[PW] 19th century bodybuilder?/more?

[David Anderson]

  Allen,

  Taking another look at the 1910 US Census - also found in Niles, Berrien, 
Michigan: at 1303 South Third St, family 342/351 lines 61-62:

  Leonide Keatinge [note the census taker's spelling of Keating], male white 
age 51 marriage#1, married 15 years, immigrated _1880_ [very clearly 1880], 
occupation: "own income", owns a house free, bp England, parents' bp England

  Kathleen Keating female white age 41  marriage#1 married 15 years, no 
children, bp Michigan, father's bp Ohio, mother's bp New York

  The California death record is indeed for Leonide Leonidas Keatinghe b 
1868-10-17 male bp REST [usually foreign born] d Los Angeles county, 1945 09 
11 at age 76 (my father in law's father is a Robert Leonidas Hess, Jr).

  There are immigration records for a few Leonard Keatings, some from 
Ireland.

  I first wondered if his last name was a hyphenated name that wouldn't fit 
in the death record box; I've seen some truncated. Also noting the 1910 US 
Census for Niles, Michigan, wondering if the final "e" became a part of both 
his names.

  Did not find an obit in the Los Angeles newspaper index on Ancestry.com in 
1945. Wonder if he was traveling when he died.

  There is a record in FamilySearch, the Mormon genealogical website for 
Kathleen Ives: married Leonida Keating 08 May 1892 Niles, Berrien, Michigan. 
No further information that direction.

  Cheers!

  David



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <AllenAmet at aol.com>
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  Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [PW] 19th century bodybuilder?/more?


  > Hi,
  >
  >   Thanks for the additional details on this interesting character. His 
1900
  > Census in Niles, Mich claims that he was born in England in Oct 1855 and 
came
  > to the US in 1865 - but there is no record of that trans-Atlantic 
passage.
  >
  >  He married Kathleen Ives in 1892. No children apparent.
  >
  >  An interesting puzzle develops in the Calif Death Index, where there is 
a
  > 'Leonide Leonidas Keatinghe' (not born in US), dying in Sept 1945 in Los
  > Angeles.
  >
  >  That last name there almost seems like a typo (or two words compressed: 
um,
  > blended?) - does anyone have access to a Los Angeles City Directory (or 
Death
  > Cert) for that period to see if this fellow (Keating/he) is a 'real' 
person?
  > His birth month is right, but not the birth year. Either way, he seems 
to have
  > lived a long time. He has been apprenticed as a child to a circus 
(bareback
  > rider), and after breaking his spine, developed his physical fitness 
program.
  > The sole voice recording seems to date from ca. 1904.
  >
  > Thanks!
  >
  > Allen
  >
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