Edward Keyes

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Keyes was born on 15 August 1844, in Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, William Henry Harrison Keyes, was 31 and his mother, Eliza Ann Herrick, was 28. He married Louisa Lane on 3 December 1865. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1878 and Utah, United States in 1884. He died in 1918, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Edward Keyes
1844–1918
Louisa Lane
1849–
Marriage: 3 December 1865
William Silas Keyes
1866–1958
James George Callaway
1867–1931
Grant Ulysses Keyes
1868–

Sources (10)

  • Edward Keys, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Edward Keyes, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • Edward Keyes, "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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