Nettie Mary Kimball

Brief Life History of Nettie Mary

When Nettie Mary Kimball was born on 13 April 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, William H Kimball, was 37 and her mother, Melinda Jane Lawrence, was 37. She married Roy Isaac Cecil Keltner on 25 August 1920, in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 June 1989, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Roy Isaac Cecil Keltner
1902–1966
Nettie Mary Kimball
1902–1989
Marriage: 25 August 1920
Harold Roy Keltner
1921–1982
Benjamin Richard Keltner
1923–2002
Jane Ella Keltner
1926–2001
George Robert Keltner
1929–

Sources (12)

  • Nettie Keltner in household of Ray Keltner, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nettie Lawrence, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
  • Nettie M Keltner in entry for Benjamin R Keltner and Alice A Mac Donald, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.

1925 · The Goodman Theatre

The Goodman Theatre was founded as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by his parents, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and its opening ceremony was performed on October 20. 

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Great and Little Kimble (Buckinghamshire). The placename probably derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + belle ‘(bell-shaped) hill’.

variant of Kimble .

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

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