Brief Life History of John
When John Keeler was born on 17 December 1800, in Stevensville, Stevens Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Elisha Keeler, was 36 and his mother, Lucina Warner, was 33. He married Elizabeth Gregory about 1820, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 May 1876, in Merryall, Wyalusing Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Merryall, Wyalusing Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Keeler, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Keeler, "Find A Grave Index"
- Brotzman, Carol
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, New Jersey, United States 1812: Bradford, New Jersey, United States
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Kent): probably an occupational name from Middle English keler ‘keelman, bargeman’, an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘flat-bottomed ship, barge, lighter’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). The sense would seem to be ‘crewman of a keel’ rather than ‘shipwright’.
Americanized form of German Kühler, from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling ) or a variant of Kuhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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