Keller Family History
Keller Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German kellaere ‘cellarman’,
‘cellar master’ (Latin cellarius, denoting the keeper of the
cella ‘store chamber’, ‘pantry’). Hence an occupational name
for the overseer of the stores, accounts, or household in general in,
for example, a monastery or castle. Kellers were important as trusted
stewards in a great household, and in some cases were promoted to
ministerial rank. The surname is widespread throughout central Europe.English: either an occupational name for a maker of caps or cauls,
from Middle English kellere, or an occupational name for an
executioner, from Old English cwellere.Irish:
reduced form of Kelleher.Scottish: variant of
Keillor.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Keller
Name Distribution of Keller Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Keller families
 55 - 108  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Keller families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Keller census records
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Keller Family Origin
Keller Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Keller Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Keller census records
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Military Service by Keller
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