David Keith

Brief Life History of David

When David Keith was born on 27 May 1847, in Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, John Keith, was 45 and his mother, Margaret Ness, was 42. He married Henrietta McLeod on 21 December 1874, in Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Utah, United States in 1933. He died on 15 April 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Keith
1847–1918
Henrietta McLeod
1858–1921
Marriage: 21 December 1874
Charles Forman Keith
1876–1905
Henrietta Maude Keith
1878–1941
Lillian Josephine Keith
1881–1931
Margaret Ann Keith
1884–1933

Sources (45)

  • David Keith, "United States Census, 1900"
  • David Keith, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • David Keith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1856

Nevada is the 36th state.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Keith in East Lothian. The placename is derived from British Celtic cait- ‘wood’. In the 17th century numerous bearers of this name settled in Ulster.

German: nickname from Middle High German kīt ‘sprout, offspring’.

History: George Keith (c. 1638–1716), born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, came to NJ in or before 1685. In 1689 he settled in Philadelphia, where he became headmaster of the school now called the William Penn Charter School. He came into sharp collision with the Quaker leaders in PA and formed a separatist party known as the Christian Quakers, popularly known as ‘Keithians’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Mrs.David Keith Wills $750,000

Salt Lake Telegram May 27, 1919 Bulk of Estate Devised to her only son According to a will dated January 11, 1919, the bulk of the estate of Mrs. Mary Ferguson Keith, who died in Salt Lake recently, i …

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