William I Keith

Brief Life History of William I

When William I Keith was born on 8 July 1872, his father, George Marion Keith, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Parthena Emberson, was 18. He died on 17 August 1872, at the age of 0, and was buried in Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Marion Keith
1850–1932
Sarah Parthena Emberson
1853–1943
William I Keith
1872–1872
John Richard Coke Keith
1873–1941
Joseph Jackson Keith
1876–1953
Allie Josephine Keith
1878–1965
Ernest W. Keith
1881–1900
Adella Keith
1883–1948
Early Keith
1887–1887
Ray Keith
1888–1891
Bertha Mae Keith
1894–1975

Sources (3)

  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • Geneanet Community Trees Index

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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