The following message was sent to the KELLER list by DixieisN@aol.com. I am sharing it here with a copy to DixieisN@aol.com. Leslie Kohler ----- Subject: [KELLER] Joseph Keller > I am hoping someone might help me. I have been looking for a Joseph Keller > that married a Emma (Stutzman) Kann or Hanne. > Recently Ancestory.com gave us access to their site for free. And I was able > threw a friend to locate Joseph and Emma in a 1920 cenus. Here is what I know > so far about Joseph. In the 1920 Cenus it list. > Brothersvalley Twps. Somerset Co. Pa. > Keller Joseph 60 Switzerland > Emma 43 Penn > John 11 Penn > Gladis 7 Penn > > according to the cenus Joseph came here in 1888 Naturalized in 1900 born in > Switzerland. Father was born in Germany and Mother was born in Switerland. I > found this information today, it might not be my Joseph. > > SS Maas, December 15, 1888 Rotterdam, Holland to New York > Thomas Olive, Master > Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Company > District of NEW YORK Port of New York > I, F.H. Boyer, Master of the Steamship Maas do solemnly, sincerely and truly > swear that the following List of Manifest ascribed by me, and now delivered > by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, > is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on behalf of the said > Steamship Maas at Rotterdam from which port said Steamship Maas has now > arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age,the sex and the > occupation of each said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each > during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country > of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List > or Manifest truly sets for the number of said passsengers who have died on > said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. sincerely the December > 15,1888 burthen 16??tones > Columns represent: No, Name, Age in years and months, Sex, Occupation, > Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to > become inhabitants. > > Josef Keller ?? M Farmer Germany America Steerage > Amalie Keller ?? F Germany America Steerage > > I do know that Emma married before Joseph to an Charles Kannn or Hanne, I > found Emma living with her parents with 3 children in the 1910 Cenus and her > last name was spelled Hanne. > I feel that by Joseph being 60 years old in 1920 and he didn't come over > here to the US until 1888, that he was married before Emma. By finding a > Joseph on a 1888 ship list. That is why I am hoping that the information > above belongs to this Joseph. > I am sending my line. Any help with this line would be deeply appreciated. > Robbie Keller > > Descendants of Joseph Keller > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. Joseph1 Keller was born Abt. 1860 in Switzerland, and died 1927. He > married Emma Stutzman, daughter of Jonas Stutzman and Sara Rhoads. > > Notes for Joseph Keller: > Ancestory.com > Pennsylvania 1920 Cenus > Brothersvalley Enumeration district #163 Family 120, Image 12 > Keller Joseph 60 Switzerland > Emma 43 Penn > John 11 Penn > Gladdis 7 Penn > > Joseph came here in 1888 Naturalized in 1900 born in Switzerland, Father born > in Germany and Mother born in Switzerland. > > Occupation: Coalminer > > > Notes for Emma Stutzman: > Burried at Beachdale Cemetery, Brothersvalley Twsp. Pa. > > Emma is living with her parents in the 1910 Somerset Co. Penn Cenus. > With children Eliazabeth, Laura Catherine, and John Fredrick. > Their last name was spelled Hanne in the cenus. > > Children of Joseph Keller and Emma Stutzman are: > 2 i. John Frederick2 Keller, born December 28, 1908 in Somerset, PA.; > died September 16, 1988 in Somerset, PA.. He married Ida Grace Kendall > January 30, 1931. > > Notes for John Frederick Keller: > John was know to the family as Pap Keller > Occupation: Coal Miner > Dealth Certificate No: # 090296 > Social Security No: 162-16-8124 > Burried at Beachdale Cemetery, in Brothersvalley Twsp. Pa. > > More About John Frederick Keller: > Cause of Death: Cardio Respitory Failure > Medical Information: Diabetic > > Notes for Ida Grace Kendall: > Ida is burried at the Beachdale Cemetery in Brothersvalley Twsp. Pa. > > More About Ida Grace Kendall: > Cause of Death: Stroke > > 3 ii. Gladys Mae Keller, born October 18, 1913; died July 04, 1991 in > Monongalia, West Virgina. She married Winmer Twigg October 28, 1928.