Kelman Family History
- Kelman Name Meaning
- Scottish: according to Black, a habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire named Kelman. English: occupational name for a maker of caps or cauls, from Middle English kelle + man. English: perhaps an occupational name for a bargeman, from Middle English kele ‘ship’, ‘barge’. Compare Keeler. Americanized spelling of German Kellman. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the male personal name Kelman, a variant of Kalman.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 55,418 Historical Documents with Kelman on Ancestry
- 17,850 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 15,050 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,674 Military Records
- 4,482 Immigration Records
- 16,362 Member Trees
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Number of Kelman families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Kelman census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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