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Billy Keams, C14703 A011534 Clan A she e

Male Abt 1872 - 1955  (83 years)


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  • Name Billy Keams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Suffix C14703 A011534 Clan A she e 
    Born Abt 1872  Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 30 Jun 1915  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Billy Keams, 43 - Billy & Asdzan Ba Tlizi li zin & kids Gee, Do, Di nez o, Tsi I chili, Dzanlth souie, Has Pah - next is dau Da a Chee family 
    Census 1920 
    I have not yet added the family's 1920 census, since I have not figured out who the people were with different names in the 1917 Indian Roll Census. == interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4294346-00528?pid=108702799/6061/4294346-00528?pid=108 
    Residence 24 Feb 1920  Cedar Springs, Western Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    age 48, born Arizona to Arizona parents - cannot read & write, does not speak English, Stockman, farm schedule 54 - Billy & Adzan Ba Tlizekolne & kids George, Gee, Dani, Di Mezzo, Hostine Yazzi, Dzan i, As tel - next to Tom Keams family 
    Residence 30 Jun 1925  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Billy Keams, born 1880, 1925 #185, 1924 #190 - Billy & Asdzan be Klizzie le sin & son George & next family is dau Asdzan na kil kady & her siblings & children 
    Residence 30 Jun 1927  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    not added yet == https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1059/M595_249-0530 
    Residence 1 Jan 1936  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Roll No. 10 (Divorces) #1 Keams, Billy 54 Head 469 #14703 from Keams, Asdzan Bi Thizzi 53 Wife 470 #14704 
    Residence 1 Jan 1937  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    #1382, last #469 - Billy Keams - age 65 - divorced - Head #1 - #14703 - Billy & ex Molly & her new hus Shorty & Keams children Billy, Gertrude, Ira, Bernice, Elwood, Lilly, Billie Jr, Myrtle - next is George Keams - then next is Tom Keams 
    Died 11 Oct 1955  Keams Canyon, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Hopi General Hospital
    Person ID I3906  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Thomas James Varker - Thomas Varker - Keam,   b. 6 Aug 1842, Kenwyn Street, Kenwyn, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1904, Truro, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Asdzan Libai or Es-ston-pah-e (Light Complected Lady) - Bah or Bah Odd - Bi Asdzan Keams -, A011552-Clan A she e,   b. Abt 1854, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1934, Cedar Springs, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1867  Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • married in Navajo ceremony - no records exist
    Family ID F1154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 So-mus-son-na, A011533 (451),   b. Abt 1872 
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Molly - Asdzan-ba-tlissi-le-sin (Lady Blackgoat) - Bi Clizzi Li Zhin - Bi Thizzi - Ba Tlizekolne -, 14704 Clan Tod-sone,   b. Abt 1883, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979, Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married Abt 1898 
    Divorced 1935  Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    • Recorded in 1 Jan 1936 Indian Census Roll "No. 10 (Divorces)" as divorce #1
    Children 
     1. Living Keams  [natural]
     2. Living Keams  [natural]
     3. Living Keams  [natural]
     4. Living Keams  [natural]
     5. Living Keams  [natural]
    +6. George - Hosteen Tso - Keams, 15356 A011545 Clan Tod-sone,   b. 15 Oct 1898, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1975, Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
    +7. Alice - Asdzan Chee (Red or Light Color) - Asdzan na nil kady - Gishi - Keams, 14674 Clan Tod-sone,   b. 1 Sep 1899, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1985, Chinle, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     8. Joe - Kee-see-he (Boy missed) - Keams, A011544,   b. 15 Apr 1900, Cedar Springs, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1989, Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     9. Gee Keams,   b. 1901, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     10. Dani Keams,   b. Abt 1903, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Do Keams,   b. Abt 1904, Leupp Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     12. Freddie - Dine tso - De net so - Di nez o - Keams, A011543,   b. 15 Jan 1907, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1985  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     13. Edward - Guy-e or Chis-chille - Tsi s chili - Keams, 14701 - 011536,   b. 10 Sep 1908, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1988  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     14. Jane - June or Gertrude - Has-pah (She came forward) - Dad - Keams, 14706,   b. 1914, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 9 Mar 2003, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 89 years)  [natural]
    +15. Myrtle Loraine - Dzan-yasi - Keams, 14711,   b. 15 Sep 1916, Cedar Springs, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 2005  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     16. Ira Nezze Keams, 14702 Clan Tod-sone,   b. 10 Oct 1918, Cedar Springs, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1945, Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)  [natural]
     17. Bernice - Bah he - Keams, 14707 Clan Tod-Sone,   b. 15 Nov 1921, Cedar Springs, Navajo, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1977, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)  [natural]
     18. Jack Elwood Keams,   b. 10 Apr 1923, Lower Greasewood, Apache, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 2007, Fort Defiance, Apache, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     19. Elwood - Jack - Keams, 14708,   b. 14 Jun 1923, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1993  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     20. Billy - Ye hil wood (He walked into it) - Keams, Jr 14710,   b. 25 Mar 1927, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1944, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)  [natural]
     21. Mary Keams,   b. Dec 1934, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1935, Keams Canyon, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Oct 1955 - Keams Canyon, Navajo, Arizona, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    2. [S252] U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Year: 1936; Roll: M595_274; Line: 1; Agency: Leupp.

    3. [S252] U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Year: 1937; Roll: M595_276; Page: 104; Line: 11; Agency: Leupp.

    4. [S252] U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Year: 1925; Roll: M595_249; Line: 15; Agency: Leupp.

    5. [S252] U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Year: 1915; Roll: M595_249; Line: 2; Agency: Navajo Extension.

    6. [S5] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Western Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo, Arizona; Roll: T625_50; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 98.

    7. [S252] U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Year: 1936; Roll: M595_274; Line: 2; Agency: Leupp.