Derrill Harlington Keller

Brief Life History of Derrill Harlington

Derrill Harlington Keller was born on 27 September 1868, in Saint Stephen, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States as the son of Eliza Morgan Keller. He married Hattie Orvin on 21 February 1897. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Berkeley, South Carolina, United States in 1935 and Second St. Stephens Township, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 26 January 1944, in Saint Stephen, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint Stephen, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Derrill Harlington Keller
1868–1944
Hattie Orvin
1880–1920
Marriage: 21 February 1897
Albert Theodore Keller
1898–1962
Alma Hattie Keller
1904–1986
Derrill Frank Keller
1907–1912
Cornell Keller
1909–
James Lee Keller
1909–1931
Henry H Keller
1909–
Riley Harlington Keller
1911–1986
Leona Keller
1914–2001
Janie Victoria Keller
1916–1934
Annie Laurine Keller
1920–1991

Sources (26)

  • Dan H Keller, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Derrill H Keller, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973"
  • Mr D H St Stephen Keller, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1871 · KKK Supression

In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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