1848–1927
Isabell Margaret Kay
1845–1914
Marriage: 1870
Mary Lydia Tenelze
1872–1946
Wilhelmina Tenelze
about 1882–1961
Hermena Tenelze
1877–1958

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1870Youngstown, Porter, Niagara, New York, United States
  • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (3)

    World Events (8)

    1854
    Age 9
    Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
    1858
    Age 13
    Historical Boundaries: 1858: Cherokee, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Cherokee, Kansas, United States
    1869
    Age 24
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    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from northern Middle English ka, kae, kay ‘jackdaw’, from Old Norse or Old English . See also Daw .English: nickname from Middle English cai, kay, kei ‘left-handed, clumsy’.English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English kai(e), kei(e) ‘key’, applied to a maker of keys (compare Kear ), or alluding to the office of keeper or bearer of keys, but clear evidence for this is wanting.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kaye
    Keay
    Kie
    Kye
    Coe
    Cay
    Daw
    Keyes
    Key

    Sources (8)

    • Bell Tennelze im Haushalt von Herman Tennelze, „United States Census, 1880“
    • Isabell Margaret Kay in entry for Mary Lydia Loveland, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
    • Bell Kay in household of John Kay, "United States Census, 1870"

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