Educator.
Born in Ontario on 27 July 1872, he became a teacher and married Helen Georgia Carnegie (1874-1936) in the Rural Municipality of South Northfolk on 4 November 1898. They had four children: Helen Jean Keith (1902-?), Jessie Isbel Keith (1904-1928), James Alexander Keith (1908-?), and Gladys Evelyn Keith (1914-2001, wife of George Kovacs). He taught at Camille School (1897-1898), Selton School (?-?), Elm Creek School (1900-1901; Principal 1901), and likely near or in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin (1902) before moving to Saskatchewan between 1904 and 1908. The family resided at Saltcoats (1908) prior to settling at Waldron by 1911 where he taught for several years. He died in 1949 and was buried in the Waldron Cemetery.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
1921 and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Birth [Helen Jean Keith] and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [James Alexander Keith, Gladys Evelyn Keith], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Waldron Cemetery [Saskatchewan] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Huxley Cemetery [Ontario] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 26 October 2023
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