The Keim and Allied Families in America and Europe, a family magazine edited by DeB. Randolph Keim (1898–99), mostly about the descendants of Johannes Keim of Oley, Berks County (“the Founder”, in Pennsylvania by 1698, d. 1753).
Used for: pp. 246–247, “A Keim birth and marriage list … descendants of Peter Keim, of Berks–Chester–Somerset (Pa.) branch”, contributed by John C. Keim of Inman, Kansas (information from 1886): the children of Nicholas Keim and Fanny Stutzman, his first wife, starting “1. Elizabeth Keim, m. Samuel Weaver, in Somerset Co., Pa.; went to Holmes Co., O. They had ten children, six boys and four girls”. The children of his second wife, Fanny Hostetler, follow.
Caution: the contributor makes Peter a grandson of the Founder. The editor himself (p. 12) doubts any Peter among the Founder’s grandchildren, and reports a family claim that Peter, Conrad and George Keim were three brothers from Baden. The 1912 Hochstetler genealogy makes Peter a son of Johan Peter Keim, a separate immigrant. Treat the line above Peter as unresolved.
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
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Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.