When Conrad Keller was born on 17 June 1739, in Hausen an der Zaber, Brackenheim, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Johann Conrad Keller, was 38 and his mother, Maria Magdalena Dallinger, was 28. He married Christina Barbara Beckbissinger on 12 February 1765, in Gemmrigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 August 1809, in Hausen ob Rottweil, Rottweil, Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hausen, Hausen an der Würm, Leonberg, Württemberg, Germany.
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German and Danish: from Middle High German kellaere ‘cellarman, cellar master’ (from 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. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Russia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, and Croatia.
English: occupational name from Middle English keller ‘maker of cauls or kells (women's close-fitting caps or headdresses)’, a derivative of Middle English calle, kelle.
Irish: variant of Kelleher .
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