Brief Life History of Anna M
When Anna M Keller was born on 23 April 1876, in Muhlenberg, Alsace Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James S Keller, was 43 and her mother, Catharine Zeiber, was 39. She married John Franklin Noecker on 4 January 1896, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Camden, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years and Collingswood, Camden, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 November 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Tuckerton, Muhlenberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Anna M Nocaker in household of John F Nocaker, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Annie M Keller - Church record: birth: 23 April 1876; Muhlenberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
- Annie Keller, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
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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