Person:George Kelts (2)

Personal History

George Edwin Kelts was born in 1863, the second of five children born to John and Marcia Kelts in Elk County, Pennsylvania. He lived a short life. The son of a millwright, he learned the trade and became a millwright himself, a choice that led to his death.

By the age of 17, George was working as a carpenter. When he was 23, he married Maggie Maxwell in 1886 in Wayland, New York, near a development under construction in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where he was employed.

Three years later, George died in a sawmill accident in Forest County, Pennsylvania, in a mill owned by his brother-in-law Orman Sibley and George Himes, while his wife was pregnant with his second child.

1. ↑ 1880 U.S. federal census for Centerville, Elk County, Pennsylvania
   1880.

   Name George E. Kelts
   Age 17
   Birth Date Abt 1863
   Birthplace Pennsylvania
   Home in 1880 Centerville, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
   Dwelling Number 164
   Race White
   Gender Male
   Relation to Head of House Son
   Marital Status Single
   Father's Name John K. Kelts
   Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania
   Mother's Name Ophelia Kelts
   Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania
   Occupation Carpenter