Brief Life History of Harry Alfred
When Harry Alfred Keightley Jr was born on 26 February 1915, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Harry Alfred Keightley, was 25 and his mother, Georgia Allene Potter, was 26. He married Lois Marjorie Schafer on 8 June 1940, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 24 October 1994, in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Schererville, Lake, Indiana, United States.
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- Harry Keightley in household of Harry Keightley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harry Alfred Jr. Keightley - Individual or family possessions: Social Security record: birth-name: Harry Alfred Jr. Keightley
- Harry A Keightley, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
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World Events (8)
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1937 · The Neutrality Act
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Keighley .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gatlaoich, see Gately .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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