. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . A SKETCH original Keim homestead in Oley, Pa. hannes or Hans Keim in the lineage ofthe name in America. The name itself, as signed by itsowner in his native tongue, Johann-es,indicates that his fathers name wasJohann and not Peter. The termina-tion es found in his signatures to peti-tions and other documents I have exam-ined signified the genitive case in Ger-man or Johann, (the son) of Johann. This Johann or Hans. Keim had foursons, the issue of his first mama o-e, andthree are accounted for among the tenchildren of his second m
. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . A SKETCH original Keim homestead in Oley, Pa. hannes or Hans Keim in the lineage ofthe name in America. The name itself, as signed by itsowner in his native tongue, Johann-es,indicates that his fathers name wasJohann and not Peter. The termina-tion es found in his signatures to peti-tions and other documents I have exam-ined signified the genitive case in Ger-man or Johann, (the son) of Johann. This Johann or Hans. Keim had foursons, the issue of his first mama o-e, andthree are accounted for among the tenchildren of his second marriage, not oneof whom was named Peter. It is a natural inference that had Jo-hann Keim, the Founder, been the son ofPeter Keim, he would have done hisprogenitor the filial respect at least ofnaming one of his seven male progenyafter himself. In the brief autograph manuscriptwhich Hans (Johannes) Keim left, he says nothing about his parents, butstarts off Ich Johannes Keim, whichmeans, I, John, the son of JohnKeim. From circumstantial evidence as sh
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