Can I ask if there is any more info on them please would like to have a nosy
The Keller family has 8 children and at least 35 grandchildren from parents Mike and Suzette Keller. They are most known for their connection to the Duggar family through the marriage of their daughter Anna. While Mike and Suzette raised their children following the teachings of Bill Gothard's...
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Mr Keller is a piece of work. Married at least three of his daughters off to awful abusive men (Esther, Priscilla, Anna). Gorgeous Esther (the eldest) married a vile specimen called John Schrader. She cried about it but her father insisted and told her it was God's will. She should've run. They're now in Zambia living out Schrader's white saviour, missionary fantasies. He's the most outrageous, pompous, culturally insensitive grifter you can imagine. She's 46 but had her 13th child less than a year ago
Priscilla's married to David Waller who was at one time being primed to take over Gothard's legacy. He impatiently treats her like a child and she has some cognitive delays due to a horse riding incident when she was a child. He didn't want to marry, married very late for a fundie man, went through with it to please his parents and there are various rumours about his sexuality. When Gothard was ousted Waller relocated to Texas and now pastors at the church the Spiveys (Justin Duggar's in-laws) attend. The Spiveys also ran the 'rehab' Josh attended when his original abuse was exposed at the age of 15 (?).
I don't know who Rebecca married when she was still in the cult (he was in IBLP but left at some point, I don't know if it was during their marriage). She had two kids in that marriage and eventually divorced and remarried a millionaire! I believe she's still conservative Christian.
Susanna (youngest sister) truly rebelled and left at 18 I think, had a party girl aesthetic and was pregnant out of wedlock at 20 (2012-2013). She married for the first time in 2019 to a different man and had her second child in 2021.
The eldest brother Daniel married reasonably young (I don't know if she was fundie) and they adopted a baby boy together after 4 years of marriage. They divorced after a further 4 years. He only has one child and appears to have remarried. He was supposedly out of the cult but some say he was drifting back into it so I don't know what the current status is or who he married.
Nathan Keller is married to Nurie Rodrigues, eldest daughter of the Rodrigues clan. That family is a whole can of worms featuring grifting and child neglect. They frequently spend time with the Rods. Nathan now pastors a tiny church in Florida despite being fairly inexperienced. They live in the parsonage and seem to have quite a good standard of living for now. They currently have two closely spaced sons (13 months apart) and Nurie's expected to announce another pregnancy any day now.
David Keller is the youngest sibling and was matched with Hannah Reber, the daughter of the household in which Josh spent his house arrest. No-one knows the back story, whether they met organically, if David was in town to help Anna and their paths crossed or if they were set up by JB as a fundie-favour to Hannah's father for babysitting Josh. Apparently Hannah and her mom were unhappy sharing their home with Josh but had no choice. Hannah seemed keen to leave but they've already had their first baby not too long after marriage and their wedding reception was at the Duggars' so they appear to be very much drinking the kool aid. David also moved to Arkansas despite having a small landscaping business in Florida with Nathan. No-one knows what he's doing for work, I wouldn't be surprised if he's doing something along the lines of the Duggar sons. Hannah's father is a radiologist or something so can't exact hook David up with a job in his line of work.
Going back to Pa Keller, he gave up a decent white collar job and a house when he already had a handful of kids to live in a trailer and 'pursue his calling in prison ministry'. Highly responsible
Poor wife and kids. He seems like a selfish, dangerous grifter. I've read speculation about his sexuality over the years and various associated prison ministry jokes. Everyone thinks he's a creep (not because of that, because of his general demeanour).
Daniel's said that their upbringing was fine and not as impoverished as snarkers make out. He said they had access to a swimming pool and tennis courts on their site in Florida. I have no idea what size trailer the family were living in and whether it was cramped. The eight Keller kids are pretty well spaced across 20+ years so Esther was moving out when Nathan and David were quite young.
Pa Keller's been in the news most recently after holding a racist sermon concerning slavery at David Waller's church. Both Keller and Waller wrote letters in support of Josh at trial.
saying that he had to sell a lot to fund Josh's legal bill...good!
). She has now sought gods example rather than parents authority as the bible doesn’t mention any authority only Jesus as example
