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Matthew Henry Keam was born in Burra, Hundred of Kooringa, South Australia, Australia, on October 9, 1862. [1]
Father : James Keam
Mother: Eliza (Hawk) Keam
Elizabeth R. (Unknown) Keam died after her son was born.
Matthew H. Keam remarried to Fanny Louisa (Unknown) who was born on June 20, 1859. They married in South Australia. Fanny Louisa died in February 1926. [2]
Matthew H. Keam died on May 23, 1954 in Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia. He was buried at the Brighton General Cemetery, next to his wife, Fanny Louisa (Unknown) Keam. [3]
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 28 June 2023)
Keam, Matthew Henry (Mother's maiden name: Hore). GRO Reference: 1866 Apr-May-Jun in St Austell Volume 05C Page 147.
↑Death Registration:
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
citing Death, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
FamilySearch Record: 2N1Y-2XG (accessed 28 June 2023)
Matthew H Keam death registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1913 in St. Austell (age 48).
"Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVHD-L38 : 9 December 2014), Garnet Keam, 05 Jul 1963; citing Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, series 597, record 526, Public Record Office, Victoria; FamilySearch digital folder 004105308.
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There is no evidence that this Matthew is the one that married Elizabeth Jane Hill (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-57948) in Cornwall in 1891. Therefore she has been removed in order to attach her to the correct husband. Also removed their son Garnet Keam-2 born in Cornwall.
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His death was recorded as Matthew Henry Kean on 30 May 1863 at Kooringa. son of James Kean, index says age 1 month (I suspect poor transcription of handwriting to the index). Death register Burra 16/213 https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=product&layout=show&uid=23262&coid=death&cid=5