Effa Lillian Vandegrift was born on 24 March 1875 in Dunlap, Morris county, Kansas. She was the daughter of Evans Rutherford Vandegrift (1843-1908) and Martha Ellen Edwards (1846-1936).[1]
Effa Vandergrift married Oliver James Keller on 10 March 1897 in Valentine, Cherry county, Nebraska.[2] Effa and Oliver had five children; Evans Laverne (1899-1979), Helen (1901-1996), Velma Irene (1904-1934), Martha Elizabeth (1908-2011) and Charles Everett (1911-1977). After they were married, they lived in Cherry county.[3] In about 1902 or 1903, they moved to Loup township in Merrick county, Nebraska.[4][5][6][7]
She passed away on 16 April 1963 in Central City, Merrick county, Nebraska. Her body was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery.[8]
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF58-YWR : 29 August 2017), Effa L Vandegrift in household of E K Vandegrift, Valley, Morris, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 139, sheet 441C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0390; FHL microfilm 1,254,390.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3BG-XMW : accessed 16 November 2017), Lillian E Keller in household of O J Keller, Dewey Lake, Loup & Pleasant Hill Precincts, Cherry, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 2A, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,919.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML4R-766 : accessed 16 November 2017), Lillian E Keller in household of Oliver J Keller, Loup, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 5B, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 851; FHL microfilm 1,374,864.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCKF-LRP : accessed 16 November 2017), Lillian Keller in household of Oliver J Keller, Loup, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 159, sheet 7A, line 36, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 995; FHL microfilm 1,820,995.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ23-41M : accessed 16 November 2017), Lillian E Kellar in household of Oliver J Kellar, Loup, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 52, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1287; FHL microfilm 2,341,022.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9MJ-17G : accessed 16 November 2017), Lillian Keller in household of Olive Keller, Loup Township, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-9, sheet 5B, line 67, family 100, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2257.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2M-934P : 11 July 2016), Lillian E Vandergrift Keller, ; Burial, Palmer, Merrick, Nebraska, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 58212036, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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