Son of Thomas & Catharine (Griffith) KEYES
FUNERAL NOTICE:
DIED - In Petrolia, on Friday, July 21st, 1916
GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES
Aged 40 years, 7 months and 29 days.
THE FUNERAL
Service will be held from his mother's residence, Lot 25, Concession 3, Enniskillen Township, on Sunday, July 23, 1916, at 9:30 a.m.
Interment will take place in Watford Cemetery. (Not confirmed with the cemetery)
Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation to attend.
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ACCIDENT NOTICE:
George Keys, Expert Hydro Linesman, is Killed ---- from The Watford Guide
Advocate July 28, 1916
Petrolia, July 21 -- George Keys, an expert lineman on the hydro system,
was electrocuted this morning about 10:30, while working on the wires of
the high voltage system on King Street. He was rushed in an auto to the
office of Dr. Calder, where all means to restore him were used, but to no
purpose. He had been employed for over a year on the system in and around Petrolia. He was an ex-member of the 70th Battalion. He leaves a wife and a family of two children.
The coroner's inquest resulted in the finding of the following verdict:
"That the said George Keys came to his death in the Town of Petrolia on
the 21st day of July, 1916, by an electric shock, caused by an automobile
on the highway coming in contact with the construction wire, and said
contact causing the construction wire to come in contact with high tension
wire."
"We recommend that the authorities of the Town of Petrolia enforce the
Ontario motor laws, and further recommend that the hydro commission of the Town of Petrolia take every precaution possible in construction work to
protect the public."
The jurors were, R.J. Campbell (foreman), Albert Hessey, R.W. Parker, John
Strevel, J.R. Steadman, C.J. Collins, Newell Healy, E.H. Hooper and T.
Murdoch.
Mr. Keys was a native of Watford and well known to many here.
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MARRIAGE RECORD:
Name: George W Keys
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birth Place: Warwick Village
Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1903
Marriage Place: Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Father: Thomas Keys
Mother: Catharine Griffith
Spouse: Maggie McKenzie
Source: Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938
FUNERAL NOTICE:
DIED - In Petrolia, on Friday, July 21st, 1916
GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES
Aged 40 years, 7 months and 29 days.
THE FUNERAL
Service will be held from his mother's residence, Lot 25, Concession 3, Enniskillen Township, on Sunday, July 23, 1916, at 9:30 a.m.
Interment will take place in Watford Cemetery. (Not confirmed with the cemetery)
Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation to attend.
************
ACCIDENT NOTICE:
George Keys, Expert Hydro Linesman, is Killed ---- from The Watford Guide
Advocate July 28, 1916
Petrolia, July 21 -- George Keys, an expert lineman on the hydro system,
was electrocuted this morning about 10:30, while working on the wires of
the high voltage system on King Street. He was rushed in an auto to the
office of Dr. Calder, where all means to restore him were used, but to no
purpose. He had been employed for over a year on the system in and around Petrolia. He was an ex-member of the 70th Battalion. He leaves a wife and a family of two children.
The coroner's inquest resulted in the finding of the following verdict:
"That the said George Keys came to his death in the Town of Petrolia on
the 21st day of July, 1916, by an electric shock, caused by an automobile
on the highway coming in contact with the construction wire, and said
contact causing the construction wire to come in contact with high tension
wire."
"We recommend that the authorities of the Town of Petrolia enforce the
Ontario motor laws, and further recommend that the hydro commission of the Town of Petrolia take every precaution possible in construction work to
protect the public."
The jurors were, R.J. Campbell (foreman), Albert Hessey, R.W. Parker, John
Strevel, J.R. Steadman, C.J. Collins, Newell Healy, E.H. Hooper and T.
Murdoch.
Mr. Keys was a native of Watford and well known to many here.
************
MARRIAGE RECORD:
Name: George W Keys
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birth Place: Warwick Village
Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1903
Marriage Place: Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Father: Thomas Keys
Mother: Catharine Griffith
Spouse: Maggie McKenzie
Source: Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938
Son of Thomas & Catharine (Griffith) KEYES
FUNERAL NOTICE:
DIED - In Petrolia, on Friday, July 21st, 1916
GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES
Aged 40 years, 7 months and 29 days.
THE FUNERAL
Service will be held from his mother's residence, Lot 25, Concession 3, Enniskillen Township, on Sunday, July 23, 1916, at 9:30 a.m.
Interment will take place in Watford Cemetery. (Not confirmed with the cemetery)
Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation to attend.
************
ACCIDENT NOTICE:
George Keys, Expert Hydro Linesman, is Killed ---- from The Watford Guide
Advocate July 28, 1916
Petrolia, July 21 -- George Keys, an expert lineman on the hydro system,
was electrocuted this morning about 10:30, while working on the wires of
the high voltage system on King Street. He was rushed in an auto to the
office of Dr. Calder, where all means to restore him were used, but to no
purpose. He had been employed for over a year on the system in and around Petrolia. He was an ex-member of the 70th Battalion. He leaves a wife and a family of two children.
The coroner's inquest resulted in the finding of the following verdict:
"That the said George Keys came to his death in the Town of Petrolia on
the 21st day of July, 1916, by an electric shock, caused by an automobile
on the highway coming in contact with the construction wire, and said
contact causing the construction wire to come in contact with high tension
wire."
"We recommend that the authorities of the Town of Petrolia enforce the
Ontario motor laws, and further recommend that the hydro commission of the Town of Petrolia take every precaution possible in construction work to
protect the public."
The jurors were, R.J. Campbell (foreman), Albert Hessey, R.W. Parker, John
Strevel, J.R. Steadman, C.J. Collins, Newell Healy, E.H. Hooper and T.
Murdoch.
Mr. Keys was a native of Watford and well known to many here.
************
MARRIAGE RECORD:
Name: George W Keys
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birth Place: Warwick Village
Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1903
Marriage Place: Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Father: Thomas Keys
Mother: Catharine Griffith
Spouse: Maggie McKenzie
Source: Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938
FUNERAL NOTICE:
DIED - In Petrolia, on Friday, July 21st, 1916
GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES
Aged 40 years, 7 months and 29 days.
THE FUNERAL
Service will be held from his mother's residence, Lot 25, Concession 3, Enniskillen Township, on Sunday, July 23, 1916, at 9:30 a.m.
Interment will take place in Watford Cemetery. (Not confirmed with the cemetery)
Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation to attend.
************
ACCIDENT NOTICE:
George Keys, Expert Hydro Linesman, is Killed ---- from The Watford Guide
Advocate July 28, 1916
Petrolia, July 21 -- George Keys, an expert lineman on the hydro system,
was electrocuted this morning about 10:30, while working on the wires of
the high voltage system on King Street. He was rushed in an auto to the
office of Dr. Calder, where all means to restore him were used, but to no
purpose. He had been employed for over a year on the system in and around Petrolia. He was an ex-member of the 70th Battalion. He leaves a wife and a family of two children.
The coroner's inquest resulted in the finding of the following verdict:
"That the said George Keys came to his death in the Town of Petrolia on
the 21st day of July, 1916, by an electric shock, caused by an automobile
on the highway coming in contact with the construction wire, and said
contact causing the construction wire to come in contact with high tension
wire."
"We recommend that the authorities of the Town of Petrolia enforce the
Ontario motor laws, and further recommend that the hydro commission of the Town of Petrolia take every precaution possible in construction work to
protect the public."
The jurors were, R.J. Campbell (foreman), Albert Hessey, R.W. Parker, John
Strevel, J.R. Steadman, C.J. Collins, Newell Healy, E.H. Hooper and T.
Murdoch.
Mr. Keys was a native of Watford and well known to many here.
************
MARRIAGE RECORD:
Name: George W Keys
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birth Place: Warwick Village
Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1903
Marriage Place: Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Father: Thomas Keys
Mother: Catharine Griffith
Spouse: Maggie McKenzie
Source: Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938
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