When Sally Keeler was born on 29 August 1823, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Benjamin Keeler, was 32 and her mother, Abigail Hoyt, was 30. She lived in Sterling, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1850.
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English (mainly Kent): probably an occupational name from Middle English keler ‘keelman, bargeman’, an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘flat-bottomed ship, barge, lighter’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). The sense would seem to be ‘crewman of a keel’ rather than ‘shipwright’.
Americanized form of German Kühler, from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling ) or a variant of Kuhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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