Von Keitz Blog
of Western Pa

with marriage to Peterson- Weaver

Gertrude Weaver married Theodore L. Keitz Sr, 
Gert born 24 JAN 1880 died ABT 1946, 
 Ted a farmer, born in 1863 and died Sept 1937  

 
Gertrude Weaver Keitz

 

Keitz History per JohnPenn Keitz McKees Rocks Pa

 

Gertrude's parents were John Weaver  a horse trader and Anna Peterson
who parents were William Peterson B1821 D1907 and was of Swedish or German and he married Anna Ritenour.

 John Weaver was a contractor in Westmoreland County and he owned ¼ section or 640 acres. He supplied horse teams to the Mellons and others, for building. John died in 1907 after the economic panic.

 After 1907, Anna Peterson Weaver remarried a man named Heartic who was viewed as a gold digger and not liked by the Keitz family. A family feud over the  “Will” of Anna Weaver which left a trust for use with Gertrude’s children was broken and the home and stable in east Liberty section was split and Gertrude got 1/3 which was sold to Black section and ½ of the farm in Westmoreland which was the original Peterson estate. Ted Keitz Jr and his bother Ed Keitz had owned 25 acres of the passed down original land, and they had to deal with the significant back taxes owed upon Gertrude’s death.  

Ed and George Peterson (sons) lived with the Keitz family.

Josef Maria Keitz family came from from Eiterfeld in 1858 - which is north of Fulda, Germany 

Keitz data from our family tree conflicts with some of the John (Jack) Penn's book history.

Andrew Keitz was secretary of the prince bishop of the diocese of Fulda. Was a Roman Catholic.

Keitz Ancestry (per Jack Penn) and the Maps:

Fulda, Ludwig Von Keitz b1717 d Jan1, 1775 married Elizabeth Coning b1718 d Dec 1, 1790

had son Johann Adam Von Keitz b Fulda 29 May 1748, d 7 Feb 1812, who married Maria Klara Hotz b 1746 d1812

they had Josaf Andreas Von Keitz b 5 Jan 1777 Fulda d 15 April 1847, he married in Johannesberg 4 May 1802 to  Julianne Rimbach (d 23 Nov 1847)

They had Josef Maria Keitz b 5 Apr 1812, Eiterfeld - north of Fulda and Hofaschenbach, was baptized as Vinzenz Josef Christian Von Keitz and he married in St Peters Church of Petersberg.on 8 July 1841 to Friederike Dernbach, from Hofacschenbach they had 3 children all born in Gotzenhof.

Joseph Maria Keitz,   4 APR 1812 - 11 AUG 1892, or Keith, born 1811. Was a teacher (and immigrated) in 1858 to at least 1870. Suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1871, was an invalid for the rest of his life. Came to St. Marys, Elk Co., PA about 1858. Moved to Phillipsburg, Beaver Co. in 1860. Moved to McKees Rocks, Allegheny Co., PA in 1862. Lived in Temperenceville, Stowe Twp., Allegheny Co., PA in 1870.

Maria Franziska b 11 May 1842

Johanna Marie Karoline b 2 Nov 1843

Eugen Heinrich Andreas b 25 Aug 1845

Then other born unknown:

Philomena Wilhelmina b 1846 married Lorenz Heinauer in 1865,  d 30 Jan 1888

Ernst Robert b Mar 1848

Karl/Charles b 1851

Antona b 1852 Married Anton Hein

Ludwig maybe?

Theodore Lawrence Keitz Sr. b 1863 d Sept 1937 married Gertrude Elizabeth Weaver b 24 Jan 1880 d 1946

Maps:

Petersberg (baptism Frederike Dernbach St Peters Church), Johannesberg (Josef and Julianne Rimbach May 4, 1802 marrage) , Eiterfeld, Germany

Hofaschenbach was the village in which Anton and Sabina (Pappert) Dernbach had their Inn