William M Keim^[1]

1827 - 1880  (53 years)

• Name	William M Keim
  Born	18 Jul 1827
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Died	28 Oct 1880
  Buried	Saint Paul's Cemetery, Lobachsville, Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I006688	Strausstown Roots
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	George M Keim,   b. 10 Apr 1776,   d. 11 Jul 1859  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Susanna Mensch,   b. 10 Apr 1780,   d. 24 Aug 1865  (Age 85 years)
  Married	28 May 1805
  Family ID	F01984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Gonsor,   b. 30 Jun 1836, Pennsylvania ,   d. 03 Apr 1907, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. William Oscar Keim,   b. 1864, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1868  (Age 4 years)   2. Cora Ella Keim,   b. 1872, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1880  (Age 8 years)   3. Ida Nora Keim,   b. about 1859, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania   4. Ellsworth G Keim,   b. 25 Jun 1862, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 04 Nov 1932, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F01985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Keim, William M. & Mary Ann R.

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), 636 (Reliability: 1). William M. Keim (deceased), who was for many years a popular hotel man of Kutztown, Pa., was born in Pike township, Berks county, in July, 1827, son of George M. and Susan (Mensh) Keim George M. Keim was an extensive farmer in Pike township, and he followed that occupation until his death, when his property was purchased by his son, William M.. who operated it in connection with hotel keeping. At the time of his death, in 1880, William M. Keim was proprietor of the Keystone Hotel at Kutztown. In 1860 Mr. Keim married Mary Ann R. Gonser. daughter of William and Mary (Reager) Gonser, and four children were born to this union: Ida Nora m. George Marx, of Kutztown, and had one child, Warren E.; John Ellsworth m. Matilda Reinhart and is a broker in cotton yarns in Reading; William Oscar died at the age of three years, four months; and Cora Ella died when seven years, nine months, three days old. Mr. Keim was a Lutheran in religious belief, and that c hurch his widow also adhered. Politically he was a Democrat. Mrs. Keim came to Reading in 1885, and after living for four years on Fifth street, she purchased two houses on Pearl street, which she rebuilt in 1901. Mrs. Keim was a woman of many admirable traits character, and had hosts of friends in the community who mourned her decease.