John Keyes ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

The 1850 US Census showed John and his parents to be mulatto. The 1900 US Census shows his race to be black. Neither he nor his family is found in the 1880 US Census.
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  Death Notes:

Name: John Keyes
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Jan 1914
Event Place: Huron Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Huron, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Delaware
Father's Name: William Keyes
Father's Birthplace: Delaware
Mother's Birthplace: Delaware
Reference ID: yr 1914 p 154

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-J89 : 16 January 2020), John Keyes, 1914.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• His occupation on 2 December 1877 was a Farmer in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI. ¹

• He resided in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 2 December 1877.
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• He 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..B..M..Sep 1846..53..DE..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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John married Helen Livingston Renton, daughter of Robert Renton and Elizabeth W. Weir, on 2 December 1877 in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI.^{1 2} (Helen Livingston Renton was born on 28 November 1856 in Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom ^{1 4 5 6 7 8 9} and died on 22 October 1943 in Ypsilanti, MI ⁹.)

  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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