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KEELEY, Samuel
1878 - 1953 (75 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1881 - 1930 (49 years)-
Name KEELEY, Samuel Birth 19 Sep 1878 Easington Registration District, County Durham 
Gender Male Death 20 Sep 1953 Easington Colliery, County Durham, England Person ID I8144 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 1 OGLESBY, Annie, b. 1881, Stockton Registration District, County Durham d. 1930, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 49 years) Marriage 1907 Easington Registration District, County Durham Children 1. KEELEY, Greta, b. 2 Jul 1918, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 20 Sep 1998, Sedgefield, County Durham, England (Age 80 years)Family ID F2950 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 PURVIS, Ethel, b. 15 Jun 1891, Easington, County Durham, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1932 Easington Registration District, County Durham Family ID F2954 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SAMUEL KEELEY 1878-1953
The birth of Samuel KEELEY was registered in 1878.
(GRO 1878 Easington 10a 409)
The marriage between Annie OGLESBY and Samuel KEELEY was registered in 1907.
(GRO September Q 1907 Easington 10a 922 [Annie] and 923 [Samuel]
From the 1911 census of 18 Nelson Street, New Seaham, County Durham:
*Samuel KEELEY, head, aged 32, married, insurance clerk, worker, born Dawdon, Durham;
Annie KEELEY, wife, aged 29, married 3 years, 1 child [living], born at Carlton Iron Works, County Durham;
Sydney KEELEY, son, aged 2, born at Dawdon, Durham;
John OGLESBY, boarder, 54, widowed, farm labourer, worker, born at Killingholme, Lincolnshire;
Walter OGLESBY, boarder, aged 28, single, coal miner, hewer, born at Carlton Iron Works, Durham;
Herbert OGLESBY, boarder, aged 21 single, hardware shop assistant, worker, born at Seaham, Durham;
Charles OGLESBY, boarder, aged 17, single, apprentice gardener, worker, born at Seaham, Durham;
Olive OGLESBY, boarder, aged 12, school, born at Seaham, Durham;
Vincent OGLESBY, boarder, aged 8, school, born at Seaham, Durham.
(RG14 PN30034 RG78 PN1735 RD552 SD2 ED15 SN134)
He served in the 13th Battalion Durham Home Guard from 1940 to 1945.
(WO 409/27/45/40)
"KEELEY Samuel of Glenhurst Easington Colliery County Durham died 20 September 1953 Probate Durham 19 December to Greta EDGOOSE (wife of George Albert EDGOOSE). Effects £3618 18s. 9d."
(National Probate Calendar 1953)
(revised 20.07.2021)