Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Keith Jr was born on 10 October 1921, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Keith, was 41 and his mother, Martha Finnegan, was 33. He died on 5 September 2005, in Clarkdale, Yavapai, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Benjamin Keith in household of Benjamin F Keith, "United States Census, 1940"
- Benjamin F Keith, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Benjamin F Keith, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Parents and Siblings
1879–1942 Male
1888–1982 Female
Siblings (4)
1905–1982 Male
1907–1982 Male
1916–2003 Female
1921–2005 Male
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Age 2
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 23
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Keith in East Lothian. The placename is derived from British Celtic cait- ‘wood’. In the 17th century numerous bearers of this name settled in Ulster.
German: nickname from Middle High German kīt ‘sprout, offspring’.
History: George Keith (c. 1638–1716), born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, came to NJ in or before 1685. In 1689 he settled in Philadelphia, where he became headmaster of the school now called the William Penn Charter School. He came into sharp collision with the Quaker leaders in PA and formed a separatist party known as the Christian Quakers, popularly known as ‘Keithians’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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