James Keyes

Birth Name James Keyes
Gender male
Age at Death 60 years, 9 months, 15 days

Narrative

A tree at myheritage.com says James Keyes was born in Co Wexford, that his father was Thomas Keyes, and his mother Ellen McDonnell.

https://www.myheritage.com/person-1055097_247823511_247823511/james-keyes

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth February 1846 Ireland   1a
Event Note

James' age information is pretty consistent, pointing to a birth between 1845 and 1847.

Immigration 1853     1b
Census (Head) June 12, 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 2116 Nelson St 2a
Event Note

1880 Census Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Series T9, Roll 1008, Page 283
June 12, 1880
2116 Nelson St

James Kays, 35, laborer, born in Ireland, parents also
Mary Kays, 29, born in Ireland, parents also, cannot write
Mary Kays, 3, born in Ohio
Ellen Kays, 2, born in Ohio
Winifred McGee, 11, niece, at school, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland

Census (Head) June 11, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 2092 Nelson St 1b
Event Note

1900 Census, 26th Ward, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Series T623, Roll 1257, Page 158
June 11, 1900
at 2092 Nelson St

James Kays, Feb 1846, 54, married 24 yrs, born in Ireland, parents also, arr. 1853, naturalized, tender, in iron works
Mary Kays, Aug 1852, 47, 6 children, 6 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arr. 1870
Mary Kays, Sep 1876, 23, working, candle maker
Ellen Kays, Mar 1879, 21, servant
Thomas Kays, Mar 1882, 18, working, rivet works
Lizzie Kays, Jan 1884, 16, at school
Agnes Kays, May 1888, 12, at school
Kays, Theresa, April 1890, 10, at school

Death November 16, 1906 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States at 9801 Nelson Avenue 3a
Event Note

Record of Deaths, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
November 16, 1906

James Keys, 61, of pneumonia, duration 3 days, at 9801 Nelson Avenue, Ward 18, Cleveland, born in Cleveland, parents in Ireland, buried in Calvary from McGreal's

Burial   Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   3a

Families

Family of James Keyes and Mary Nugent
Married Wife Mary Nugent ( b. about August 1851 d. June 14, 1919 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 23, 1875 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   4a
Event Note

Marriage Record
August 23, 1875
James Keys
Mary Nugent
married by W MC Mahon
[William McMahon St. Bridget Catholic. 1876-1909]

from http://www.clevelandmemory.org/iac/articles/Ircity.html :

St. Bridget's Catholic Church, now known as St. Anthony's and St. Bridget's, 2508 E. 22d St., was the second Catholic church established by Cleveland Irish. It was founded in 1837 to serve the needs of the Irish Catholics living then in the vicinity of Perry St. and Woodland Ave.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Mary C KeyesSeptember 3, 1876February 16, 1951
Ella F KeyesMarch 11, 1878June 24, 1960
Thomas KeyesMarch 10, 1882December 1954
Elizabeth KeyesJanuary 4, 1884January 1954
Agnes KeyesMay 12, 1887June 28, 1951
Margaret Theresa KeyesApril 7, 1890September 4, 1927

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: T623, roll 1257, page 158, 26th Ward, Cleveland
      • Confidence: Very High
      • General:

        listed as "Kays."

      • Page: Cleveland Ward 26, (ED) 135, sheet 14A, family 253
  2. National Archives and Records Administration: 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Cleveland, ED 52, sheet 283C
  3. Ohio County Death Records, 1840-2001
      • Page: November 16, 1906, Cleveland, James Keys
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6X9-C53 : 9 March 2018), James Keys, 16 Nov 1906; citing Death, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, source ID 235-23, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,977,542.

  4. Ohio County Marriages
      • Page: August 23, 1875, Cleveland, Keys-Nugent