Tammerson Elizabeth Keech was born on 26 March 1859, in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States as the daughter of Daniel Keech and Phely. She married Abner Morrell Chamberlain on 23 July 1883, in Lake Park, Becker, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and Oak Hollow Township, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 December 1930, in Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1871: Becker, Minnesota, United States
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English (mainly Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire):
nickname for an fat person, from Middle English cach, caiche, cage, kech, a word of unexplained origin but presumably the antecedent of modern English dialect keech (variant catch) ‘lump of congealed fat; fat of a slaughtered animal rolled up into a lump (in preparation for sending to the chandler or tallow maker to make wax)’.
variant of Kedge, a nickname either from Middle English kegge, kigge ‘cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, merry’, or from an unrecorded Middle English kegge ‘belly’, for a pot-bellied person.
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