Researching Laurence 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. |
The name Laurence means "Form of LAWRENCE. Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Laurence Key on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Laurence Key and the Key Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Key Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Key family tree.
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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. |
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Laurence Key. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Laurence Key
Laurence Henry Key (5 May 1895 – 18 April 1971) played first-class cricket for Somerset in eight matches between 1919 and 1922. He was born at Lincoln and died at Taunton, Somerset.
Key was a lower-order left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm spin bowler, which was not a useful skill to have in a team dominated by the bowling of Jack White, also slow left-arm. He played in three matches in 1919, making his highest score, 30, in the second of these, against Worcestershire. Four more games followed with less success in 1921 and to the end of that season he had bowled just a single over in first-class cricket. In 1922, however, in the match against Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester, White was not playing and Key was given 17.1 overs, and took two wickets, the only dismissals of his first-class career. This was, however, his last match in first-class cricket.
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