Birth28 Mar 1902, Cannock district, Staffs
Deathca Nov 1981, S E Hants district
General5th s. In 1939: Colliery hewer.
Spouses
1Mary Lee [3, Marriage, Q2 of 1928, Cannock dist, vol 6B, p. 1173], [3, Death, Q2 of 1995, S E Hants dist No 5012, reg G46, ent 240], [4, 1939 Ref: RG101/5386H/022/10]
Notes for John Kerr Keight
His birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
KEIGHT, JOHN KERR JONES
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in CANNOCK Volume 06B Page 563
_________________________
No baptism found.
_________________________
His school record book, giving his birth date:
First name(s) John K
Last name Keight
Birth year 1902
Birth date 28 Mar 1902
Event year 1910
School name Great Wyrley Council. School (Boys)
Town Great Wyrley
County Staffordshire
Country England
Parent's name(s) Edward L Keight
Book type Admissions
Archive Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archives
Archive reference D4339_2_1
Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
____________________________
It looks like he married Mary Lee in Q2 of 1928 in Cannock dist, Staffs.
Search for children with births surname of Keight with a mother’s maiden name of Lee:
Seven children found from 1930 to 1951:
John L 3 1930 Cannock Lee
Betty 4 1933 Cannock Lee
Rosemarie S 1 1936 Cannock Lee
Joan 3 1937 Cannock Lee
male 4 1938 Cannock Lee
Thomad 4 1943 Cannock Lee
Malcolm K 1 1951 Portsmouth Lee
No baptisms found on FindMyPast.
__________________________
In 1939 their name was transcribed as Keights which FindMyPast did not include in a search for all spellings of that name, causing delays. But they were there, Ancestry had indexed them correctly and they were at 544 Matherton Lane, Cannock, Cannock U.D., Staffordshire:
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
John K Keight 28 Mar 1902 M Colliery Hewer M 263 1
Mary Keight 28 Feb 1907 F Unpaid Domestic Duties M 263 2
John Lewis Keight 14 Aug 1930 M At School S 263 3
Betty Keight 30 Sep 1933 F School S 263 4
(later Hewitt)
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Elvis R Keight 31 May 1922 F Seeking Employment S 263 7
(later Armer)
1939 Ref: RG101/5386H/022/10
Elvis R was the daughter of John Kerr’s brother Samuel Edward who lived in Monmouthshire.
______________________
Their children are found by a search for Keight births with a mother’s maiden name of Lee:
Birth
Last name First name(s) Q Year Location
Keight John L 3 1930 Cannock, Staffordshire
Keight Betty 4 1933 Cannock, Staffordshire
Keight Rosemarie S 1 1936 Cannock, Staffordshire
Keight Joan 3 1937 Cannock, Staffordshire
Keight Male 4 1938 Cannock, Staffordshire
Keight Thomas 4 1943 Cannock, Staffordshire
The first two of these are revealed in the 1939 census - because they had died by the time this was released.
The forename for the fifth child may be a tad difficult to find. There is no update on the register page and the new GRO records have not got to 1938 yet. Nor has anyone put a Postem on FreeBMD to add his name. Ancestry had the information that he was later known as Peter but had died four hours after birth; a confirmation is that his death was registered with no forename in Q4 of 1938 in Cannock.
______________________
Ancestry has an entry from a family tree that he died in Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1981. No confirmation for this yet.
However I later found his death in England, with the same birth date as given in his school records in 1910:
First name(s) John Kerr
Last name Keight
Gender Male
Birth day 28
Birth month 3
Birth year 1902
Death quarter 4
Death year 1981
District South East Hampshire
County Hampshire
Volume 20
Page 1681
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
______________________
__________________________
Notes for John Kerr & Mary (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) John K
Last name Keight
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1928
MarriageFinder John K Keight married one of these people
Mary Lee
Spouse's last name Lee
District Cannock
County Staffordshire
Country England
Volume 6B
Page number 1173
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
_____________________