Helen Livingston Renton ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Helen was Ellen S. Renton.^{1 10}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Helen Livingstone Renton
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 28 Nov 1856
Event Place: Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Robert Renton
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Weir

Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY5H-259 : 12 February 2020), Elizabeth Weir in entry for Helen Livingstone Renton, 1856.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Helen Keys
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Oct 1943
Event Place: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 87
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 1856
Birthplace: Scotland
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Father's Name: Robert Renton
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Weins
GS Film number: 001973137
Digital Folder Number: 005240798
Image Number: 00738

Citing this Record:
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF75-G5Z : accessed 27 March 2016), Robert Renton in entry for Helen Keys, 22 Oct 1943; citing Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,137.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1861 and a birth location of Scotland.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 69 on the 1930 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland on 7 April 1861.

⁶ 1861 Scotland Census
Page 3, District 9, CSSCT1861-134
Haddington, East Lothian
Registration 709, Household schedule 17
West Side Hargate Street
Robert Benton..Head..34..Policeman
Helen Benton..Daughter..5

(Living with parents.)
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• She immigrated onboard the ship James Foster Jr arriving on 21 September 1869 at New York, NY.
^{5 8 11 12} Name: Hellen Renton
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1869
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Scotland
Ship Name: James Foster Jr

Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 318
GS Film Number: 000175674
Digital Folder Number: 004680249
Image Number: 00287

Citing this Record
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Q-3N4S : 11 March 2018), Hellen Renton, 1869; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,674.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 16 June 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 45, Family 401, Roll 710
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Ellen Renton..14..SCOTLAND..At School

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 28 Nov 1856, then her age should have been 13 instead of 14.
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• She resided in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 2 December 1877.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Huron Township, Wayne, MI on 5 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 190, Family 101, Roll 754
Huron Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 23 years
Hellen Keyes..Wife..Dec 1856..43..SCOTLAND..Immig 1859..6/2

(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - Her immigration occurred in 1869 instead of 1859.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Detroit, MI on 12 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 407, Family 197, Roll 813
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
1176 Fort Street; Home Rented
Helen Keyes..Sister..63..MI..Widowed

(Widowed and living at the home of her brother, Andrew and his second wife, and Andrew's widowed daughter, Anna, and Anna's 2 children.)

NOTE - Her birth location should be Scotland instead of Michigan.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Ypsilanti, MI on 21 April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 19B, District 47, Family 531, Roll 1030, Ward 2
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
214 Wallach Blvd.; Home owned, $8,000
Helen L. Keyes..Sister..69..SCOTLAND..Immigrated 1869..Widowed

(Widowed and living with her brother, Robert, and his wife.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 28 Nov 1856, then her age should have been 73 instead of 69.
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Helen married John Keyes, son of William Keys and Margaret, on 2 December 1877 in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI.^{1 2} (John Keyes was born in September 1846 in Delaware ^{1 2 13} and died on 11 January 1914 in Huron Township, Wayne, MI ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 2 December 1877, in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Huron Township, Wayne, MI on 5 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 190, Family 101, Roll 754
Huron Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 23 years
John Keyes..Head..Sep 1846..53..DE..Farmer
Hellen Keyes..Wife..Dec 1856..43..SCO..Immig 1859..6/2
John Keyes..Son..Jun 1884..15..MI..At School
Ray Keyes..Son..Jun 1891..9..MI..At School
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: John Keys
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Dec 1877
Event Place: Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 31y
Birth Date: 1846
Birthplace: Delaware
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1877
Marriage Place: Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan
Spouse's Name: Ellen S Renton
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1856
Spouse's Birthplace: Scotland
Source Reference: v 1 p 361 rn 2568

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3N3-962 : 9 November 2020), John Keys and Ellen S Renton, 2 Dec 1877; citing Marriage, Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207596.

NOTE - This record and several others show her name as "Ellen S. Renton" instead of the expected "Helen Livingstone Renton". Her name appears as Helen Keys on subsequent census records.
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