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Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 19:19

Could anyone help please?
I am trying to find the death of my great grandfather Henry John Keepen,
born Batheaston ?1888,
married Alice Rowe, Lived in Fulham,
Alice died he then married Hannah Howells, who died in 1950 in Fylde.
After his second marriage he seems to have disappeared , I cannot find any trace of him, has anyone any suggestions, most grateful for any help
Sue

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Mar 2018 19:23

For info

Marriages Sep 1920 (>99%)
Keepen Henry J Howells Newcastle L. 6b 172


Deaths Mar 1950 (>99%)
Keepen Hannah 85 Fylde 10c 316

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Mar 2018 19:28

No sign of them in 1939 as far as I can see

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Mar 2018 19:29

Again for info

Name: Henry John Keepen
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Easton, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Fulham
Search Photos: Search for 'Fulham' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 58 Stephendale Rd, Fulham S W
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: CARPENTER
Registration district: Fulham
Registration District Number: 3
Sub-registration district: South Fulham
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Piece: 367
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry John Keepen 23
Alice Maude Mary Keepen 23
Harold Edward Keepen 2
Dorothy Eva Keepen 0

safc

safc Report 9 Mar 2018 19:30

????
Deaths Dec 1938 (>99%)
KEEPIN Henry J 76 Bristol 6a 117 Scan available - click to view

Deaths Mar 1948 (>99%)
Keepin Henry J 66 Bristol 7b 271 Scan available - click to view

Deaths Sep 1968 (>99%)
KIPPIN HENRY J E 86 PORTSMOUTH 6B 426

Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 19:32

Thank you , because its an unusual name there are a lot of misspelt versions in the 1939, it comes under Keegan? states she is married but no sign of Henry
thank you again for your help

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Mar 2018 19:32

Keepen Dorothy E 1911 1911 1911 England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Fulham, London, England

Son's marriage - any reference to his father on the cert?

First name(s) HAROLD E J
Last name KEEPEN
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1931
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ HAROLD E J KEEPEN married
Doris I Hancock
Spouse's last name Hancock
District Croydon
District number -
County Surrey
Country England
Volume 2A

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Mar 2018 19:34

So his second wife was about 17 years older than him?

Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 19:35

Thank you.
will look at both Bristol and Portsmouth, I live in Portsmouth so that's the easy one
grateful for the info

Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 19:38

Yes she was older by quite a bit , Harold( my granddad) was the only surviving child from alice and Henry
Thank you for your help

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 9 Mar 2018 20:00

Was his Death as John Henry seeing below?

Chris :)

https://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1366476?d=asc

AustinQ Report 30 May 2017 12:21

?
Keepings are only at the address for the one year:

London, England, Electoral Registers- 1931

Address: 14 Napier Avenue
County or Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Ward or Division/Constituency: Fulham East and West

Mrs Mary Ann Baker
Mrs Hannah Keeping
Harold Edwin Keeping
John Henry Keeping
Mrs Elizabeth Knight
Henry Frampton Knight

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Mar 2018 20:06

1968 death is for henry James Edmund Kippin, can be found on

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Mar 2018 20:18

for ref

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Waterloo Buildings, Richardsons Place, Bath, Somerset, England


Sidney E Keeping Head Married Male 28 1863 Somerset, England General Gardener
Fanny Keeping Wife Married Female 30 1861 Somerset, England -
William E Keeping Son Single Male 5 1886 Somerset, England -
Henry J Keeping Son - Male 3 1888 Somerset, England -

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Mar 2018 20:26

KEEPEN, HENRY JOHN mmn ANDREWS Order
GRO Reference: 1888 M Quarter in BATH Volume 05C Page 619

father
Marriages Sep 1884 (>99%)
ANDREWS Fanny Bath 5c 1029 Scan available - click to view
KEEPEN Sidney Edward Bath 5c 1029

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 9 Mar 2018 20:44

(from FMP below)

Chris :)

Electoral registers 1832-1932 Image
Constituency in full: Parliamentary Borough of Blackpool
Constituency: P B of Blackpool
Year: 1931
Season: -
Register type: Parliamentary Borough
Polling district or place: Foxhall

(57, Portland Road, Howells Mary Ann, Howells Thomas, Keepen Edward, Keepen Hannah, Keepen John Henry)


What is his Birthdate?...

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Mar 2018 21:07

for ref Keepen on image

Keegen Household (2 People)
15 Lawrence Avenue , Lytham St Anne's M.B., Lancashire, England


Thomas Howells 19 Jan 1897 Male Incapacitated (Illness) Single 42 2
Hannah Keegen 04 Aug 1864 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 42 1

Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 21:51

Thank you so much for all your help his birth year was 1888 but not quite sure I know he was born batheaston somerset

Susan

Susan Report 9 Mar 2018 21:55

Chris that ties in , Hannah’s children from first marriage was Mary Ann and Thomas Howells thank you

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 10 Mar 2018 07:40

Think you need his Birth Cert. (Birthdate might help with 1939 Register)...

Chris :)

(another item for him)

Britain, Trade Union membership registers Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) Henry John
Last name Keepen
Birth year 1887
Admission year 1913 (15th September)
Age 26yrs 10mths
Trade Carpenters & Joiners
Union name Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters & Joiners
Union branch Fulham 2
Union branch as transcribed Fulham 2
County Middlesex
(Married)


https://www.freereg.org.uk/

(not seeing him on above, only his Father)

Baptism
Place Batheaston
Church name (with link) St John the Baptist
Register type (with link) Parish Register
Register entry number 902
Baptism date 31 May 1863
Person forename Sidney Edward
Person sex M
Father forename John
Mother forename Eliza
Father surname KEEPEN
Person abode Batheaston
Father occupation Labourer


(did wonder about things 'Military' for him, saw below!)


22 February 1918 - Fulham Chronicle - London, London, England

Consideration for a New Trade.
Messrs. Peter Lind & Co., of Parliament Mansions, concrete construction contractors, applied for the exemption of Mr. H.J. Keepen, 31, married, of 6, Munster Residences, Filmer Road, described as a carpenter and foreman. Mr. Lind said that Mr. Keepen had been engaged on the refitting as a margarine factory of Kop's Brewery, Townmead Road, but was now employed on experimental work. His firm were engaged on ferro concrete constructions for the Government, and also in the production of ferro concrete ships in the north of England. He appealed for Mr. Keepen on the ground that he was doing work of the value to the nation. Mr. Keepen is passed C2.
Four months exemption was granted.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 10 Mar 2018 10:31

Name: Henry John Keepen
Baptism Date: 12 Feb 1888
Baptism Place: Bathampton, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Batheaston
Father: Edward Keepen
Mother: Fanny Keepen