David Keys, Blues first ever goal scorer moved to NZ

[Malc]

Did you know that the scorer of Blues first goal in 1875, David Keys, emigrated to NZ. He married his teammates sister Eleanore Teychenne and for a while they lived in Dunedin. He died in 1910 in Dannevirke.

I hope this answers some questions and sets you lads off on a few research trips

 

[Grant]

That’s amazing. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Liam]

great story i found eleanore on census her family lived really close to the holy trinity church Q to anyone who knows i grew up on ladypool rd and i know SMA first played there but of course was all built up i just wondered where on ladypool road the ground was situated?

 

[Malc]

It was apparently Ladypool Lane, (although most books say Ladypool Road) which as far as I can see, no longer exists.

 

[Grant]

How do you get on finding information pre-World War II? I always thought the story of the fireman confusing a bucket of petrol for a bucket of water meant we lost all our pre-war records

 

[Malc]

That story is true. Local history, newspaper archives, family histories etc form a lot of the primary sources that can be used/researched.

Ladypool Lane was used for 1 season 1876/7. They played on a field belonging to local politician, John Lowe.

 

[Liam]

“Obviously I cannot reproduce it here, but Carl Chinn does a 3 page write up on Ladypool Road in his book The Streets of Brum Part Three. Basically Ladypool Road was known as Ladypool Lane until 1883 and this is why its still known as "The Lane". In 1885 the wealthy residents of Moseley were not happy being classed with the working class residents of Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath so they got the name of the top end of the lane changed to Church Road.”

Weirdly remember it being called “the lane” just as a thoroughfare just as most streams were called brooks …often just miniscule random trickles of water surrounded each side by rubbish and scraggly bushes … but great places to play in

Amazing that club have tracked this down looks contempory and staged yet is part of the teychenne family history … he opened an upholstery business with her dad making mattresses that failed … nearly all of family emigrated to australia most stayed in Victoria but these two moved on to NZ

 

[Grant]

Here is a great starting point on his family tree

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[Grant]

This from a site with a virus loaded, so scraped from time machine:

KEYS David, 2 March 1910 aged 53
- buried Grave 89, Block J with wife Eleonore
- David was a School Master & lived in Allardice St, Dannevirke
Manawatu Standard, 3 October 1910 DECEASED PERSONS ESTATE
During September the estates of 226 deceased person were certified by the Commissioner of Stamps.
... & David Keys 421 (2010 equivalent of $93,110)

KEYS Eleonore (nee TEYCHENNE), (1860-)
Eleonore is on the database as Keys because the headstone reads: David and Elenore Keys. "Their lives were rich in love" so she (or her ashes) may have been interred with him but she died as Simmons
(Arthur Thomas Simmons first married Mary Elizabeth Steele in 1899 and had 4 children, some born in Picton)
- buried Grave 90, Block J with first husband David
Eleonore next married Arthur Thomas SIMMONS in Wanganui in 1918
NOTES
- Eleonore was born in Birmingham. Her father was French (original name spelling was Duchenne). Her parents & 11 children did a world cruise ending in Brisbane in 1876. Eleonore married David Keys in 1878 in England and they left shortly afterwards for New Zealand. Some of her family also buried in NZ
Eleonore & David lived first in Napier then Dunedin, Paeroa & probably other towns as David was a School Master
the known children of DAVID & ELEONORE
1880 - 1942 Lilian Marie Keys (+Hector Angus ROSS in 1912)
1881 - 1965 Nellie Maud Keys (+Charles Alfred HERBERT in 1905)
1882 - George Vincent Keys
1884 - Matilda/Mathilde Keys (+Harry ROBSON in 1911)
1885 - Adah Ethel Keys (+ HUNTER, moved to Australia)
1887 - Violet Mary Keys (+Ronald Robert STEWART in 1913)
1890 - 1955 William David Keys when William served in WWI (1917) his mother was next of kin in Papatawa, Hawkes Bay. William is buried Waikumete
in 1890 they were in Caversham, Dunedin
in 1902 their address was Queen's Drive, St Kilda, Dunedin
in 1916 Eleanor and her son William David were in Waitotara, Wanganui
Dominion, 27 May 1916 DISCHARGED SOLDERS SECTIONS
The monthly meeting of the Wellington Land Board was concluded yesterday, when most of the business transacted concerned applications for land by discharged soldiers. It was resolved to grant the requests in each of the following cases:-
William David Keys and Eleanor Keys applied to transfer Section 13, Blocks I and V, Nukumaru, to R. J. Sewell, J. T. Crawshaw, and Jens Larsen Bonde. This section was declared forfeited at last meeting of the board for non-payment of rent. Rent has now been paid up and the following resolution was carried: "Subject to J. L. Bonde's name being deleted, a proof of his rejectment for military service being supplied, this transfer be approved". It was also resolved that the resolution of April 27, 1816, forfeiting the lease be rescinded