John Vaughn Keeler

Brief Life History of John Vaughn

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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Family Time Line

John Vaughn Keeler
1859–1917
Anna Emily Johnson
1864–1957
Marriage: 21 August 1889
John George Keeler
1891–1961
Wilhemina Keeler
1912–1987

Sources (7)

  • John Keeler in household of Henry Keeler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John V. Keeler, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • John Vaughn Keeler, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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