Father of Benjamin E., Helen Frank, Ethelda Frances, an infant daughter, Stillman James, William Eldon and Robert Jean.
Among the well known and successful industrial enterprises of Boise is the Royal Bakery, the plant of which is located at No. 1118 Main street and of which Stillman James Keyes is the proprietor. For twenty years he has made his home in the capital city, having come to Boise in 1900 from Carthage, Missouri. A native of Kansas, he was born in Westmoreland, or to be more correct, on a farm near that place, August 20, 1880, a son of Irwin Stillman Keyes (aka Erwin Strong Keyes), a farmer and later a dealer in shoes at Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war. He passed away at Wamego, Kansas, in December, 1917, being survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances (Clark) Keyes, who yet makes her home in that city. Our subject is of English descent on the paternal side, while on the maternal side he is of Scotch lineage. The paternal grandparents were Stillman and Ellen (Strong) Keyes, while the maternal grandfather was James Clark, both of the families having been prominently connected with the early history of the east.
Stillman James Keyes spent his boyhood largely at Wamego, Kansas, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In his early youth he was greatly interested in sports, particularly in baseball, and served as captain of the Wamego Browns, a well known local baseball club. He was only twenty years of age when he made his entrance into Boise but he had previously had some experience in the baking business in Wisconsin. In Boise he completed his apprenticeship in the Vienna Bakery, which was owned by James Herbert, now deceased. He worked as a journeyman baker until 1913 and spent the last six years of that period as foreman of Brink's Bakery on Main street. Having carefully saved his earnings, he decided in 1913 to embark in business independently and on August 20th of that year purchased the Royal Bakery at No. Ills Main street from Louis Stephan. During the six years that Mr. Keyes has managed and owned the Royal Bakery the enterprise has met with success and he can proudly look back upon the business which he has built up thus far. Sanitary conditions are maintained everywhere about the plant and the most modern ideas in regard to bread baking are instituted. The machinery is up-to-date and the product leaves nothing to be desired. The firm also handles candy and a large stock of that commodity is carried at the Royal Bakery salesroom. His establishment also includes an ice cream and soft drink department and is furnished with tables and chairs for the accommodation of patrons.
On March 23, 1905, Mr. Keyes was married in Boise to Miss Lulu Biggerstaff, a native of this city and a member of one of Boise's pioneer families. They have become the parents of three children: Benjamin Irwin, born April 29, 1906; Helen Frank, February 19, 1908; and Ethelda Frances, November 15, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are members of the Episcopal church, belonging to St. Michael's cathedral, in the work of which they take a helpful interest. He is president of the Idaho Master Bakers Association and formerly served as secretary of this organization. He also has a military chapter in his career, for he served as a member of the Idaho National Guard under Governor Hunt. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is popular in that organization.
Thank you Amanda Fox for the information, published in "History of Idaho": "The Gem of the Mountains", Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920.
Among the well known and successful industrial enterprises of Boise is the Royal Bakery, the plant of which is located at No. 1118 Main street and of which Stillman James Keyes is the proprietor. For twenty years he has made his home in the capital city, having come to Boise in 1900 from Carthage, Missouri. A native of Kansas, he was born in Westmoreland, or to be more correct, on a farm near that place, August 20, 1880, a son of Irwin Stillman Keyes (aka Erwin Strong Keyes), a farmer and later a dealer in shoes at Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war. He passed away at Wamego, Kansas, in December, 1917, being survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances (Clark) Keyes, who yet makes her home in that city. Our subject is of English descent on the paternal side, while on the maternal side he is of Scotch lineage. The paternal grandparents were Stillman and Ellen (Strong) Keyes, while the maternal grandfather was James Clark, both of the families having been prominently connected with the early history of the east.
Stillman James Keyes spent his boyhood largely at Wamego, Kansas, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In his early youth he was greatly interested in sports, particularly in baseball, and served as captain of the Wamego Browns, a well known local baseball club. He was only twenty years of age when he made his entrance into Boise but he had previously had some experience in the baking business in Wisconsin. In Boise he completed his apprenticeship in the Vienna Bakery, which was owned by James Herbert, now deceased. He worked as a journeyman baker until 1913 and spent the last six years of that period as foreman of Brink's Bakery on Main street. Having carefully saved his earnings, he decided in 1913 to embark in business independently and on August 20th of that year purchased the Royal Bakery at No. Ills Main street from Louis Stephan. During the six years that Mr. Keyes has managed and owned the Royal Bakery the enterprise has met with success and he can proudly look back upon the business which he has built up thus far. Sanitary conditions are maintained everywhere about the plant and the most modern ideas in regard to bread baking are instituted. The machinery is up-to-date and the product leaves nothing to be desired. The firm also handles candy and a large stock of that commodity is carried at the Royal Bakery salesroom. His establishment also includes an ice cream and soft drink department and is furnished with tables and chairs for the accommodation of patrons.
On March 23, 1905, Mr. Keyes was married in Boise to Miss Lulu Biggerstaff, a native of this city and a member of one of Boise's pioneer families. They have become the parents of three children: Benjamin Irwin, born April 29, 1906; Helen Frank, February 19, 1908; and Ethelda Frances, November 15, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are members of the Episcopal church, belonging to St. Michael's cathedral, in the work of which they take a helpful interest. He is president of the Idaho Master Bakers Association and formerly served as secretary of this organization. He also has a military chapter in his career, for he served as a member of the Idaho National Guard under Governor Hunt. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is popular in that organization.
Thank you Amanda Fox for the information, published in "History of Idaho": "The Gem of the Mountains", Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920.
Father of Benjamin E., Helen Frank, Ethelda Frances, an infant daughter, Stillman James, William Eldon and Robert Jean.
Among the well known and successful industrial enterprises of Boise is the Royal Bakery, the plant of which is located at No. 1118 Main street and of which Stillman James Keyes is the proprietor. For twenty years he has made his home in the capital city, having come to Boise in 1900 from Carthage, Missouri. A native of Kansas, he was born in Westmoreland, or to be more correct, on a farm near that place, August 20, 1880, a son of Irwin Stillman Keyes (aka Erwin Strong Keyes), a farmer and later a dealer in shoes at Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war. He passed away at Wamego, Kansas, in December, 1917, being survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances (Clark) Keyes, who yet makes her home in that city. Our subject is of English descent on the paternal side, while on the maternal side he is of Scotch lineage. The paternal grandparents were Stillman and Ellen (Strong) Keyes, while the maternal grandfather was James Clark, both of the families having been prominently connected with the early history of the east.
Stillman James Keyes spent his boyhood largely at Wamego, Kansas, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In his early youth he was greatly interested in sports, particularly in baseball, and served as captain of the Wamego Browns, a well known local baseball club. He was only twenty years of age when he made his entrance into Boise but he had previously had some experience in the baking business in Wisconsin. In Boise he completed his apprenticeship in the Vienna Bakery, which was owned by James Herbert, now deceased. He worked as a journeyman baker until 1913 and spent the last six years of that period as foreman of Brink's Bakery on Main street. Having carefully saved his earnings, he decided in 1913 to embark in business independently and on August 20th of that year purchased the Royal Bakery at No. Ills Main street from Louis Stephan. During the six years that Mr. Keyes has managed and owned the Royal Bakery the enterprise has met with success and he can proudly look back upon the business which he has built up thus far. Sanitary conditions are maintained everywhere about the plant and the most modern ideas in regard to bread baking are instituted. The machinery is up-to-date and the product leaves nothing to be desired. The firm also handles candy and a large stock of that commodity is carried at the Royal Bakery salesroom. His establishment also includes an ice cream and soft drink department and is furnished with tables and chairs for the accommodation of patrons.
On March 23, 1905, Mr. Keyes was married in Boise to Miss Lulu Biggerstaff, a native of this city and a member of one of Boise's pioneer families. They have become the parents of three children: Benjamin Irwin, born April 29, 1906; Helen Frank, February 19, 1908; and Ethelda Frances, November 15, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are members of the Episcopal church, belonging to St. Michael's cathedral, in the work of which they take a helpful interest. He is president of the Idaho Master Bakers Association and formerly served as secretary of this organization. He also has a military chapter in his career, for he served as a member of the Idaho National Guard under Governor Hunt. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is popular in that organization.
Thank you Amanda Fox for the information, published in "History of Idaho": "The Gem of the Mountains", Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920.
Among the well known and successful industrial enterprises of Boise is the Royal Bakery, the plant of which is located at No. 1118 Main street and of which Stillman James Keyes is the proprietor. For twenty years he has made his home in the capital city, having come to Boise in 1900 from Carthage, Missouri. A native of Kansas, he was born in Westmoreland, or to be more correct, on a farm near that place, August 20, 1880, a son of Irwin Stillman Keyes (aka Erwin Strong Keyes), a farmer and later a dealer in shoes at Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war. He passed away at Wamego, Kansas, in December, 1917, being survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances (Clark) Keyes, who yet makes her home in that city. Our subject is of English descent on the paternal side, while on the maternal side he is of Scotch lineage. The paternal grandparents were Stillman and Ellen (Strong) Keyes, while the maternal grandfather was James Clark, both of the families having been prominently connected with the early history of the east.
Stillman James Keyes spent his boyhood largely at Wamego, Kansas, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In his early youth he was greatly interested in sports, particularly in baseball, and served as captain of the Wamego Browns, a well known local baseball club. He was only twenty years of age when he made his entrance into Boise but he had previously had some experience in the baking business in Wisconsin. In Boise he completed his apprenticeship in the Vienna Bakery, which was owned by James Herbert, now deceased. He worked as a journeyman baker until 1913 and spent the last six years of that period as foreman of Brink's Bakery on Main street. Having carefully saved his earnings, he decided in 1913 to embark in business independently and on August 20th of that year purchased the Royal Bakery at No. Ills Main street from Louis Stephan. During the six years that Mr. Keyes has managed and owned the Royal Bakery the enterprise has met with success and he can proudly look back upon the business which he has built up thus far. Sanitary conditions are maintained everywhere about the plant and the most modern ideas in regard to bread baking are instituted. The machinery is up-to-date and the product leaves nothing to be desired. The firm also handles candy and a large stock of that commodity is carried at the Royal Bakery salesroom. His establishment also includes an ice cream and soft drink department and is furnished with tables and chairs for the accommodation of patrons.
On March 23, 1905, Mr. Keyes was married in Boise to Miss Lulu Biggerstaff, a native of this city and a member of one of Boise's pioneer families. They have become the parents of three children: Benjamin Irwin, born April 29, 1906; Helen Frank, February 19, 1908; and Ethelda Frances, November 15, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are members of the Episcopal church, belonging to St. Michael's cathedral, in the work of which they take a helpful interest. He is president of the Idaho Master Bakers Association and formerly served as secretary of this organization. He also has a military chapter in his career, for he served as a member of the Idaho National Guard under Governor Hunt. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is popular in that organization.
Thank you Amanda Fox for the information, published in "History of Idaho": "The Gem of the Mountains", Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920.
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