Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keller, Albert J., 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ALBERT JOSEPH KELLER DAY OF FUNERALS AND DEATHS IN SUFFOLK Two Citizens Die From Natural Causes, Boy Burned To Death And Two Burials Take Place - Other News Notes Suffolk, Va., June 22. - [...] Mr. Kellar [sic; Keller] Dead. A.J. Kellar, a native of Germany who came to this country and settled in Suffolk about six years ago, died at his home on Market street at 6 o'clock tonight. Mr. Kellar was 43 years old and was a carpenter by trade. He is survived by a wife and two children, Rosa and Joseph Kellar. The funeral services will take place tomorrow at the Suffolk Christian church and they will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley. [...] SUFFOLK ADVERTISEMENTS. Called Meeting of Heptasophs. All members of SUFFOLK CONCLAVE No. 12, HEPTASOPHS, or S.W.M., are requested to meet at Pythian Hall THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON at 4:30 o'clock, to attend the funeral of our late brother, A.J. KELLAR. J.B. JOYNES, 1t Archon. Albert Joseph KELLER, carpenter, b. 10 May 1862, Germany*, d. 22 Jun 1905, at home, Suffolk, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 107*), Suffolk, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 25, No. 72, Fri., June 23, 1905, p. 6 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #45032627; it states he repaired church steeples and died as a result of a fall. His widow's obits ("Virginian Pilot & Norfolk Landmark" and "Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 13, 1931) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k460a1ob.txt Their marriage record gives Albert J. KELLY, son of John U. & Mary F., b. Switzerland Germany. (Nansemond Co. M.Reg. 1887 #135) His family appears in the 1910 Census - 1206 Washington St., Suffolk - which gives his children's father as b. Switz German. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k460a2ob.txt