When William Keller was born in 1815, in Tyler, Virginia, United States, his father, Adam Keller, was 44 and his mother, Parmelia Lovitt, was 36. He married Rachel Archer in 1840, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tyler, Tyler, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 1 May 1855, at the age of 40, and was buried in Tyler, West Virginia, United States.
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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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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