During the Crimean War, Thomas Keep was just ten years old and a Bugler with the Third Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. He
took part in the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854. Despite the heavy bombardment from General Menshikov’s Russian forces,
Thomas bravely built a fire to provide warmth and tea for the troops. He went out under fire to assist the wounded in the field,
and continued despite being badly wounded. Thomas was given the title of “Boy Hero” by the troops. His courage was acknowledged
by J. E. Rankin’s poem “Thomas Keep of Battersea.”
James Miller Keep, born at
Nathan Cooley Keep, was born 23 December 1800, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He was a pioneer in the field of dentistry, invented and manufactured many dental tools used even today, and is credited with being one of the first to manufacture porcelain teeth. Dr. Keep founded the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and was its first Dean. He was a founder and the first president of the Massachusetts Dental Society and was an officer of the American Association of Dental Surgeons. Dr. Keep had a partnership in his dental practice with William Morton, credited by many to first demonstrate the use of surgical anesthesia, and he was prominently involved in the controversy with Morton and others over the restrictions set by Morton of its use.
Theodore Keep was a co-founder of Liberty Records. He was chief of engineering at the label and introduced a number of innovations to commercial sound recording, and electronic music. He is also known for lending his name to the character of Theodore from The Chipmunks.
Byron William Keep, born 9 January 1917 in
Angela Keep, born 1981, is an Australian actress, who made her television debut playing Jenny Kelly on the sitcom Hey Dad..!. She also starred in children's mini series, Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord and in the drama Breakers. Angela played Skye Patterson in the sitcom Home and Away. Among her film credits are Garage Days, and Ned Kelly.
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The Rev. John Keep, 1781 - 1870, was a very prominent clergyman in the
The Keep with the longest name is Francisca d'Ararauma Marianna Pereira Filippe Luiz Anna Izabel Keep. She was born in
DUCKING STOOL
A KEEP FAMILY QUARREL MAKES THE NEW YORK TIMES
1877
A Step-Mother Who Could Not Agree with Her Step-Son
Dr. Lester
Keep, a physician of extensive practice in Brooklyn, and now over 84 years old, having buried his first wife in March, 1876, married
Caroline J. Yoemans, an M. D., aged about 40 years. A son of Dr. Keep, Dr. S. Hopkins Keep, lived in the same house with his
father and step-mother, had his office in the basement, and his professional sign was hung in the front. Shortly after the arrival
of Mrs. Keep, M. D., the step-son had to take down his sign and vacate the premises. Whereupon, Mrs. Keep put up her tablet
as a practicing physician. Dr. S. Hopkins Keep thereupon commenced two suits in the Supreme Court of Kings Country, one against
his father for the recovery of moneys advanced to him for the erection of a monument at Fair Haven, Conn., and the other against the
father and step-mother to decide the amount of his interest in the house on Gates and Vanderbilt Avenues, from which he was ejected.
The
matter was brought to trial, and afterward, by consent, was referred to Eugene H. Pomeroy to decide the issues. The Referee’s
report, which was filed recently, finds that Dr. Lester Keep was the owner of the premises in question, and that in 1872 it was agreed
between him and the son, that if the son would assist in defraying the household expenses the house should revert to him on the death
of the father and his then wife. After the death of the first Mrs. Keep, a further agreement of the same tenor was entered into
between the father and son. Dr. S. Hopkins Keep, in pursuance of this agreement, laid out large sums of money in the payment
of household expenses, taxes &c., and in May, 1875, the father made a will devising the house to the son. In March, 1877,
notwithstanding the agreement, Dr. Lester Keep, for a nominal consideration, deeded the property to his second wife—the Doctor”—and
destroyed his will. On the strength of this conveyance, Mrs. Keep, M. D., demanded that her step-son should pay rent for his
apartments or clear out. The Referee finds the conveyance to Mrs. Keep was in fraud of the rights of the plaintiff, and he directs
judgment for the plaintiff for $5,478.22, with interest to accrue and costs, enforceable at the death of his father.
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