Brief Life History of Elida
When Elida Keller was born on 3 January 1828, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Vanburen Keller, was 53 and his mother, Rosannah Linebaugh, was 44. He married Eliza Jane Fletcher Keller on 21 August 1851, in Parke, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Sugar Creek Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 6 November 1897, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Park, Richland Township, Greene, Indiana, United States.
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- Elida Killer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elida Keller - Government record: birth-name: Elida Keller
- Elida Kellar, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
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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