Person Index

Keys, James Henry

James Henry Keys
b: 1862
d: 15 APR 1905
Biography
Birth Details
1862/8677, James Henry Keys, Mother: Jane Susannah, Father: Alfred

Birth Details
1867/16946, Sarah Ann (sic) Till, Mother: Ann, Father: John

Marriage Details
1894/1440, Bride: Sarah Annie Till, Groom: James Henry Keys

Death Details
1905/3529, James Henry Keys, Aged: 42Y - Date of Death 15/4/1905 from Death Registration

Evening Post 15 April 1905
RAILWAY FATALITY
About 2 o''clock this afternoon, James Keys, a married man employed as a plate-layer on the railway at Upper Hutt, was run over by a truck, and instantly killed. The coroner has been informed.

Evening Post 17 April 1905
RAILWAY FATALITIES.
ACCIDENT AT UPPER HUTT.
An enquiry concerning the Upper Hutt railway fatality on Saturday afternoon was conducted yesterday by Mr. Jas. Ashcroft, District Coroner. Evidence showed that deceased, James Henry Keys, was a married man forty-two years of age. Prior to the accident, he and Wm. Cudby were screwing up a bolt on a line near the engine-shed of the Upper Hutt station. Shunting operations were being carried out at the time. Both men stood aside whilst an engine and several trucks passed, and then resumed work. A minute later several trucks without the engine came down the line unnoticed by the men. Deceased was struck down, had his neck broken, skull fractured, and sustained several other injuries. When falling he struck Cudby, who fortunately managed to scramble clear of the trucks. The fireman of the engine, it appeared, saw the danger the men were in, and whistled and waved his hand as a warning. The men were apparently endeavouring to make out his meaning when the trucks came down on them from the rear. The jury examined the locality of the accident, and found there was no one on whom they could attack blame for the fatality, which was accidental. Deceased was a careful man, and only the day before had warned his mate to take no risks. One witness stated that accidents of this kind could not always be avoided, and that platelayers were expected to take care of themselves. A suggestion was made by some of the jury that "the Government should do something." There was, however, no suggestion as to what the Government should do.

Probate James Henry Keys, Place: Upper Hutt, Occ: Platelayer, Date of Death: 15/4/1905, AAOM 6029 9558, Filed: 17/8/1905, Intestate, Archives NZ, Wellington

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Evening Post 26 August 1931
KEYS.- On 25th August, 1931, at the Wellington Hospital, Sarah Ann (sic), widow of the late James Henry Keys, and beloved mother of F. P. Keys, Main road, Upper Hutt; aged 64 years.
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THE Friends of the late Mrs. Sarah Ann (sic) Keys are respectfully invited to attend her Funeral, which will leave her son''s residence, Upper Hutt, To-morrow (Thursday), 27th August, 1931, at 2 p.m., for the Anglican Churchyard Cemetery, Upper Hutt.
ROBT. H. WILSON AND SON, LTD.,
Undertakers,
164, Adelaide road.
Tel. 24-155 and 16-781.
Facts
  • 1862 - Birth -
  • 15 APR 1905 - Death -
Ancestors
   
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Alfred Keys
1829 - 8 AUG 1904
  
  
  
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James Henry Keys
1862 - 15 APR 1905
  
 
  
William WELCH
1805 - 29 JUN 1887
 
 
Jane Susannah Welch
1837 - 2 AUG 1918
  
  
  
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Alfred Keys
Birth1829
Death8 AUG 1904
Marriage1857to Jane Susannah Welch
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Jane Susannah Welch
Birth1837
Death2 AUG 1918
Marriage1857to Alfred Keys
FatherWilliam WELCH
MotherAnn Read
CHILDREN
MJames Henry Keys
Birth1862
Death15 APR 1905
Marriage1894to Sarah Annie Till
MAlfred Keys
Birth1858
Death26 NOV 1930
Marriage1880to Jessie Thomson
FJane Eleanor Keys
Birth1874
Death26 NOV 1959
Marriage6 JUL 1901to Frederick Clark
MWilliam Richard Keys
Birth1864
Death13 NOV 1929
Marriage20 DEC 1888to Elizabeth Blake
MJoseph Edgar Keys
Birth1869
Death1947
Marriage30 APR 1896to Theresa Rowley at Wellington
MAlan Edwin Keys
Birth1872
Death4 SEP 1954
Marriage13 JUN 1900to Sarah Jones
MJohn Meager Keys
Birth1860
Death1865
FLydia Keys
Birth1868
Death1868
FAlice Annie Keys
Birth1866
Death
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) James Henry Keys
Birth1862
Death15 APR 1905
Marriage1894to Sarah Annie Till
FatherAlfred Keys
MotherJane Susannah Welch
PARENT (F) Sarah Annie Till
Birth1867
Death25 AUG 1931
Marriage1894to James Henry Keys
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MFrancis Percy Keys
Birth1894
Death23 DEC 1968
Marriage1919to Agnes Edith Hill
Descendancy Chart
James Henry Keys b: 1862 d: 15 APR 1905
Sarah Annie Till b: 1867 d: 25 AUG 1931
Francis Percy Keys b: 1894 d: 23 DEC 1968
Agnes Edith Hill b: 1898 d: 20 AUG 1980
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