Frances Clift "Fannie" Shroyer Keller
Frances Clift "Fannie" Shroyer Birth Date: 1 Dec 1865 Henry County, Indiana Death: 29 Oct
1943 Los Angeles,California buried Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport Cass County Indiana
daughter of Alexander Rotheus
Shroyer and
Helen Clift
Name: Francis Clift Keller [Francis Clift Shroyer]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1865
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 29 Oct 1943
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Clift
Father's Surname: Shroyer
married 14 Feb 1889 Cass county Indiana Emil F. Keller birth June 12 1865 Dunkirk New
York Death Date: 9 Aug 1935 Hollywood, California Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Fredonia,
Chautauqua County, New Yor son of Emil F Keller & Frederica Zimmerman
landlord of the new Barnett hotel, Logansport (1906)
EMIL F KELLER The present manager of the Barnett House has been in charge of the hotel
for the past three years and under his administration of its affairs has increased its
patronage and high standing among the leading hotels of the state He is well known not
only in Logansport but throughout this section as his position brings him into contact
with people from the surrounding counties as well as those from more distant points He
is genial and courteous ever seeking to meet the wishes and provide for the comfort of
the patrons of the house and to his judicious supervision of every detail and department
connected with the establishmentis due its high reputation is due its high reputation
Mr Keller is a young man now in the prime of life as he was born the year that witnessed
the close of the Civil war the date of the event being June 12 1865 He is one of the two
surviving children in a family that originally numbered five the other being his brother
Carl W The parents were Emil F and Frederica Zimmerman Keller natives of Germany The
father followed the occupation of grocer and was industrious energetic and successful A
true citizen of his adopted country he sought to promote her best interests and to do his
full duty He settled in Dunkirk New York about 1850 and continued to make his home in that
beautiful little city
The boyhood and youth of Emil F Keller passed swiftly and pleasantly in his native place
Dunkirk his education being acquired in the public schools
In 1884 he started out for himself and coming to Logansport he entered into partnership with
A. L. Turbee They established and carried on the first steam laundry ever located here and
were quite successful from the start At the end of about a year Mr Keller sold his interest
in the business and went to St Louis where he became the assistant bookkeeper for the Trorlicht
Duncker & Renard Carpet Company wholesale and retail dealers in carpets Our subject retained
his place with this enterprising firm for some four years at the expiration of which time he
returned to Logansport and accepted a position as secretary of the Shroyer & Uhl Company
dealers in notions in wholesale quantities
A year later Mr Keller resigned and embarked in the tailoring business upon his own
responsibility Finding a purchaser of the business in the person of his brother Carl W .
He next turned his attention to his present occupation for which it seems he is specially
adapted His general and diversified business experience his wide knowledge of men and his
natural qualifications make him just the man for the place of manager of a hotel The Barnett
is a house of which Logansport is justly proud as it is conducted upon modern plans is
spacious and finely fitted up and is first class in every respect
In 1889 Mr Keller married Miss Frances Shroyer of this city She was born in Logansport and was
here reared to womanhood
Mr Keller is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elksand is a Mason of the thirty
second degree He belongs to Tipton Lodge No 33 F & AM of Logansport Adoniram Grand Lodge of
Perfection of Indianapolis Saraiah Council Princes of Jerusalem Rose Croix Chapter RAM of
Indianapolis Indiana Consistory SPRS of Indianapolis and Murat Temple Mystic Shrine of the same
city - - Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and ..., Volume 1
Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard Lewis Publishing Company, 1898 -
Cass County (Ind.)
Barnett The Logansport Hotel Co proprs Emil F Keller mgr both tels 33 ne cor 2d and Market -
Longwell & Cummings' and R.L. Polk & Co's Logansport Directory R.L. Polk & Co., 1899
The Barnett Hotel of Logansport Ind changed to European plan some two months ago
has gone back to American plan The Keller Bros proprietors after giving the new plan a
fair trial came to the conclusion that the time is not quite ripe for such change - - The
Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly, Volume 12 Clissold Publishing Company, 1904
Twenty-five years ago... Mr E F Keller manager of the Murdock Hotel Logansport Ind is now in
charge of the Barnett House that city being one of the proprietors... - The Hotel World: The
Hotel and Travelers Journal, Volume 90 1920 - Hotel management
Emil Keller a former resident of Logansport, died Friday evening at his home in Hollywood, Calif.,
according to a communication recieved Saturday by Mrs. Carl Keller, 405 Seventh street, a
sister-in-law.
Keller, who had been a invalid for the past year, at one time manafed the Murdock and Barnett
hotels in this city and fifty years ago managed the skating ring at Lake Mackinkuckee. In those
days skating was a great fad and Keller, himself, was quite an artitst on the rollers.
He left Logansport nearly 40 years ago going to california where he had lived ever since.
Surviving are his wife, the former Frances Shroyer of this city, and a son Roth Keller of Portland,
Ore.
Funeral services will be held at Hollywood an burial made there
The had
Roth Shroyer Keller Birth: 31 Dec 1891 - Logansport, Indiana Death: 13 Jan 1965
Multnomah County, Oregon buried Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County,
Oregon married Julia Hill Van Wert Birt : 18 Mar 1899 Death : 2 Apr 1966 buried Willamette
National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon daughter of Daniel Alvin Van Wert
and Henrietta Ann---
1918 - Mar 27 - Roth Keller, born and raised in Logansport and son of Mr. and Mrs Emil
Keller of Ft. Wayne, has passed the examination for a postion as paymaster in the United
States Navy, according to word reaching here from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
He has been ordered to Washington.
Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941v
Name: Frances C Shroyer
Spouse Name: Emil F Keller
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1889
Marriage County: Cass
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Name: Frances C. Shroyer
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1889
Marriage Place: Cass, Indiana
Spouse: Emil F. Keller
FHL Film Number: 1987538
Reference ID: Vol 12 pg 79
Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920
Name: Keller
Father: E F
Mother: F C Shroyer
County: Cass
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1891
Reference: Cass County, Indiana Index to Birth Record Book: CH-1 Page: 61
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Roth S Keller
Residence Year: 1905
Street address: 23 Market
Residence Place: Logansport, Indiana, USA
Occupation: Student
Publication Title: Logansport, Indiana, City Directory, 1905
Year: 1920; Census Place: Wheaton, Montgomery, Maryland;
Roll: T625_671; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 143
Name: Emil F Keller
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Wheaton, Montgomery, Maryland
Street: Forest Glen
House Number: X
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Frances C Keller
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Steward
Industry: Girls Seminary
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Emil F Keller 54
Frances C Keller 53
Thomas H Myers 70
Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 133; Page: 10A;
Enumeration District: 0026
Name: Emil F Keller [Emil F Liller]
Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Lemon Grove Ave
Block: 804
House Number in Cities or Towns: 4807
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 405
Age at First Marriage: 28
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Oregon
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Auditor
Industry: Boots
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Helen Smith 28
William Murdock 30 Lodger
Emil F Keller 63
California, Death Index, 1905-1939
Name: Emil F Keller
Birth Year: abt 1861
Death Date: 9 Aug 1935
Age at Death: 74
Death Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Name: Emil F Keller
Birth Date: 12 May 1862
Death Date: 9 Aug 1935
Cemetery: Forest Hill Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Name: Roth S Keller
Age: 73
Birth Date: abt 1892
Death Date: 13 Jan 1965
Death Place: Multnomah
Spouse: Julia
Certificate: 901