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kelm Name Meaning and History

Germanized form of Polish Chelm ‘peak’, ‘hill’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a pointed summit, or habitational name from a city in eastern Poland or any of various other places named with this word.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kelm name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kelm family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kelm Families in the US in 1920
Number of kelm families
 21-40
 8-20		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 75 - Messages: 285
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Martha Kelm married Albert Krueger Rose Anne Lee 26
Kelm Posen Germany, Stephan Kelm kaydavisnc 9
Margaret Klem - Dubois Co., IN Tom Reynolds 2
Kelm Family martikelm 2
Herman Kelm, Watertown, WI MWDanner 5
Frederick Kelm and Katherine (Fehl) Kelm, Waukesha Co. WI apolodna 0
Looking for info/descendants of Gust and Augusta Kelm from Minnesota mjkehn 0
Bruno Kelm laurieandres1 0
Kelm info from Ukraine, Germany, or Prussia Dan Kelm 4
Augusta Ernestine (Kelm) Marten from WI Alison_Fuchs 3
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