Joe Keaton

1867 - 1946  (78 years)    Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Joe Keaton
  Birth	6 Jul 1867	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 1946	Ventura County, California, USA
  Person ID	I480927	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2004

  
  

  Family	Myra Edith Cutler,   b. 13 Mar 1877, Modale, Iowa, USA d. 21 Jul 1955, Los Angeles (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1894
  Children	+ 1. Buster Keaton,   b. 4 Oct 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA d. 1 Feb 1966, Los Angeles (Age 70 years)   2. Harry Keaton,   b. 25 Aug 1904, New York, New York, USA d. 20 May 1983, San Diego County, California, USA (Age 78 years)   3. Louise Keaton,   b. 30 Oct 1906, Maine, USA d. 18 Feb 1981, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F192256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2004

  
  

• Notes

  Joe Keaton and wife Myra were grade-Z vaudeville performers in the early 1900s. Their son Buster joined the act when he was only a few months old. The act was a rough-and-tumble one, with Buster being thrown around on stage most of the time. As the years went by, Joe Keaton became an alcoholic, which forced Buster to quit the act by the time he was a teenager. However, after he hit it big in silent film, Buster provided Joe with small parts in several movies. Myra and Joe split up long after Buster had become an adult. She'd had it with the constant verbal and physical abuse Joe put her through. He lived alone in a Hollywood hotel for many years and was said to have stopped drinking after becoming a Christian Scientist. Buster said Joe died as a result of being run over by a passing car.