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Leonard Ramsault Key
Don't know if anyone will be able to help, but I won't know if I don't post!
I've been trying to find out who Leonard Ramsault Key's parents were, but he did not speak about his father at all, and no one that I've found can remember what his mother's name is for sure. All that is know is that my mother thinks her grandmother (LRK mother's) name was "Ely" and she thinks her maiden name started with "B". It is also known that she remarried after Gustav died.
It is also known that his fathers name was "Gustav". These people seem to have 2-3 middle names and it is not know if that was his actual first name, or if Gustav was on of the middles. (This info is from Leonard's sister's BC most likely).
This is the info I have about Leonard:
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given name: Leonard
surname: Key
Middle: Ramsault
Birthplace: Nassjo, Smaland, Sweden
Birthdate: November 2(?), 1890
last place of residence: Manitoba, CA
date of arrival: March 10, 1909 (Ellis island)
age at arrival: 18-19
ethnicity: Swedish, danish
port of departure: Copenhagen
port of arrival: New York
gender: Male
marital status: M
Spouse: Ethel Mary McKay
Marriage Cert:
Name: Leonard H H Ramsault Key
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ethel Mary Mckay
Marriage Date: 18 Oct. 1919
Marriage Place: Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Leonard spoke 4-5 languages:
English, Swedish, Danish, German, Russian(?)
Leonard had 1 sister named Dagmar Marie Charlotte Elize Key (married: Godden) She died in April of 1918 due to Septicemia.
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Some other various info:
Leonard's sister Dagmar's grandson has has recently found a little more information through old passports. He has found a record that states that Dagmar was born in Berlin and that her birth was registered at the Swedish Embassy there. <---- Thinking maybe Leonard was too, and he put down Sweden as place of birth as Sweden because it was registered with the embassy.
Someone posted some years back about LRK on a Swedish forum, and it looks like someone tried to look up his records in that area, but nothing was found.
Poster Anette Rosberg: http://aforum.genealogi.se/discus/me...tml?1298719641
Dagmar and Leonard's fathers name was Gustav Key and he died sometime before Dagmar's marriage to Stanley in 1915. Their mother remarried a baltic trader from Riga.
Dagmar Key married Edward Stanley Godden (Stanley/Stan) in 1915, however they met prior to the 1911 census as Dagmar was listed as a guest to the Godden family on the census of that year. Her nationality was recorded as Denmark then as well.
Between 1911 and 1915 Stanley visited Dagmar in Russia.
Dagmar's son always believed that the reason that Dagmar was in Russia was because she was part of the Court of the Russian Imperial family as a Lady-in-Waiting. This is something we have always wanted to confirm but to date have been unable to do so.
I've been trying to find out who Leonard Ramsault Key's parents were, but he did not speak about his father at all, and no one that I've found can remember what his mother's name is for sure. All that is know is that my mother thinks her grandmother (LRK mother's) name was "Ely" and she thinks her maiden name started with "B". It is also known that she remarried after Gustav died.
It is also known that his fathers name was "Gustav". These people seem to have 2-3 middle names and it is not know if that was his actual first name, or if Gustav was on of the middles. (This info is from Leonard's sister's BC most likely).
This is the info I have about Leonard:
Add:
given name: Leonard
surname: Key
Middle: Ramsault
Birthplace: Nassjo, Smaland, Sweden
Birthdate: November 2(?), 1890
last place of residence: Manitoba, CA
date of arrival: March 10, 1909 (Ellis island)
age at arrival: 18-19
ethnicity: Swedish, danish
port of departure: Copenhagen
port of arrival: New York
gender: Male
marital status: M
Spouse: Ethel Mary McKay
Marriage Cert:
Name: Leonard H H Ramsault Key
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ethel Mary Mckay
Marriage Date: 18 Oct. 1919
Marriage Place: Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Leonard spoke 4-5 languages:
English, Swedish, Danish, German, Russian(?)
Leonard had 1 sister named Dagmar Marie Charlotte Elize Key (married: Godden) She died in April of 1918 due to Septicemia.
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Some other various info:
Leonard's sister Dagmar's grandson has has recently found a little more information through old passports. He has found a record that states that Dagmar was born in Berlin and that her birth was registered at the Swedish Embassy there. <---- Thinking maybe Leonard was too, and he put down Sweden as place of birth as Sweden because it was registered with the embassy.
Someone posted some years back about LRK on a Swedish forum, and it looks like someone tried to look up his records in that area, but nothing was found.
Poster Anette Rosberg: http://aforum.genealogi.se/discus/me...tml?1298719641
Dagmar and Leonard's fathers name was Gustav Key and he died sometime before Dagmar's marriage to Stanley in 1915. Their mother remarried a baltic trader from Riga.
Dagmar Key married Edward Stanley Godden (Stanley/Stan) in 1915, however they met prior to the 1911 census as Dagmar was listed as a guest to the Godden family on the census of that year. Her nationality was recorded as Denmark then as well.
Between 1911 and 1915 Stanley visited Dagmar in Russia.
Dagmar's son always believed that the reason that Dagmar was in Russia was because she was part of the Court of the Russian Imperial family as a Lady-in-Waiting. This is something we have always wanted to confirm but to date have been unable to do so.
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