Herbert Rudolph Keithley

Herbert Rudolph Keithley

• Father: Herbert R. Keithley b. 2 June 1862, d. 19 February 1921
• Mother: Harriet Mabel Tinker b. 6 January 1868, d. 24 March 1944

• Herbert Rudolph Keithley was born on 27 May 1897 in Manhattan, New York.
• He was known as Rudolph.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 219 Prospect Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley and Frank Tinker Keithley. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, at 322 Norton Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley, Frank Tinker Keithley, Edward Tinker Keithley and Jane Neave Keithley.
• He served in the US Navy during World War I.
• He married Hilda Esther Gielow, daughter of Frederick Louis Gielow and Wilhelmina Lubs, circa 1922 in Connecticut.
• Herbert Rudolph Keithley and Hilda Esther Gielow appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley Jr. Also in the household was roomer Leo Ryan (age 35).
• He was employed as a salesman in a radio shop, according to the 1930 census.
• Herbert Rudolph Keithley and Hilda Esther Gielow appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley Jr. and Wayne Frederick Keithley.
• He was a radio engineer, according to the 1940 census.
• The SSDI lists Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, as the last residence of record of Herbert Rudolph Keithley.
• His wife Hilda Esther Gielow became a widow at his death.
• Herbert Rudolph Keithley died on 23 March 1983 at age 85 in Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana, at his residence.
• The following appeared on 24 March 1983 in the Michigan City News Dispatch: Herbert R. Keithley, 85, Oriole Trail, Long Beach, died at 6 a.m. yesterday (March 23k 1983) at his home.
       A memorial service, at a time to be announced by Hummer-White Mortuary, which is in charge of arrangements, will follow cremation. There will be no visitation.
       Mr. Keithley was born May 27, 1887, in New York City, to Herbert R. Keithley and Hattie Tinker Keithley. A retired machinist, Mr. Keithley was married in 1895 [sic] in Connecticut to Hilda Gielow, who survives.
       Also surviving are two sons, Wayne Keithley and Herbert R. Keithley, both of Sacramento, Calif; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
       Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
       Mr. Keithley was a Navy veteran of World War I.

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2015