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William Keam

Male Bef 1802 - Bef 1846  (< 44 years)

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  • Name William Keam  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Bef 14 Mar 1802  St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • FHL Film 1596055; item 12 p 16
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Mar 1802  St. Mewan, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1841  Slades Mill, St Austell, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    age 35 (rounded to nearest 5 years), Tin Miner, born Cornwall - William & Jane & children Simon (12), Moses (7), Mary (5), Martha (3), Reuben (1) 
    William & Jane (Morrish) Keam Family - 1841 Census of Slades Mill, St Austell, Cornwall, UK    		 William & Jane (Morrish) Keam Family - 1841 Census of Slades Mill, St Austell, Cornwall, UK
    Death Bef 14 Mar 1846  St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • age 44, abode St Mewan == Source: Cornwall OPC -- Helen Keam Sage says Nita Gross' 1984 book says he was a miner who died at St Cleer
    Burial 14 Mar 1846  St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • == Source: Cornwall OPC
    Person ID I4116  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2025 

    Father Peter Keam,   b. Bef 26 Dec 1765, St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1823, St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 57 years) 
    Mother Mary Harris,   b. 16 Apr 1774, St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1809, St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1795  St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • == source: CFHS DB == no online image at FamilySearch
    Family ID F1186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Morrish,   b. 10 Mar 1807, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1827  St Austell, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William Keam-Jane Morrish - Marriage 24 Dec 1827 at St Austell, Cornwall, UK    		 William Keam-Jane Morrish - Marriage 24 Dec 1827 at St Austell, Cornwall, UK
    he a bachelor of the Parish of St Mewan - she a spinster of this Parish (St Austell) - by Banns - he signed, she made her mark - witnesses James Morrish and Thomas Roberts == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-13029-69278-94
    Children 
     1. Simon Peter Keam,   b. Bef 12 Oct 1828, Trewoon, St Mewan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Isaac Keam,   b. 10 Jul 1830, St Austell, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1909, Elmhurst, Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Moses Keam,   b. Bef 6 Oct 1833, Tregonissey, St Austell, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Keam,   b. 1835
     5. Martha Keam,   b. 1837
     6. Reuben Keam,   b. 1840
     7. Elijah Keam,   b. 1843
     8. Elisha Keam,   b. 1845
    Family ID F1248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 14 Mar 1802 - St. Mewan, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
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    William Keam-Jane Morrish - Marriage 24 Dec 1827 at St Austell, Cornwall, UK    		William Keam-Jane Morrish - Marriage 24 Dec 1827 at St Austell, Cornwall, UK
    he a bachelor of the Parish of St Mewan - she a spinster of this Parish (St Austell) - by Banns - he signed, she made her mark - witnesses James Morrish and Thomas Roberts == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-13029-69278-94
    William & Jane (Morrish) Keam Family - 1841 Census of Slades Mill, St Austell, Cornwall, UK    		William & Jane (Morrish) Keam Family - 1841 Census of Slades Mill, St Austell, Cornwall, UK

    Histories
    1796 Richard Keam = Peter Keam    		1796 Richard Keam = Peter Keam

  • Sources 
    1. [S41] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    2. [S77] Ancestry.com, 1841 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National;), Class: HO107; Piece: 146; Book: 4; Civil Parish: St Austell; County: Cornwall; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 13; Page: 18; Line: 13; GSU roll: 241268.
      1841 England Census      		 1841 England Census
      Class: HO107; Piece: 146; Book: 4; Civil Parish: St Austell; County: Cornwall; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 13; Page: 18; Line: 13; GSU roll: 241268


    3. [S124] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;).
      England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915      		 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915