The Keys Sisters – Part 1
Ruth, Daisy, and Mabel Keys circa 1894
This is a photo of the Keys sisters. Ruth and Mabel standing in the back, and my great grandmother Daisy Keys Phenice sitting in the front. My aunt Loris sent me a scan of this photo after reading a comment on a photo I posted on Facebook. I like that. We can all share some of the great treasures we have and still be able to keep the ones we have. I’m thinking this photo is from around 1894. Their respective ages would be 15, 12, and 18. They had seventeen children among them and one of them, Martha Bryan Boose is still alive. There are many descendants of these three and their two brothers.
I am one of those descendants. The oldest daughter Daisy married Harry Clifton Phenice in 1900 and they had seven children together. Their second daughter was named Myrtle Sylvia and she married Fred D Bucklin in 1930. They had five children together, including my mom Betty Lou Bucklin Landry.
Update: In this original post I stated that Martha Boose was still alive. She was the last living grandchild of Martha Cook Keys, but now Martha’s Grandkids Are Gone.