Researching Bransby Key
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4132 people with the Key surname? In that year Key was ranked number 1034 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Bransby Key on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bransby Key and the Key Family Tree
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Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bransby Key using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4934 people with the Key surname in the UK? Key is now ranked number 1195 for popularity in the UK. |
Key Family History Databases
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Key Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Key surname in the USA? Key is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Key Databases
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Some Famous People called Bransby Key
Bransby Key
Bransby Lewis Key (1838 – 1901) was the 2nd Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha, South Africa. Born into a medical family he was educated at Kensington Grammar School and St Augustine's College, Canterbury. Ordained deacon in 1864 and priest a year later his first post was as a missionary in the Transkei. After 19 years he was appointed Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese, and four years later (when Bishop Callaway retired) took full control of the see.
Bransby Lewis Key married Georgina Annie Waters (daughter of Rev. H. J. Waters) in October 1868 at St John's Mission Station. They had seven children:*Annie Katherine Key born on 29 August 1869, died 5 September 1869;*Alice Mary Key born 15 April 1871, married William Allerton Goodwin on 3 July 1890, St John's Cathedral;*Henry Aston Key born 8 July 1873, married Marguerite Isabel Hickman on 1 September 1904, St Peter's Cathedral;*Mina Julia Key born on 6 October 1875, married Caleb George Warner Atkinson on 19 June 1900, St Johns Cathedral;*Edmund Bransby Key born on 11 May 1878;*Evelyn Margaret Key - date of birth unknown;*Ellen Georgina Key - date of birth unknown.
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