Abigail Keeler

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Keeler was born on 22 March 1810, in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Johann Heinrich Kohler, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Tufts, was 27. She married Edward Middlemas III on 15 August 1835, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1855. She died on 24 June 1855, in Nemaha, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Nemaha, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Middlemas III
1807–1877
Abigail Keeler
1810–1855
Marriage: 15 August 1835
Simeon Middlemas
1836–1836
Hannah Middlemass
1836–1904
Sarah Middlemas
1839–1839
Abigail Middlemass
1842–1931
Emma Charlotte Middlemass
1845–1855
Edward Robert Middlemass
1848–1855
William Mark Middlemass
1849–1855
Joseph Hyrum Middlemas
1853–1931

Sources (9)

  • Abigail Keeler, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • Abigail Keeler, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • Abagail Keeler in entry for Abagail Walker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · War of 1812

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

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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