Person:Peter Key (1)

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Peter (Patrick) KEY, Kay
b.10 May 1816 Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
d.11 May 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Jun 1811
  1. William Dagleish KEAY1812 - 1865
  2. David KEAY1813 - Abt 1853
  3. Harriot KEAY1815 - 1864
  4. Peter (Patrick) KEY, Kay1816 - 1857
  5. John KEAY1818 - Bef 1864
  6. Walter KEAY1820 - 1900
  7. Frederick Innes KEAY1823 - 1897
  8. James Aikmond Miller KEAY1825 - 1884
  9. Charlotte Soutar KEAY1831 - 1884
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Peter (Patrick) KEY, Kay1816 - 1857
  • W.  Isabella COOKAbt 1817 - 1881
m. 3 Feb 1847
  1. Thomas Cook KEAY1849 - 1925
  2. Isabella KEY1851 - 1852
  3. Charlotte KEAY1853 - Aft 1891
  4. Susan Ann KEAY1856 - 1856
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Facts and Events
Name Peter (Patrick) KEY, Kay
Gender Male
Birth? 10 May 1816 Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
Christening? 5 Jun 1816 Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
Marriage 3 Feb 1847 Dundee, Angus, Scotlandto Isabella COOK
Death? 11 May 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Seaman's ticket 31,048 and first went to sea as a carpenter in 1838. Ticketed 18 July 1845.

1851 census Book 203, e.d. 11 Page 29 (film 1042219) 31 Seagate, Burnhead Peter Kay Head Mar 33 Ship Carpenter Fife, Ferry Port Isabel do Wife Mar 34 Forfar, Dundee Thomas do Son 1 do do

In October 1852 Peter, his wife Isabella and children Thomas (b:1849) and Isabella (b: 1851) migrated to Melbourne on the 'Wanata' as assisted immigrants. Lived at Emerald Hill where two other children Charlotte 1853 and Susan Ann 1856 were born. Susan Ann died young. Daughter Isabella seems to have died before 1857. On Peter's death in May 1857 from TB, Isabella and her 2 children returned to Scotland where they lived with her parents James Cook and Isabella Walker, in Dundee

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