1901C. His parents and 2 siblings were at Mill Lodge, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, . The family no longer has any live-in servants

Samuel W	Keene	Head	Married	Male	65	1836	Grain merchant j p	Margate, Kent, England
Jane	Keene	Wife	Married	Female	56	1845	-	Scotland
Lily A	Keene	Daughter	Single	Female	20	1881	-	Barnes, Surrey, England
Edward R	Keene	Son	Married	Male	31	1870	Clerk "grain merchant"	Barnes, Surrey, England
Clara K	Keene	Daughter-in-law	Married	Female	28	1873	-	Barnes, Surrey, England
Randall S R	Keene	Grand son	-	Male	6	1895	-	Barnes, Surrey, England

 

whilst he, Archibald D W Keene, 15, b. Barnes, was at school at Hailbury College, Great Amwell, Ware, Herts . This Haileybury School

1903. His father died. leaving £ 32000. The family home of Mill Lodge was then sold

1907. He was described as a merchant's clerk, as executor for his mother Jane when she died at 10 Palewell Road, East Sheen on 14/1/1907

 

1911C. Not found on Ancestry. He would not be in the census if he were in the army

1912. Archibald Douglas Wolfe Keene, 27, married Mary Elizabeth Barry who called herself May Barrett , 22, on 8/5/1912 in Winchester Register Office. His address Market Hotel, Winchester, hers 21 London Avenue, Portsmouth. His father Samuel Wolfe Keene, corn factor, deceased; her, INVENTED, father a John Francis Barrett, warrant engineer Royal Navy

 

The following children were born to Edward & May: Edward H W Keene Winchester 3/12/1912; Archibald Harold W Keene Woolwich 29/1/1915;; Randell Bertrand W Keene Woolwich 8/9/1917 ; Frederick William W Keene Alverstoke 9/10/1919 & Samuel R W Keene Alverstoke Mar 8/2/1922 . , mother given as Barry for all the last 4 on freebmd!

1914-1919. He serves from 18/8/1914 until 16/1/1919, when he reenlists in Belgium . his service number as a Gunner in the Royal Regiment of Artillery being 1410190 ?OR 42292

1921. He was still in the army. His wife May Keene, 30, was living Alverstoke, Hampshire with 4 children . Son Edward MISTRANSCRIBED as Edith!!!. Here Randall is called Ronald and Frederick is called William!

Archibald Douglas Keene, b. 1885, is in the 1921C also in Alverstoke but obviously still in the army.

May	Keene	Head	Female	1890	30	Cork, Ireland	Home Duties	-
Edith	Keene	Son	Male	1913	8	Hampshire, England	-	-
Archibald	Keene	Son	Male	1915	6	Woolwich, Kent, England	-	-
Ronald	Keene	Son	Male	1917	3	Woolwich, Kent, England	-	-
William	Keene	Son	Male	1919	1	Gosport, Hampshire, England	-	-
Elizabeth	Keene	Head	Female	1880	41	Bermondsey, London, England	Home Duties	-
Marjjo	Keene	Daughter	Female	1913	8	Gibraltar	-	-
Robert	Keene	Son	Male	1917	4	Gibraltar	-	-
Cissie	Hunt	Wife	Female	1886	35	Farnham, Surrey, England	Home Duties	-
Violet Cissie	Hunt	Daughter	Female	1914	6	-	-

1922. His youngest son, Samuel was born Gosport on 8/2/1922 , the fifth son: this b.c. would be interesting to have, as it would show whether Archibald was livibg Alverstoke or Broclehurst .Gosport includes Alverstoke

Children of Archibald Keene & Mary Elizabeth Barry

2/8/1922. David has a postcard from his grandfather Archibald to a Miss Keene at 35 ColvilleGardens, London W 11. It simply gives his then address, 11B Married Quarters, Fort Brockhurst , Gosport, with the photo on the opposite side being of the married quarters. But interestingly one can just make out the date, which is 2/8/22, just 7 weeks or so before his death. . Miss Keene could be Henrie

PLEASE SCAN both sides of this card and send

1922 Archibald D W Keene, l/bombadier RGA, 37, dies on 26/9/1922 at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich .Their address 11b, Married Quarters, Broclehurst, Gosport . Cause of death, stomach cancer and a lung abcess