Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHenry Blythe KEITH
Birth7 Jun 1875, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Death1961, Northumberland, England
OccupationSailor, Engineers Slinger - Marine Engines
FatherHenry KEITH (1831-1886)
MotherIsabella BLYTHE (~1835-1880)
Spouses
Birth3 Oct 1874, Walker on Tyne, Northumberland
Marriage1897, Hartlepool, Durham, England
ChildrenHenry Frederick (1898-1949)
 Norman (1899-)
 William Blythe (1902-)
 Herbert (1904-)
 Florence Annie (1907-)
 Hilda (1909-)
 Elizabeth (1914-)
Notes for Henry Blythe KEITH
In the July to September 1875 birth index Henry Blythe Keith, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, volume 10b, page 16

In the 1881 census living at Climber Street, Elswick Ward, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland.
Head Henry Keith, age 49 born at Gateshead, Durham and was a Sand Moulder at Ironworks.
Stepson, Thomas Auckland, unmarried, age 23, sand moulder at iron works, born Newcastle, Northumberland
Son William Keith age 17, sand moulder at iron works, born Newcastle
Daughter Sarah Keith age 13, born Newcastle
Daughter Isabela Keith, age 9, scholar, born Newcastle
Son Henry Keith age 5, born Newcastle

In the 1891 census 60 Mary Street, Hartlepool, Durham (Throston Parish)
Head Thomas Auckland, age 33, iron moulder, born Newcastle, Northumberland
His wife Agnes C. Auckland age 28, born Newcastle, Northumberland.
Daughter Jessie R. Auckland age 7, born Middlesbro, Yorkshire,
Son George C. Auckland age 5, born Hartlepool,
Son Thomas Auckland age 4 born Hartlepool,
Daughter Sarah Auckland, age 3, born at Hartlepool.
Stepbrother Henry B. Keith age 15, stepbrother, single, Iron Moulder’s Apprentice, born Newcastle, Northumberland.
1 boarder Rueben Schofield.

In the January to March 1897 marriage index Henry Blythe Keith and Elizabeth McDonald, Hartlepool, durham, volume 10a, page 155

UK Apprentices indentured in Merchant Navy
Henry Blythe Keith, age 17, enrolled West Hartlepool September 22 1892, bound for 4 years until 1896 to Greenup Moorsom

In the 1901 census 56 Holly Avenue, Wallsend, Northumberland
Head George Holman, age 28, sea going engineer, born Hartlepool
Wife Hariet Holman, age 20, born Wallsend, Northumberland
Daughter Elizabeth Holman, age 7 months, born Wallsend
Visitor Harry B. Keith, age 24, sailor, born Newcastle on Tyne
Visitor Elizabeth Keith, age 27, born Wallsend
Visitor Henry F. Keith, age 3, born Hartlepool
Visitor Norman Keith, age 1, born Hartlepool

In the 1911 Census 5 Town Wall, Hartlepool, Durham
Head Henry Blyth Keith, age 34, general labourer, marine engineering, worker, born Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland
Wife Elizabeth Keith, age 37, married 14 years, 6 children born alive, born Walker on Tyne, Northumberland
Son Henry Fred Keith, age 13, school, born Hartlepool
Son Norman Keith, age 11, school, born Hartlepool
Son William Blyth Keith, age 8, school, born Hartlepool
Son Herbert Keith, age 6, school, born Wallsend on Tyne, Northumberland
Daughter Florence Annie Keith, age 3, born Hartlepool
Daughter Hilda Keith, age 1, born Hartlepool

In the 1921 census Willington Nurseries, Churchill Street, Wallsend, Northumberland
Head Henry Blythe Keith, age 44 years 0 months, born Newcastle, Northumberland, Engineers Slinger Marine Engines -Wallsend Slipway Engineering Co. Ltd, Wallsend on Tyne
Wife Elizabeth Keith, age 47 years 8 months, born Walker, Northumberland, at home
Son William B. Keith, age 19 years 2 months, single, born Hartlepool, Durham, apprentice engineer - Walsend Slipway Engineering Co. Ltd.
Son Herbert Keith, age 16 years 10 months, single, born Wallsend, Northumberland, assistant grocer - Walter Wilson Ltd., 26 Potters Street, Wilson Quay
Daughter Florence A. Keith, age 13 years 7 months, born Hartlepool, whole time at school
Daughter Hilda Keith, age 11 years 8 months, born hartlepool, whole time at school
Daughter Elizabeth Keith, age 6 years 8 months, born Newcastle, Northumberland, whole time at school

1939 England and Wales Register
30 Savoy Road, Wallsend, Northumberland
1. Henry B. Keith, born June 7 1875, married, fitters slinger (incapacitated)
2. Elizabeth Keith, born October 3 1874, married, domestic duties unpaid

In the January to March 1961 death index Henry B. Keith, died age 85, Northumberland South district, Northumberland, volume 1b, page 403
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