Brief Life History of William Joel
When William Joel Keith was born on 16 April 1870, in Swanton, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Frederick W. Keith, was 51 and his mother, Minerva A. Joyal, was 42. He married Margaret Reynolds on 28 January 1895, in Springfield, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 May 1947, at the age of 77.
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- William Kuith in household of Frederick Kuith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Keith - Government record: Census record: birth-name: William Keith
- William Joel Keith, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
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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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