Joseph Valentine Keen (1860 - 1951)

Born 1860 in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Walker) Keen — married 1883 in Evesham, Worcestershire

Died 1951 at about age 91 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Joseph Keen was born in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, England.

1861 living in Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire

Registration district: Stow On The Wold Sub-registration district: Bourton on the Water ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Household schedule number: 45 Piece: 1789 Folio: 104 Page Number: 8

Household Members:

Valentine Keen 40 Ag. Lab. born Lower Slaughter

Tryphena Keen 44 born Lower Slaughter

Mary Ann Keen 19 born Lower Slaughter

Valentine Keen 12 born Lower Slaughter

Joseph Keen 10/12 grandson born Stow

1881 Gardener lodging with Thomas Castle in village of Lower Slaughter, Glos. (no further details of address in census)

Registration district: Stow On The Wold ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Piece: 2562 Folio: 111 Page Number: 6

1883 gardener living at Lower Slaughter (on marriage)

1891 living at Gas Works Cottages, Copse Hill, Upper Slaughter, Glos

Registration district: Stow On The Wold ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Piece: 2037 Folio: 74 Page Number: 11

Household Members:

Joseph Keen 30 Gardener Domestic Servant born Stow on the Wold

Mary Ann Keen 30 born Steeple Aston

Edward V Keen 6 born Lower Slaughter

Ametia H Keen 3 born Lower Swell

Edgar V Keen 1 born Copse Hill

James T Mapley 37 boarder born Bucks Newport Pagnell

Lucy Mapley 27 boarder born Kent Maidstone

1901 living in Freefolk Cottages Whitchurch Hants

Registration district: Whitchurch (Hampshire) Sub-registration district: Whitchurch ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Piece: 1112 Folio: 91 Page Number: 12 Household schedule number: 63

Household Members:

Joseph Keen 40 Gardener born Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire

Mary Keen 40 born Oxford Steeple Aston

Edward Keen 16 Paper mill hand born Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire

Amelia Keen 13 born Lower Swell Gloucestershire

Edgar Keen 11 born Upper Slaughter Gloucestershire

Cecil Keen 5 born Whitchurch Hants

Joseph Keen 2 born Whitchurch Hants

Albert Keen 1 born Whitchurch Hants

Florence Beek 20 boarder born Reading Berks

1911 living at Limerstone Cottage, Brighstone, Isle Of Wight

Registration district: Isle of Wight Registration District Number: 93 Sub-registration district: Calbourne ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Household schedule number: 72 Piece: 5767

Household Members:

Joseph Keen 50 gardener domestic born Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire

Mary Ann Keen 50 born Oxford Steeple Aston

Cecil F Keen 15 garden labourer born Hants Freefolk

Harold Keen 12 born Hants Freefolk

Albert Keen 11 born Hants Freefolk

1918 living at Brighstone Isle of Wight (entered as Brightsone on Edwards draft card)

1939 Keen Household (2 People) The Bungalow North Street , Isle of Wight R.D., Isle of Wight,

Cecil F Keen 29 Nov 1895 Male Gardener (Jobbing) Single 50 2

Joseph V Keen 09 May 1860 Male Gardener Retired Widowed 50 1

Sources

• Baptism Name: Joseph Keen Baptism Date: 25 May 1860 Parish: Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, England Parish as it Appears: Stow on the Wold Mother: Mary Ann Keen Register Type: Parish Registers Born in the workhouse of Lower Slaughter Ancestry.co.uk

• Marriages Dec 1883 KEEN Joseph Evesham 6c 595 WALKER Mary Anne Evesham 6c 595

• Death KEEN, JOSEPH VALENTINE 90 GRO Reference: 1951 J Quarter in ISLE OF WIGHT Volume 06B Page 722