Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Keller was born on 29 April 1794, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Keller Sr., was 24 and her mother, Mary Magdalena Rinker, was 20. She married William Hamilton on 4 July 1838, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. She died on 28 December 1844, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Jackson Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States.
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- Elizabeth Keller, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Elizabeth Keller, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
- Elizabeth Keller, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
German and Danish: from Middle High German kellaere ‘cellarman, cellar master’ (from Latin cellarius, denoting the keeper of the cella ‘store chamber, pantry’). Hence an occupational name for the overseer of the stores, accounts, or household in general in, for example, a monastery or castle. Kellers were important as trusted stewards in a great household, and in some cases were promoted to ministerial rank. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Russia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, and Croatia.
English: occupational name from Middle English keller ‘maker of cauls or kells (women's close-fitting caps or headdresses)’, a derivative of Middle English calle, kelle.
Irish: variant of Kelleher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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