Kellow Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 524 people with the Kellow surname? In that year Kellow was ranked number 3055 for popularity in the UK. |
Kellow records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"KELLO, KELLOE, KELLOW. From the old lands of Kelloe in the barony of Hume, Berwickshire. Kelloe is also a place name in Durham and there is a Kelluh in Northumberland. The surname was formerly common around Coldingham. William de Kellawe was bailiff of the king of Scotland in 1278 (Bain, n, p. 29). Richard de Kellow was a charter witness in Roxburgh, c. 1338 (BNCH., xxrv, p. 226), Patrick Kellow witnessed a notarial instrument dated 1442 (Home, 21), and John de Kello or Kellow was witness to a claim to a third part of Cranshaws in 1453 (Swinton, p. xxxix). Andrew Kelaw was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1484, and a later Andrew Kelo in 1542 (NSCM., i, p. 31, 58). John Kello, merchant of Edinburgh, and William Kello, shipmaster, probably a relative, are in record in 1490 (Bain, rv, 1565). Bartholomew Kello, collector of tax in 1545 (RFC., i, p. 15) was probably the Bartholomew Kello who was clerk of the diocese of St. Andrews in 1549 (Laing, 552), John Kelo was town hell man in Aberdeen, 1562 (Mill, Plays, p. 152), and Gilbert Kello was reidare at Balhelvy, 1574 0 (RMR.). Robert Kelo was burgess of Aberdeen in 1595 (CRA., p. 121), John Kello was retoured heir of John Kello, inhabitant of Biggar in 1618 (Inquis., 779), Charles Keillo in Aberdeen received payment for beer in 1639 (SCM., v, p. 154), and John Kello was servitor to the earl of Eglintoun, 1665 (Irvine, n, p. 194). James Kiloh served in the first Great War, and three men named Killoh from Camrie and Alexander Keilloh from Auchterless were killed (Turriff). The surname was also formerly current in Shetland (1602) but is not now found there (Mill, Diary, p. Ixxxix, 182). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Kellow Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kellow Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kellow family tree.
Check out Kellow Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Kellow family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records of the Kellow family.
Research the Kellow surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kellow Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 505 people with the Kellow surname in the UK? Kellow is now ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |
Kellow Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Kellow Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Kellow family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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