| Name |
John KEITH |
| Birth |
13 Nov 1839 |
Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1851 |
257 Union St, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Burial |
Apr 1867 |
Kamptee Church, East Indies (India) |
- Eipitaths and inscription St Machar Cathedral Churchyard, Aberdeen (from Records of Old Aberdeen) p 245, no 130-1 at http://archive.org/stream/recordsofoldaber00aberrich#page/244/mode/2up
(129) Sacred to the memory of Laura Isabella, daughter of William Keith, M.D., and Isabella Fisken his spouse, born on the 17th July 1863, she died on the 17th of August 1868. William Keith, M.D., of Easter Muchalls, Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, and Lecturer in Clinical Surgery, Aberdeen, born 3rd November 1802, died 5th February 1871.
(130) In memory of Mary Groom, spouse to William Keith, M.D., Surgeon in Aberdeen: she was born at Montrose, on the 28th Jany 1802, she died on the 25th Septr 1831: and William, their infant son, he was born on the 26th Septr 1826, he died on the 11th March 1827. Died at Sherpur, Cabul, on the 13th Jan. 1880, from pneumonia, caused by exposure during the campaign in Afghanistan, Alexander Crombie Keith, Surgeon, Army Medical Department, fifth son of Dr. Keith, and Burnette Silver.
(131) Sacred to the memory of Jane Anne Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Dr Keith and Burnette Silver his spouse, born 28th April 1844, died 16th Feb. 1848. Also the said Burnette Silver, born at Netherley, 22nd Nov. 1809, died 25th March 1853. Lieut John Keith, R.A., their third son, who died 24th April 1867, aged 28, and lies in Kamptee Churchyard E.I. Also of Colonel George Silver Keith, Madras Army, who died at Madras on 18th September 1887, aged 49 years.
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| Death |
24 Apr 1867 |
Nagpore, India |
- Source: www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-LtKiethRA.html
The mounted photograph of Lt. John Keith, R.A. and the newspaper article relating to his death in the jaws of a wounded tiger.
John Keith was born about 1840 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland the third son of Dr. William Keith and the former Miss Burnette Silver.
Keith was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 April 1861 and was assigned to the 13th Brigade, 8th Battery in Secunderabad, India on in May of the same year. He sailed from Gravesend aboard the steamer Hydaspes on 16, June 1861.
His obituary appeared in the 27 April (no year) edition of the Central India Times and an abriviated version showed up in the
Saturday, 8 June, 1867 issue of of the Times (London).
Keith came from a large family of five brothers of which served in the military:
Colonel William Keith, Royal Engineers, Born - 4 October, 1836 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died - 5 May,1891, London, England.
Colonel George Silver Keith, Madras Staff Corps, Born - 3 September, 1838 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died 18 September, 1887 Madras, India.
Lieutenant John Keith, Royal Artillery, Born 13 November, 1839 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died 24 April, 1867 Nagpore, India.
Colonel James Keith D.S.O., Royal Artillery, Born 5 November, 1842, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Died 5 February, 1919, London, England.
Surgeon Alexander Crombie Keith M.B., C.M., Born 11 December 1849, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Died 13 January, 1880 Sherpur near Cabul, from pneumonia, caused by
exposure during the campaign in Afghanistan.
Thanks to Mr. Neil G. Smith for providing some of the additional Keith family genealogical information.
Mounted Photograph
2 3/8 inches by 3 3/4 inches
(6 x 9.5 cm)
Unknown Date c. 1861
Unknown Location
Newsprint
2 7/8 inches by 5 3/4 inches
(7.5 cm x 15 cm)
April 27 (1867)
Nagpore, India
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| Person ID |
I5923 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2013 |
| Father |
William KEITH, b. 3 Nov 1802, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 5 Feb 1871, 6 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Burnette Crombie SILVER, b. 22 Nov 1809, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK d. 25 Mar 1853, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Oct 1835 |
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK |
- GRO Scotland marriages in Old Machar 25 October 1835
William Keith esquire surgeon Union Place in this parish and Miss Burnette Silver only daughter of George Silver Esq of Netherley in the parish of Fetteresso, signified their purpose of marriage by Mr Alex N. Chalmers, elder, and being thrice proclaimed they were married on the 27th October, 1835 by Rev Alex D. Davidson, minister.
- OPR marriages 258/00 0040 0469 FETTERESSO:
1835 Oct 25 To proclamation of William Keith Esq and Miss Burnette Silver
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| Family ID |
F1763 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1839 - 1867 (27 years)
