Lena Elizabeth Keller1,2,3,4,5

F, (28 April 1892 - 30 September 1988)
Relationship
10th great-granddaughter of Jacob Scholderer
Charts
Jacob Scholderer descendants (Rosenfeld, Württemberg)
     Lena Elizabeth Keller was born on 28 April 1892 at Ohio.2,3 She was the daughter of Christopher John Keller and Louise Gaessler.1,5,4 Lena Elizabeth Keller married John Benjamin Spitler in 1912. Lena Elizabeth Keller died on 30 September 1988 at Los Angeles County, California, at age 96 years, 5 months and 2 days.2,3
     She appeared on the census of 9 June 1900 in the household of Christopher John Keller and Louise Gaessler at Dayton, 3rd Ward, Montgomery County, Ohio. Lena Elizabeth Keller appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 in the household of Christopher John Keller and Louise Gaessler at Dayton, 3rd Ward, Montgomery County, Ohio. As of June 1917, Lena Elizabeth Keller and John Benjamin Spitler lived at 22 Burkhardt Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.6 Lena Elizabeth Keller and John Benjamin Spitler appeared on the census of 20 January 1920 at Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Lena Elizabeth Keller and John Benjamin Spitler appeared on the census of 11 April 1930 at Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Lena, daughter of Louise Gaessler, who died on 30 April 1940, was listed as the informant on the death certificate.4,7 As of February 1987, Lena Elizabeth Keller lived in Canoga Park, Los Angeles County, California.5 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Lena's last known residence was Winnetka, Los Angeles County, California.2

Child of Lena Elizabeth Keller and John Benjamin Spitler

Last Edited=24 Feb 2009

Citations

  1. [S1783] Keller Family 8-8-43, Keller Research Files; supplied by David A. Buerk, [street address for private use,] Dayton, Ohio, USA. 2008. This is a copy of a family tree that was hand drawn in 1943. The date listed is shown as 8-8-1943. David indicated that it came from Emma (Keller) Feldmaier, which is Jacob Keller's daughter. It can be presumed that either Jacob or Emma was the artist of the tree. The tree contains no dates only a center showning John and Eliabeth Keller with branches for each of their children: Anna, Lena, John, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Jacob, Katie and Christ and their descendants.
  2. [S1779] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 18 November 2008 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. LENA E SPITLER, birth listed as 28 Apr 1892, died listed as Sep 1988, issued in the State of Ohio. Last residence Winnetka, Los Angeles, CA, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 10 Dec 2008.
  3. [S1784] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2008), entry for Lena Elizabeth (Keller) Spitler, born 28 Apr 1892, Ohio, died 30 Sep 1988, Los Angeles County, California; citing, Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California; no specific record cited.
  4. [S1836] Montgomery County, Ohio, "Ohio Deaths 1908-1953," death certificate no. 28542 (file no.) 1099 (reg. no.), "Louise Keller," 1 May 1940; digitial image, FamilySearch Labs, Record Search (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ : accessed 16 April 2008).
  5. [S1841] "Chris Keller obituary," St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, Florida), 6 February 1987, p. 9; NewsBank subscription database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com), America's Obituaries & Death Notices by NewsBank, Record No. 173. Accessed 24 February 2009.
  6. [S1834] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2009), card for John Benjamin Spitler, card no. 34-6-19A, Dayton, Draft Board 3, Montgomery County, Ohio; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, imaged from Family History Library film no. 1832191.
  7. [S1801] "Interment Records," database, Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum (http://www.woodlandcemetery.org/ : accessed 21 February 2009), entry for Louise Keller, Age ( years . months . days ): 71; Birth Place: Germany; Death Date: 30 Apr 1940; Burial Date: 4 May 1940; Section: 126; Lot: 6; Funeral Home: Westbrock; citing over 100,000 records from the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum archives from 1843 to present, Dayton, OH; ID#: 49910; Interment#: 54569.
  8. [S1784] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com, entry for Walter E. Spitler.