Brief Life History of Zenas
When Zenas Keyes was born in 1838, in Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, Perry Keyes, was 21 and his mother, Lucinda Herrick, was 19. He died on 26 June 1850, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 12, and was buried in Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- 1850 Census Mortality Schedule - Lists Zenas's death
- Zenas Keyes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Zenas Keyes, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (6)
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World Events (1)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Irish and Scottish: variant of Kay , of various origins, mostly, with excrescent -s.
English (of Norman origin): in some cases, possibly a variant of Guise, a habitational name from Guise in Aisne, Picardy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Zenas Keyes
Zenas Keyes, born 1838 in Caldwell County, Missouri; died 26 June 1850 in Nebraska. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; Stone 1 (left side) Zenas was born to Perry Keyes and Lucinda Herric …
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