When John Vaughn Keeler was born in March 1859, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Gregory Keeler, was 24 and his mother, Mary Sarah Vaughn, was 28. He married Anna Emily Johnson on 21 August 1889, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pike Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 March 1917, in Le Raysville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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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