Georgetta Corber

Brief Life History of Georgetta

When Georgetta Corber was born on 23 December 1868, in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, George Corber, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Abbot, was 24. She married Albert Newton Keim on 2 March 1890, in Jefferson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in San Jon, Quay, New Mexico, United States in 1910 and Porter, Quay, New Mexico, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 January 1964, in Quay, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in San Jon Cemetery, San Jon, Quay, New Mexico, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Newton Keim
1870–1937
Georgetta Corber
1868–1964
Marriage: 2 March 1890
Earl Alfred Keims
1891–1925
Kimes
George Fredric Keim
1892–1971
Stella Mae Keim
1895–1956
Flossie Keim
1896–1900
Edith Nellie Keim
1898–1984
Fannie Elizabeth Keim
1900–1927
Nora Belle Keim
1902–1985
Gladys Alberta Kime
1904–1935
Reva Pearl Keim
1907–1992
Caroline Stella Keim
1909–1976
Ethel Adora Keim
1911–1973
Paul Freeman Keim
1916–1983

Sources (13)

  • Georgia Keim, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Georgetta Corben, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Georgetta Corber Keim, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): perhaps an occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English word corber (an agent derivative of Old French courber ‘to bend something’), possibly denoting a basket maker.

Americanized form of German Korber or Körber.

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

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