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Author: waltyou431
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hi ruth wow i cant believe you found my family line and it its so exciting knowing we are
4th cousins, i have been trying to research my family line for over five years off and on.
its so nice to know we found each other,i have also located my other 4th cousin on my
great grandfathers side john keisers family. john keiser had a son roy delano keiser was
married to neva mae jordan both were from tippecannoe indiana. roy and neva were only
married a short time after their son arthur leroy keiser was born roy took ill, and neva
walked into the st joseph river in elkhart indiana. roy remarried and is now buried next
to his 2nd wife cleo b keiser
roy and neva also had a second son named harley eugene keiser
harley and his family lived in south whitley indiana for a short period of time then took
his family and moved to oklahoma city i had no idea about this family until about three
years ago when harley passed away his oldest daughter located me through a keiser
genealogy book that had my name in it along with my father. my father never once ever
spoke about this family, even when i was growing up.so i come to find out that my great
uncle harley had three other daughters and now im writing them back and forth and am just
now getting to know them, so we have alot of catching up to do.i plan on going to a family
reunion up in washington state where my other three cousins are living they had just moved
up there from oklahoma city. so i now would very much like to get to know this side of my
family.i sure would love to talk with you over the phone do you have a number where you
can be reached?
i sure would like to get to know this family.now that you have found me. im so excited to
find out about this side of my fathers family.my dad is still living in elkhart indiana
and is now 75 years old, his father arthur is buried in cleveland cemetery in south
whitley along with my great grandmother neva mae jordan keiser, and my great great
grandparents john and barbara, and johns parents are buried in eberhard cemetery in
whitley indiana they are jacob keiser and mary malone keiser, and jacobs parents andrew
keiser and his wife margret.ok thats it from me on my fathers side of the family id sure
love to be able to call you please forward your phone number to me so we can get better
aquainted. take care kelley keiser married name davenport
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