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Keel Surname Origin
A low, flat-bottomed vessel used in the river Tyne, to convey coals; an inn-sign; a harbor. Kiel, local, a town in Denmark, a corner, wedge, a ravine.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.' -- H. F. Hedge