George John KeyAge: 58 years1861–1919
- Name
- George John Key
- Given names
- George John
- Surname
- Key
Publication: Certified copies
Citation details: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917)
| Birth | calculated 1861 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f00671%2f0225%2f1 : accessed 10 Jan 2016 Text: BET 1862 AND 1863 Publication: Certified copies Citation details: Death: George John KEY (1919) |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 12 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 19 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 25 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 40 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 43 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Birth of a son #1 | George Henry Key between October 1904 and December 1904 (Age 43 years) Citation details: Census: George KEY and household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/00671/0225/1 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 Citation details: Birth: George Henry KEY (1904), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1904%2f4%2faz%2f000336%2f239 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Edward “Bill” Key October 23, 1905 (Age 44 years) Citation details: "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2FX5-SBZ : accessed 26 December 2014), William Edward Key, 1905; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Pancras, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. |
| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Birth of a son #3 | Edgar Maurice “Ted” Key January 30, 1907 (Age 46 years) Citation details: Census: George KEY and household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/00671/0225/1 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 Citation details: Birth: Edgar Maurice KEY (1907), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/B/1907/1/AZ/000337/248 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 Text: BET JAN 1907 AND MAR 1907 (q1) Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: Edgar Maurice KEY (1978), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1978/3/AZ/000570/089 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Death of a child | … Key before 1911 (Age 50 years) Citation details: Census: George KEY and household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/00671/0225/1 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 |
| Census | April 2, 1911 (Age 50 years) Citation details: Census: George KEY and household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/00671/0225/1 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 Shared note: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917) |
| Occupation | Waiter at a hotel April 2, 1911 (Age 50 years)Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f00671%2f0225%2f1 : accessed 10 Jan 2016 |
| Residence | Agnes Mitcham — View this family April 2, 1911 (Age 50 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f00671%2f0225%2f1 : accessed 10 Jan 2016 |
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 51 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
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| Death of a father | George Key before 1917 (Age 56 years) Publication: Certified copies Citation details: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917) |
| Marriage | Agnes Mitcham — View this family February 19, 1917 (Age 56 years) Husband: 55 Wife: 31 Publication: Certified copies Citation details: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917) Citation details: Census: George KEY and household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/00671/0225/1 : accessed 17 Dec 2018 Text: Completed years of marriage: 8 Shared note: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917) |
| Residence | February 19, 1917 (Age 56 years) Publication: Certified copies Citation details: Marriage: George John KEY and Agnes MITCHAM (1917) |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 53 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 57 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa Note: Spanish flu: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world
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| Death | January 28, 1919 Age: 58 years Address: St. Pancras infirmary, Highgate Publication: database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Citation details: Alfred PENGELLY x Agnes KEY http://interactive.ancestry.com/1623/31280_198827-00437?pid=4060299 : accessed 15 Jan 2016, citing: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John The Baptist, Kentish Town, Register of marriages, P90/JNB, Item 030 Text: Agnes Key, 35, Widow Quality of data: secondary evidence Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: George J KEY (1919), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1919/1/AZ/000781/128 : accessed 27 Dec 2018 Text: BET JAN 1919 AND MAR 1919 Publication: Certified copies Citation details: Death: George John KEY (1919) |
- Generation 1
George John Key , waiter at a hotel (on April 2, 1911), son ofGeorge Key , was born calculated 1861 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England and died on January 28, 1919 in Pancras, London, England. He marriedAgnes Mitcham , daughter ofCharles Edward Mortimer Mitcham andLouisa Wall , on February 19, 1917 in St Pancras, London, England. She was born on May 19, 1882 in St Pancras, London, England and died between January 1976 and March 1976 in Hampstead, London, England.Children of
George John Key andAgnes Mitcham :George Henry Key (1904–)William Edward “Bill” Key (1905–1991)Edgar Maurice “Ted” Key (1907–1978)… Key (–1911)
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William Edward “Bill” Key , polisher (from 1937 to 1939) and carpenter and owner (from 1946), son ofGeorge John Key andAgnes Mitcham , was born on October 23, 1905 in Pancras, London, England and died on August 21, 1991 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 85. He marriedMargaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews , daughter ofArthur George Matthews andJane “Jennie” Finlay .Children of
William Edward “Bill” Key andMargaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews :William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key (1926–2008)- Private
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Edgar Maurice “Ted” Key , son ofGeorge John Key andAgnes Mitcham , was born on January 30, 1907 in St Pancras, London, England and died between July 1978 and September 1978 in Maidstone, Kent, England.Children of
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William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key , manager (in 1984), son ofWilliam Edward “Bill” Key andMargaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews , was born on January 29, 1926 in Marylebone, London, England and died on July 1, 2008 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape at the age of 82.William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key had 3 children.- The details of this family are private.
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