THE KEELINGS OF ILLINOIS

MY NAME IS CARLEEN KEELING, RUSSELL. MY FATHER WAS CARL JACK KEELING KNOWN TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS (SPIKE). HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 10 1920 IN ELENWOOD ILLINOIS. UNFORTUNATELY, MY FATHER LOST HIS LIFE AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 25 IN WW11, BEFORE I WAS BORN, MY BROTHER MY SISTER AND MYSELF GREW UP WITHOUT KNOWING HIM OR MUCH ABOUT HIS FAMILY. IN MY SEARCH TO FIND MY KEELING ANCESTRY I HAVE DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING: MY FATHER CARL JACK KEELING WAS THE SON Of CLARE S. KEELING AND NELLIE MAE MANN. CLARE S. KEELING WAS THE SON OF OSCAR HADEN KEELING AND ELIZABETH MAE COOK. OSCAR HADEN KEELING WAS THE SON OF ATHERINE KEELING AND MARY JANE WILSON. ATHERINE KEELING WAS THE SON OF LEWIS KEELING AND LYDIA HOWEY. LEWIS KEELING WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM KEELING AND SUSANNAH GRANT. WILLIAM KEELING WAS THE SON OF BENJAMIN KEELING. BENJAMIN KEELING IS REPORTED TO BE THE SON OF WILLIAM KEELING BORN IN 1720 IN HALIFAX VA. BUT I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF IN FACT HE IS MY ANCESTOR. ANY INFORMATION ON LEWIS BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM KEELING WOULD BE GREATELY APPRECIATED. IT IS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE KEELING ORGINATED FROM ENGLAND........

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