Francis William Keys1

#1252, (4 July 1881-13 April 1958)
FatherCharles William Alexander Keys1 (6 Nov 1851-29 Aug 1917)
MotherEllen Mary Hill1 (11 Dec 1851-10 Jun 1913)
ChartsHill family - descendents
Descendents of Henry H. Hill
Descendents of Robert Holmes
Last Edited4 Jan 2023
Francis William Keys
Source: The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917.
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(For a brief history and context on the Hill family see this page)

Francis William Keys was born on 4 July 1881 at Brisbane.2,3 He was the son of Charles William Alexander Keys and Ellen Mary Hill.1 He lived with his parents at 35 George Street, in Brisbane, in 1905.4 Francis William Keys was a carter in 1905.4 He was a carter in 1908.5 He lived with his parents at at 68 Little Edward Street in the Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill in 1913.6 He was a foreman in 1913.6 He lived with his parents at Spring Hill in 1917.7 He was a foreman in 1917.7

Francis William Keys began military service on Tuesday, 8 May 1917 with the 7 and 8 reinforcements to the 42 Infantry Battalion AIF in the Great War at age 35.8

Francis William Keys embarked on HMAT Horoata on 14 June 1917.8 Francis lived in 1919 at at Hopetoun Street in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton, Queensland.9 He was a soldier in 1919.9

Francis died on 13 April 1958 at age 76.10

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
Family
1881BirthBrisbane2,3
1
1905Occupation4
1908Occupation5
1913Occupation6
1917Occupation7
1917Military Start8
1917Note CR CR8
1919Residence at Hopetoun Street in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton, Queensland9
1919Occupation9
1958Death10

Citations

  1. [S288] Queensland, Birth Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1881, No.B27909.
  2. [S288] Queensland, Birth Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1881, No.B27909 (index only).
  3. [S450] Family Tree Maker Online (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com) http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/a/u/…
  4. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of Brisbane, Subdivision of Brisbane North 1905 p.44 (http://search.ancestry.com.au/Browse/View.aspx).
  5. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of Brisbane, Subdivision of Brisbane North 1908 p.57 (http://search.ancestry.com.au/Browse/View.aspx).
  6. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of Brisbane, Subdivision of Brisbane North 1913 p.81 (http://search.ancestry.com.au/Browse/View.aspx).
  7. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of Brisbane, Subdivision of Brisbane North 1917 p.69 (https://www.ancestry.com.au/sharing/991320).
  8. [S144] AIF Nominal Roll 1914-1918, service number 3326.
  9. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of Lilley, Subdivision of Toombul 1919 p.7 (http://search.ancestry.com.au/Browse/View.aspx).
  10. [S338] Ancestry.com.au Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com.au/) https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/4063116/…