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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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RUDOLPH G. KELLER, the brewer of Pottstown, was born September 12, 1866, in Philadelphia. He is the son of Rudolph, Sr., and Anna (Buckman) Keller (deceased). Rudolph Keller (father) was a butcher in that city and followed that occupation the greater part of his life. He is now past sixty-five years of age. Mrs. Keller died at the age of forty-eight years, and was buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia. The couple had thirteen children, of whom eight are living, namely, Rudolph G., Louis, Amiel, Rosa, Annie, Bertha, Emma and Laura. Rosa is married to H. Hood; Bertha also married, but her husband is deceased; Annie married Robert Hemple. The grandparents of Mr. Keller were German. His parents emigrated to America in 1834, and settled in Philadelphia.
He attended school until he was fourteen years of age, and then learned the trade of butchering, which he followed for twenty-nine years. He then went into his present business in Pottstown. He had a partner in the business. Together they bought the present establishment from Mr. Kutz five years ago, and since that time they have conducted a business very successfully.
Mr. Keller married, in 1891, Cathrine, daughter of Christian Herter. They resided in Philadelphia, where he was a brewer. The couple have four children, as follows: Louisa, Rudolph, Carl and Russell. Mr. Keller is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of Continental Lodge of Red Men. He is also an active member of the Brewers’ Association. The family lives at No. 61 Beech street, Pottstown. He is a prominent citizen of that borough. The family are members of the German Reformed Church.
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