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tribes of Britain. The name was taken on by someone who worked as a lime burner, a person in charge of a kiln.
and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kelner research.
Another 94 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1292 and 1627 are included under the topic Early Kelner History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.Before English spelling was standardized a few
hundred years ago,
spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Kelner include Kilner, Kilnore, Kelner and others.
A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck
England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in
England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:
Kelner Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Jacob Kelner, who settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1683
Kelner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Conrad Kelner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1729 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Kelner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- James Kelner, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)