Henrietta Keyes

Brief Life History of Henrietta

When Henrietta Keyes was born on 25 December 1821, in Waverly, Pike, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel Keyes, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Ann Delgarn, was 32. She married Alonzo Wells Newcomb Whitney on 30 October 1839, in Union, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 23 February 1901, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Henry Hales
1820–1881
Henrietta Keyes
1821–1901
Marriage: 23 December 1851
Henrietta Hales
1852–1870
Zilnorah Jane Hales
1855–1918
Elmyra Louise Hales
1858–1889
George Washington Hales
1861–1913

Sources (35)

  • Henrietta Whitney in household of James Hendricks, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Bible transcript, Keys family birth and death dates, Ross County, Ohio family Bible records, vol 1., p. 80 Keys Bible
  • Henrietta Keys and Alonzo W Whitney, Union, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994"

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1825 · The Crimes Act

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1846

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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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The Newel K. Whitney Family by D. Michael Quinn

ENSIGN MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 1978 The Newel K. Whitney Family By D. Michael Quinn In some ways, this family’s history reflects the history of the Church itself. The Lord, speaking in the Doctrine an …

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