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Peter Josef Keller

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Peter Josef Keller

Birth
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
6 Jul 1900 (aged 47)
Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA
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Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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The family has always stated that he was buried in the Village Cemetery which fronts on Highway 80. He was born in Neiderzundorf on the east bank of the Rhine River south of Cologne. His parents were Johann Keller and Katharina Sander whose small farm was in the village. They were Catholic, but Peter gave up that religion when he married a Lutheran, Caroline Schalong. The marriage took place in Richton Park, Cook Co., Illinois on May 18, 1884.

Peter was a carpenter/cabinet maker, and a farmer the last few years of his life. The father of seven children: Frances, Katherine, Marie Christine (Mae), Hedwig Dorthy, Hedwig Emily(Hattie), Wilhelm (Willie), Elsa. According to his family he was frequently known to say, "Deutschland uber alles" which they translated to, Germany above all. Actually it is more complicated than that. It really is only meant to convey a deep love for the "mother country." Until he died, the family only spoke German at home.

Peter died of stomach cancer at 47 years of age.
The family has always stated that he was buried in the Village Cemetery which fronts on Highway 80. He was born in Neiderzundorf on the east bank of the Rhine River south of Cologne. His parents were Johann Keller and Katharina Sander whose small farm was in the village. They were Catholic, but Peter gave up that religion when he married a Lutheran, Caroline Schalong. The marriage took place in Richton Park, Cook Co., Illinois on May 18, 1884.

Peter was a carpenter/cabinet maker, and a farmer the last few years of his life. The father of seven children: Frances, Katherine, Marie Christine (Mae), Hedwig Dorthy, Hedwig Emily(Hattie), Wilhelm (Willie), Elsa. According to his family he was frequently known to say, "Deutschland uber alles" which they translated to, Germany above all. Actually it is more complicated than that. It really is only meant to convey a deep love for the "mother country." Until he died, the family only spoke German at home.

Peter died of stomach cancer at 47 years of age.

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