Elmer Thomas Keith was born July 25, 1918 and died October 16, 2000 of  prostate cancer which eventually developed into bladder cancer. His father was  George Thomas Keith and his mother was Pearl Phillips Keith and she died when  Elmer was 4 years old. Pearl had 9 children at the time of her death and all  the younger children went to various homes. At the time of her death she had  Manuel, Carmel, Anis, Evelyn, Dewey, Elmer, 
 Birdie, Dorothy and Pearl.

George then married Hallie Martin who already had 4 children  (Ernestine, Dora Ella Mae, Mildred Hartman and Rena Francis who died at the age  of one.)

and then George and Hallie had 10 children: 
 George Howell Keith, Thelma Myrtle Keith, Hallie Catherine, George Sidney,  Alafia Loretta, Joseph Daniel,  Vida Corrine, Daymond Hope, Wanda Jean  and John Venoia Keith.

Elmer Keith never talked about his childhood much. I've been on a search to  find out all about my family and it's becoming very interesting and  overwhelming of how much family we have.  Elmer "Tommie" Keith had 18 siblings  and 4 step-sisters altogether and we're just now starting to get to know one  another.  So glad you came to this web site to meet your kin folk.

Name: The surname is derived from a number of placenames in Scotland which in  turn were from the Brittonic word "coed" meaning "wood". The name appears in a  number of locations in Scotland, the earliest being a Norman adventurer,  Hervey Keith who  married an heiress of the warrior Marbhachair. Hervey was  granted the lands of "Keth" from King David I around 1150. His son became  Marischal (in charge of the horses) of the King of Scots. Sir Robert de Keth  led the Scots cavalry at the Battle  of Bannockburn in 1314 but died later at  the Battle of Durham in 1346. The Keiths were made Hereditary Great Marischal  by Robert the Bruce, a rank they held until 1715.

SOME OF THE NAMES THAT WERE USED: KEITH, KIETH, KETH, KEETH

THERE IS A YEARLY FAMILY REUNION FOR THE KEITHS (JULY 4th) AND ANOTHER ONE  LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR PHILLIPS/KEITH.  
 THERE IS A YEARLY MEETING AT FORT KNOX  AT THE PHILLIPS CEMETERY ON MEMORIAL DAY. MANY HAVE  BROUGHT FOOD BASKETS AND HAD LUNCH 
 AND ARE ONLY ALLOWED OUT THERE ONCE A YEAR.  IF YOUR FAMILY HAS ANNUAL FAMILY  REUNIONS PLEASE E-MAIL VANESSA KEITH AND SHE'LL INCLUDE IT HERE.

There is also a web site, by invitations only, for the relatives and friends  @ MyFamily.com please  e-mail Vanessa (rosie2_6@insight.com) if you are interested in joining the  web 
 site.