Kelm Family History
Kelm Name Meaning
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.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kelm
Name Distribution of Kelm Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kelm families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kelm families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kelm families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kelm census records
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Kelm Family Origin
Kelm Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kelm
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kelm Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kelm census records
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Kelm Civil War Service Records
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