Researching Charles Kellett
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2605 people with the Kellett surname? In that year Kellett was ranked number 1510 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Kellett on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Kellett and the Kellett Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 3172 people with the Kellett surname in the UK? Kellett is now ranked number 1743 for popularity in the UK. |
Kellett Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Kellett surname in the USA? Kellett is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Charles Kellett
Charles Alfred Kellett
Charles Alfred Kellett (born 25 November 1818 in Plymouth, Devonshire) was a British Master Mariner famous for having sailed the Chinese junk Keying from China, around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848.
Charles Kellett served on between September 1833 and November 1939 as Boy and Seaman. He later served as Mate, Chief Mate and Master on several ships including the Psyche, Emily Jane, Will o'the wisp and Corcyra.
He married Louisa Jane in 1840 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
He sailed the "Keying" from Hong Kong to London in 1847/48 and then onto the United States. The voyage was very hard, and an amazing feat of sailing. In honour of the event, Queen Victoria had a number of medals struck to commemorate the event. The “Keying” was a much visited vessel in New York and Boston where she put in for supplies after a difficult voyage, and she created a great stir in London when she eventually docked. There is little mention of Charles by name in the documents surrounding the voyage – he is merely “Captain Kellett”, but a Bill passed in the US House of Representatives uses his name in full when declaring that all costs relating to the “Keying” be waived.
On the 17 September 1853 he departed England aboard the Northfleet with his wife to return to Auckland in New Zealand on 2 February 1854. He later settled in Fort William, Bengal, India where he died on 10 Jan 1869. He was succeeded by his son Sydney Stanford Kellett and two twin children Charles Kellett and Louisa Kellett.
Source: Charles Alfred Kellett, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kellett
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