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1881
William KEELER M Male English 33 O Farmer Methodist Church C
Suson KEELER M Female German 27 O Methodist Church C
Harmon KEELER Male English 9 O Methodist Church C
Samule KEELER Male English 6 O Methodist Church C
Daniel B. KEELER Male English 3 O Methodist Church C
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Source Information:
Census Place Storrington, Frontenac, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375871
NA Film Number C-13235
District 115
Sub-district G
Division 3
Page Number 18
Household Number 80+
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1881
Joseph KEELER M Male English 37 O Sexton Methodist Church C
Elen KEELER M Female Scottish 36 O Methodist Church C
Barbary E. KEELER Female English 15 O Methodist Church C
Sarah C. KEELER Female English 13 O Methodist Church C
William KEELER Male English 11 O Methodist Church C
Daniel C. KEELER Male English 7 O Methodist Church C
Samule KEELER Male English 5 O Methodist Church C
Mary A. KEELER Female English 3 O Methodist Church C
Joseph E. KEELER Male English 2 O Methodist Church C
Christopher KEELER Male English Methodist Church C
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Source Information:
Census Place Storrington, Frontenac, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375871
NA Film Number C-13235
District 115
Sub-district G
Division 3
Page Number 19
Household Number 84+
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1881
Daniel KEELER Male English 19 O Methodist Church C
Agnes KEELER Female English 20 O Methodist Church C
Sarah KEELER Female English 10 O Methodist Church C
Charles TUFF M Male English 60 O Laborer Methodist Church C
Sarah A. TUFF M Female English 50 O Methodist Church C
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Source Information:
Census Place Storrington, Frontenac, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375871
NA Film Number C-13235
District 115
Sub-district G
Division 3
Page Number 25
Household Number 108+
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1881
Daniel KEELER Head M Male 67 Barham, Kent, England Ag Lab
Elizabeth KEELER Wife M Female 63 Barham, Kent, England
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Source Information:
Dwelling Breach Downs
Census Place Barham, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341227
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0955 / 73
Page Number 18
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connection? 1881
Daniel KEELER Head M Male 35 Barham, Kent, England Ag Lab
Matilda KEELER Wife M Female 32 Barham, Kent, England
Daniel KEELER Son Male 11 Barham, Kent, England Scholar
Matilda KEELER Daug Female 9 Barham, Kent, England Scholar
Elizabeth KEELER Daug Female 6 Barham, Kent, England Scholar
William KEELER Son Male 3 Barham, Kent, England
Susannah KEELER Daug Female 1 Barham, Kent, England
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Source Information:
Dwelling Gravel Castle
Census Place Barham, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341227
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0955 / 74
Page Number 20
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Hetti Keeler was possibly one of the Home Children who travelled from UK to Canada. I’m trying to help my Canadian Cousin (CC) in Ontario to research his maternal grandmother’s (Hetti’s) family (not even my side of the family, but I have got so engrossed in this. I thought it would be straightforward, but of course it isn’t ...).
I’m wondering whether any GR researchers have some fresh ideas or similar experience that they would share, as to where I can look next, please? Sorry this is a long post, but am trying to include as much info as possible.
CC has no documents for his grandmother, all he has to go by are his (and his late mother's) past recollections. Apart from these memories, this is the one piece of evidence we have about his grandmother:-
Marriage record: Ontario, Canada, Marriages 1801-1926.
Name: Henrietta Gladys Keeler, age abt. 24 in 1910.
Father: Daniel Keeler; Mother: Matilda Caster (Castle?).
Spouse: Frank James Moore, b. abt. 1889
Marriage: 01 Jun 1910 in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
As far as CC knows, his grandmother was known as Hetti for all of her life in Canada – he has a book, in which she wrote ‘Hetti Keeler, 1908’ - she was then living in Ontario. CC knows that Hetti died c. 1953 in Canada.
Apparently born abt. 1886, probably in Kent UK, Hetti always said she came from the Folkestone area. Her parents’ names on marriage record suggest this Keeler family of Barham, Kent, UK:-
Daniel Keeler (b. Barham 1846, d. Bridge 1904) and Matilda Jane Castle (b. Barham abt. 1854). They married Bridge, Kent, 1868 and had at least 9 children between 1870-1887. All girls, except Margaret Amelia, can be accounted for on 1901 census.
But ... there is no Henrietta Gladys, or anybody with variations of this name.
The above family is well-researched & documented, with matching trees on Ancestry & GR. I have contacted all GR members with these matches, and received helpful replies. But nobody has a Henrietta Gladys or any variation in their tree.
CC understands from family stories that both Hetti and her (half?) sister Margaret worked as domestics after arriving in Canada, Hetti possibly for a doctor in Cherry Valley, Prince Edward County (Ont.). He’s currently researching this. He estimates their arrival in Canada (not necessarily together) as 1890-1900.
CC feels that the girls would not have had enough money to travel to Canada by their own means, so his theory, held for a long time, is that they were Home Children.
A possible match for Hetti (apart from her name!) is:-
Surname: KEELER Given Name: Elizabeth Age: 6 Sex: F (birth year abt. 1885.)
Ship: Circassian
Year of Arrival: 1891
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 26 August 1891 Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 06 September 1891
Party: Miss Rye's
Destination: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Comments: To Niagara-on-the-Lake via Toronto; Miss Soffe matron.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Type of Record: Passenger Lists
I have searched IGI, FreeBMD & Ancestry for variations of Henrietta, Hetti (various spellings) & Gladys. Found no Henrietta Gladys (any surname) born in Bridge 1885-1900; found 5 Henriettas with different surnames in that period.
Have had little success with births for the Elizabeth Keeler recorded above.
Have briefly searched:- Canadian census 1911 (Ontario); Collections Canada Home Children lists; passenger lists: many Keeler females, but few given names or even initials.
I have some details about Margaret, Hetti’s half sister, who seems equally mysterious. But feel this is enough info for one thread.
Many thanks for reading this,
Liz
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