Thomas King Keys (1926)

Born 14 Jul 1926 in , Washington County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Thomas Keys was born on 14 July 1926 in Washington County, Virginia,^[1][2] the youngest of three children and the younger of two sons of Walter and Eleanor Fickle Keys.

He was probably christened in the Central Presbyterian Church In Bristol, Virginia.

1940 census

Walter K Keyes appears in the 1940 United States Federal Census as a 46-year-old minister living with his wife, Eleanor, and three teen-aged children, two sons and one daughter, living in a rented house which he values at $30 a month.

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1940 census for Walter Keys household

Name: Walter K Keyes; Age: 46; Estimated Birth Year: c1894; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birthplace: Virginia; Marital Status: Married; Head of House; Home in 1940: Crabtree, Yancey County, North Carolina; Farm: No; Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Carter County, Tennessee; Residence in 1935: Rural, Carter, Tennessee; Resident on farm in 1935: No; Sheet Number: 6B; Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 88; Occupation: Minister; House Owned or Rented: Rented; Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 30; Attended School or College: No; Highest Grade Completed: College, 4th year; Weeks Worked in 1939: 0; Income: 0; Income Other Sources: Yes;

Household Members: Name Age

Walter K Keyes 46

Eleanor Keyes 40

Julia Keyes 17

Billie Keyes 16

Lonnie [sic., i.e., Thomas] Keyes 14^[3]

He married Anita Unknown, who had been born in the Phillippines.

Citations

1. ↑ Williams, Julia Keys. Telephone with Patricia Hickin, 15 Nov 2007.
2. ↑ Scott, Wealtha Chaplin. McConnell Memorabilia (Versailles, MO: W.C. Scott, ©1981, Printed by Fay Printing, Springfield MO). p4.
3. ↑ 1940 Census, Crabtree, Yancey County, North Carolina; Roll m-t0627-02991, Page 6B, Image 12 of 24, Enumeration District 100-7A. Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz819&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=4fsjMa6sVeKW3RHomDs7Hw%3D%3D&db=1940usfedcen&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=walter&gsfn_x=0&gsln=keys&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1893&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=North%20Carolina,%20USA&msrpn=36&MSAV=1&MSV=1&uidh=mpf&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=3&h=155338913&recoff=&ml_rpos=4. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/2442/m-t0627-02991-00759?pid=155338913&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz819%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3D4fsjMa6sVeKW3RHomDs7Hw%253D%253D%26db%3D1940usfedcen%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dwalter%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dkeys%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1893%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3DNorth%2520Carolina,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D36%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D3%26h%3D155338913%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D4&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz819&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 22 Dec. 2018.

Acknowledgments

• Keys-609 was created by Patricia Hickin through the import of PRICKETT-WBF 4 gens desc n spouses children parents 20150104.ged on Jan 4, 2015.

Sources

• Scott, Wealtha Chaplin. McConnell Memorabilia (Versailles, MO: W.C. Scott, ©1981, Printed by Fay Printing, Springfield MO).

• 1940 Census, Crabtree, Yancey County, North Carolina; Roll m-t0627-02991, Page 6B, Image 12 of 24, Enumeration District 100-7A. Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz819&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=4fsjMa6sVeKW3RHomDs7Hw%3D%3D&db=1940usfedcen&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=walter&gsfn_x=0&gsln=keys&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1893&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=North%20Carolina,%20USA&msrpn=36&MSAV=1&MSV=1&uidh=mpf&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=3&h=155338913&recoff=&ml_rpos=4. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/2442/m-t0627-02991-00759?pid=155338913&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz819%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3D4fsjMa6sVeKW3RHomDs7Hw%253D%253D%26db%3D1940usfedcen%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dwalter%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dkeys%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1893%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3DNorth%2520Carolina,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D36%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D3%26h%3D155338913%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D4&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz819&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 22 Dec. 2018.

• Williams, Julia Keys. Telephone with Patricia Hickin, 15 Nov 2007.