He Married Edna Mae [1] January 18, 1918 in the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Williamstown, Pennsylvania, USA.
He registered for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917 and listed his occupation as a fireman[2]. On subsequent census and the WWII draft he is listed as a barber and the proprietor of a Barber shop[3]
He died at 90 years of age[4] and is buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA[5]
Census
1900 Williams Township (excl. Williamstown borough), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States[6]
1910 Williams, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States[7]
1930 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States[8]
1940 Paxtang Borough, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States[9]
Sources
↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFM6-4RL : accessed 29 August 2015), Reuben Franklin Keene and Edna May Shomper, 25 Jan 1918; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 21,190.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VV-HTH : accessed 29 August 2015), R Frank Keene, 1917-1918; citing Dauphin County no 3, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,945.
↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQFT-R7P : accessed 29 August 2015), Ruben Franklin Keene, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMR2-M5M : accessed 29 August 2015), R Keene, Sep 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SH-CSR : accessed 29 August 2015), Reuben F Keene in household of Joseph F Keene, Williams Township (excl. Williamstown borough), Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,404..
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQ5-V3V : accessed 29 August 2015), Frank Reuben Keene in household of Frank Keene, Williams, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 3B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,351.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHS7-HFB : accessed 29 August 2015), Rubin F Keene, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0086, sheet 15A, family 399, line 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2028; FHL microfilm 2,341,762.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ85-962 : accessed 29 August 2015), R Frank Keene, Paxtang Borough, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-103, sheet 17B, family 403, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3484.
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