Jacob Keck and Margaret Kradel

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Husband Jacob Keck ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 26 Jun 1830 - Baden, Germany 1 2
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           Died: 1912 3
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         Father: John George Keck (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1853 2

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   Other Spouse: Louisa Trautman (      -1886/1887) 1 3

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Wife Margaret Kradel ^{1 4}

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           Died: 1872 1 4
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         Father: John Kradel (Abt 1804-1859) 5
         Mother: Dora Nicholas (Abt 1811-Aft 1895) 5

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Keck ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: Louis Keck (      -      ) 1 4

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2 F Louisa Catherine Keck ^{4 6 7}

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           Died: Aft 1927
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         Spouse: Harry Samuel Klingler (1856-1912) 4 7 8 9
           Marr: 5 Feb 1878 6

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3 M George F. Keck ^{1 4}

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Keck

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He was born in Baden, Germany, on the River Rhine and received a common school education in his native land, and also obtained a good knowledge of the French language. After coming to Butler, Pennsylvania, he took a course in English under a private teacher. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Butler, Pennsylvania, to which place he immigrated in 1850. In 1860 he started in business for himself, and conducted a growing trade until 1883, and from the beginning up to 1892 he was also extensively engaged in the undertaking business. From 1877 to 1883 he carried on a book and stationery store in connection with merchant tailoring. In 1869 he was elected a justice of the peace, which office he filled continuously for over forty-one years. He was a member of the borough council several years, served on the school board for the same period, and was secretary of the Workmen's Building and Loan Association, which position he filled five years. In politics, he was a Democrat, and one of the active members of his party. Beginning in 1850 he was a member of the Lutheran church, and liberally supported that organization.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 756.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 917.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 205.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 918.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 848.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 742.

7 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1020.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 741.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 132.