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This page will be devoted to family histories and other items of interest of the North American Keep family.  While the descendants of John Keep of Longmeadow probably make up the largest segment of the Keep population in this area, there is an untold, unknown number of Keeps descended from other branches of the family.

 

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One of the aims of this Project is to discover Keep Family roots and connections.  The following Keeps are among those who left England and immigrated to North America, or their children did, after the Colonial times of John Keep of Longmeadow.   Their ancestry is unknown at this time.
 
 

Charles T. B. Keep.  b 6 Dec 1817 England, d Canada 1880; m Emily Alice Drake b 23 Feb 1818 England.  Their descendants live(d) in Canada.

 

Alfred Keep.  b 1865 England, d 1894; m Margaret Ann Hatton of Montreal d 1913 St. Paul, Minn.  Their children were born in Canada and the U. S. 

 

Charles Henry Keep. b London, England; m Isabel Blampied of Isle of Jersey.  At least one child born in the U. S.

 

Richard William Keep. b 22 Sept 1835 Aldermaston, Berkshire, England, d 10 Feb 1894 Wantage Oxford, England; m 17 Dec 1863 Newton Abbey, Devon, England. Son Nigel emigrated to the U. S.

 

Alfred James Keep.  b 18 May 1868, London, England d 22 May 1884, London; m 9 Nov 1890 Mary Ann Freeman b 14 Sep 1868 Salt Lake City, Utah, U. S.  d 15 Apr 1907, Salt Lake City.  All of their children were born in Salt Lake City.

 

Sarah Keep.  b 28 Jun 1840 Greenham, Berkshire, England d 23 Nov 1911; m David Buttars, born Scotland d Oct 1935 Clarkston, Utah, U. S.  At least one child, Lois, born in Utah.

 

John William Keep.  b 5 Apr 1863, d Newbury,Berkshire, England; m Anna Allsoph b England 1862.  Lived in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Peter Ronald Keep. b 12 Nov 1934 Kenton,Middlesex, England; m Sally Kimber b 1 Nov 1934, Edgeware, Middlesex, England.  Came from London to the U. S. in 1964. Live in Palo Alto, California.  His ancestral line leads back to William Keep, b 1782, d 1852, Islington.

 

Joseph Richard Keep.  b 26 July 1859 Buckinghamshire, England  d 28 Nov 1925, Portland, Ore; m 29 Sep 1884, Toronto, Canada Clara Ann Cheese b 3 Oct 1861, d 25 Dec 1933 Portland.  Joseph was on board ship bound for Australia and met Clara, on board that ship bound forCanada.  They both left the ship in Canada and married.  Later emigrated to Portland.

 

Henry Keep.  b 6 Mar 1850, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.  He was a mason in Kansas City, Mo. U. S.

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Distribution of Families with the Surname Keep in the United States
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Distribution of Families with the Surname Keep in Canada
The numbers are approximate, subject to the vagaries of the sources.
Distribution of Keep families in the United States
Distribution of Keep families in Canada 
Keep families that emigrated to the United States after Colonial times
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