Frances Elizabeth (Allen) Keyes (1845 - aft. 1926)

Born 15 Apr 1845 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Simeon Porter Keyes — married 11 Jul 1867 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 11 Nov 1926 after age 81 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Frances was born on 15 Apr 1845 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

• There are two seemingly conflicting entries in DVW's notes:

1. Frances was b. 15 Apr 1845 in "Cabotville" in an old Chicopee House Hotel, not the American Legion home, someone said. 2. She was b. in Springfield, now Chicopee.

• On 11 July, 1867, she m. Simeon Porter Keyes. He was listedas a farmer; both were aged 20, both of Conway, and both married for the first time by Rev. J.J. Townsend, of the Baptist Church in Conway.

• They resided in Pennsylvania, Ohio and South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

• 1920 US Census for MA:

Frances Keyes, age 75, b. MA, res. Norfolk, Medfield, Cottage St.; related to Charles H. Burns; Mother-in-Law.

• 1920 Census MA, Norfolk County,

Burns, Charles H., Head, age 48; b NY, as were father and mother, a machine operator. Burns, Grace R., wife, age 40; b. MA, father and mother b. MA, straw hat factory. Burns, Porter C., son, age 19, b. MA, father b. NY; mother b. MA, laborer brickyard. Burns, Robert E., son, age 15, b. MA, father b. NY, mother b. MA, attended school. Keyes, Frances, M-I-L, age 75, b. MA as were father and mother.

• On 15 Apr 1925, DVW wrote in her diary that grandma "was 80."

• Frances died at the home of her daughter, Grace Keyes Burns, on Cottage St. in Medfield, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1926, She passed away after a short illness. The funeral services were at the home on Saturday at 2:00. On Sunday, she was moved to Conway and buried in "the famiiy lot" there on Sunday the 14th.

Sources

• DVW notes
• Conway MA Vital Records, p. 18, #11. facts about Simeon Porter Keyes at marriage.
• 1920 U.S. Census Soundex for MA, Roll K-236, Sutro Library, San Francisco CA. VOl. 88, ED 200, Sheet 9, line 14
• 1920 Census MA, Norfolk County, Dwelling #174, Family 182;
• Boston Globe, 12 November 926; Obituary p. 8, https://www.newspapers.com/image/431173360/?article=36129d3c-2526-455d-a143-4ca94607b8a4&focus=0.74673986,0.5965443,0.981141,0.67352855&xid=3355&_gl=1*1l0un24*_ga*MTI2NzUwNjcxOS4xNjMxNDIwNDUx*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2OTgzMzU5MC4zNS4xLjE2Njk4NDE2MzUuNDEuMC4w&_ga=2.104250176.1930819740.1669834024-1267506719.1631420451