Brief Life History of Albert
When Albert Keith was born on 1 May 1862, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Joseph Norris Keith, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, was 31. He died on 1 May 1862, at the age of 0.
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1830–1876 Male
1831–1921 Female
Siblings (11)
1855–1857 Male
1857–1879 Male
1859–1860 Male
1862–1862 Male
1862–1921 Female
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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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