| Husband: Nathaniel KEYES Birth Date: Abt. 1827 Birth Place: NY Death Date: 11-12-1878 Death Place: Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI Burial Place: Father: Lyman KEYES Mother: Hannah FRANCIS | Wife: Louisa BRIGGS Birth Date: 3-1834 Birth Place: NY Death Date: Aft. 1900 Death Place: Burial Place: Father: Mother: |
| Marriage Date: Bef. 1856 | Marriage Place: |
| Child No. 1: Bertha Adeline KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: 11-1856 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Bet. 1920-1930 Death Place: MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: 1-17-1878 Marriage Place: Kalamazoo Co., MI Spouse's Name: Garrett WEIRS | Child No. 2: Charles H. KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: Abt. 1862 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: 10-13-1888 Marriage Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI Spouse's Name: Lillian ALBERTSON |
| Child No. 3: William B. KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: 6-1865 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Aft. 1900 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: | Child No. 4: Robert M. KEYES Sex: M Birth Date: 12-1867 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Aft. 1910 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: |
| Child No. 5: Mirty KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: 3-1870 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: | Child No. 6: Maud KEYES Sex: F Birth Date: 5-1872 Birth Place: Van Buren Co., MI Death Date: Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: |
| Documentation:SOURCES:Keyes, Asa, Genealogy of the Keyes Family, Battleboro: George E. Selleck,Printer, 1880. 1860 Federal census report for Hamilton, Van Buren Co., MI; 1870and 1880 Federal census reports for Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI; 1880 and 1900 Federal census reports for Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co.,MI; 1900 Federal census report for Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI; 1910 Federalcensus report for Columbus, Columbia Co., WI; 1910 Federal census reportfor Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., MI; 1920 Federal census reports for Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI; 1920Federal census report for Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., MI; 1930 Federal census report for Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., MI. MormonGenealogical Website: http://www.familysearch.org/. GENDIS, Michigan’s Genealogical Death Indexing System: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm =============================================================== NOTES: Louisa remained in Van Buren Co. for some years after Nathanieldied, moving to Ann Arbor before 1900. Her son Willie was blind and son Robert was partially blind. They, along with theirsister Maud, were still living with Louisa as of 1900. In 1910 Robert was living with his 82-year-old Aunt Betsy E. BRIGGS at Columbus,Columbia Co., WI. Betsy was the widow of Louisa’s brother David. Davidand Betsy had been married 50 years by 1900 and never had children of theirown. Garrett WEIRS, husband of Bertha KEYES, was born in Holland and hadimmigrated to the USA in 1875. Throughout their married life he workedeither as general labor, a shoemaker, or a worker in a shoe factory. Theyinitially lived in the city of Kalamazoo but by 1910 Bertha was livingwith her daughter Anna and son-in-law Duncan McCallum at Comstock, KalamazooCo. Garrett boarded in Kalamazoo in the 1910s and ‘20s, and in 1920 Berthawas working as a waitress in a cafe. By 1930 the widower Garrett was livingin Comstock at the Kalamazoo County Poor Farm. Bertha and Garrett had sevenchildren. |
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