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Thomas
Kelton [1652]
Fernando Cortez Kelton
Kelton Family Items
See the Kelton House
James
Kelton
Robert
Kelton [1724]
William
Kelton
Dr. Leslie Kelton
Robert Kelton
David Kelton
Robert
Kelton [1786]
O.P.
Kelton
Mark
A. Kelton
Robert
F. Kelton
Benjamin
F. Kelton
Australia
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Please tell us
your story about the Kelton name by emailing Ed
Kelton.
Kelton, the First
Name
I have a 6-year-old son named Kelton. I named him after the most WONDERFUL Texas history teacher ever to teach the subject in my opinion. I was in Mr. Kelton Kupper's class the last year that he taught at Northwest Middle School in Justin,Texas, and he made such a lasting impression on me that when I became pregnant I knew
that I wanted to name the baby Kelton if it was a boy. He was not only an
inspiration to me but to a lot of the other students as well, including my sister who had him 10 years prior to me being in his class.
Tiffany from Rhome, Texas
I found the name Kelton in the Stephen King book Needful Things about five years before my son was born. I liked it and decided that if I ever had a son I would name him Kelton. It was a good choice because he really likes the fact that there are no other ones around.
At my dad's old job, everyone called him by our last name: Kelton. One day, a co-worker (who, apparently, didn't know my dad's first name) came up to him and told Dad he had mentioned his name to his wife, who at the time was 7 months pregnant. She liked the name so much they ended up naming their son Kelton!
--April Kelton
Was just reading your website and thought I would tell you a little about my 'Kelton' He is 5 yrs old and lives in Arizona. We named him Kelton as a form of our names put together -- had never heard of it before but it sounded good. K is the first letter of my name Kerri and 'elton' is part of his dad's name being Shelton. Hence the name Kelton.
So that's our Kelton story and we beleive it's a GREAT name!! We get a lot of compliments on it! And know he is going to be a very strong man with such a strong name!
--Kerri Hageman
My father was
named Kelton after his grandmother's family. It was shortened, however,
to Kelly, which he was always called. I guess he was only called Kelton
when he was in trouble!
--Kathy Jordan
"I was named after
the Kelton community in Wheeler County, Texas. My mother grew up in the
panhandle of Texas and fora period of time her family lived in Wheeler
County. Mom liked the name, but you can see that it was a second choice
because she really wanted to name me Richard (thus the R.that I never
used until the Army forced me to use first name, middle initial, last
name).
"She intended that
I be called Dick. I was saved from such a fate by a babysitter that
started calling me "Dickie" and my mom could not stand that and she
started calling me by my middle name KELTON.
"Until I was probably
at least half grown, I did not even know of another person named Kelton
except for a one taxidermist in Fort Worth named Kelton S. Tilly. Later
I met Jane Mathis, and she married a fellow with the last name Kelton.
When I was in high school, I found a Kelton Richard Conner in the annual
for Arlington State College. He transferred toTexas Tech and died of
exposure on a geology outing but, you would not believe how many calls
my folks got thinking it was me.
"As I see more
and more people with the name Kelton I feel less and less alone, but
in my 53 years I have only met one person from the Kelton community
for which I was named . . . and they didn't know the origin of the name.
Keep up the good work on the name."
--R. Kelton Conner
"My folks have told
me that they knew someone named Kelton. It seems to be a little twisted,
in that apparently what they really wanted was the nickname Kim, and this
other Kelton was apparently called Kim for short. So I was named Kelton
on that basis, but when I was 6 months old my grandmother talked sense
into them and they started calling me Kelly instead, to my eternal gratitude
(grin) I have gone by Kelton ever since I went to college anyway, so it's
all moot!"
"My name was the result
of an English master's (mom) who likes language & sounds. She picked the
second syllable first (ton), she wanted a clinton or a kelvin or something
along those lines. Lying in bed with dad, she ran syllables by him as
he dozed off. Kelton was a random combination she liked. She had never
heard it before, and prided herself on giving me a totally 'unique' name.
"Since then I have
seen the name three places (yours being #4): on a few road signs, the
last name of a real estate developer, and the brand name of a cheap
watch sold in France. (Too cheap for me to buy one.)"
"My mother says she
and my dad just thought of it about two weeks before I was born. Kelton
is my first name, as you can tell. Well, I just wanted to add that there
is a Kelton St. in Houston which is my hometown."
"My father was a high
school state tennis champ. I am named after his high school tennis coach
'Kelton Brewer'."
"My great uncle was
named Kelton B. George, who died in WWII. I was told that my great grandparents
loved a town in Tennessee named Kelton and that is how he got his name.
"I must admit
the name was a curse as a child because people thought it was weird,
and the names to make fun of me stemmed from Kelton -- Smeltone, Skelton,
etc., but as an adult it has been great. It is an ice breaker for meeting
new people. If I wanted to go by my first name I could, kinda' like
Madonna.
"I have always
been very proud of my name, but could never seem to find it on button
or keychain racks :) Your site simply confirms that Keltons are special
people with a name that binds.
I think Mamma George
named Uncle Kelton after her best friend when she was growing up. Granny
said she thought it was either the family name or the name of the town
in which they lived, and believed it was in Missouri, but said it could
have been in Tennessee.
"My name is Kelton
Eagle Anderson and I am 9 months old. My mother and father almost named
me Jeremy but really wanted a stronger sounding name. As my dad says 'a
name that sounds like it comes with a good strong handshake'. My Mother
says it means 'soldier-warrior of God' and that it is a good name for
a future President of the United States. We'll see about that in time.
My middle name is the same as my father's, Alan Eagle Anderson, and as
my grandfather's, Jo Eagle Anderson. It was the maiden name of my great
grandmother, Vivian Eagle, who gave it to my granddad as a way to keep
the family name alive. She had only one sister and no brothers." [02-96]
Lots of children
in Corsicana, Texas, were brought into the world by the father and son
doctors each named, Dr. Leslie Eugene Kelton,
for several decades through the middle of this century. And many of these
children's parents gave them "Kelton" as their first or middle name after
the doctor who delivered them.
One example is
Kelton Kupper: "I was named after a doctor who my grandparents and parents
had a deep respect for." His family were from Purdon near Corsicana
and named him for Dr. Kelton in Corsicana. You can read about his home
town in a column entitled, "Living in rural Texas in the 40s," in the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram online.
Kelton by Choice
"Actually, my family
and I have no connection to the Kelton family. My parents changed their
name years ago, and I am the first generation born under the name.
"My father was
tired of discrimination based on his last name. Therefore, he decided
to leave behind an ethnic name and assume a new name that reflected
no particular religion or ethnicity. Kelton was chosen as it was plain,
had no stereotype and was not very common. In a sense, he was leaving
behind the old world problems and grudges, and starting a new family
line with an American ethnicity to match our melting pot looks, views,
and traditions. I guess it was my father's contribution to the end of
racism."
(as told by younger brother)
"I'm not actually
a Kelton. My family changed its name to Kelton when I was about two
years old. My mother said that we had changed our name to be closer
to the middle of the alphabet and not always last in line when things
were done alphabetically."
(as told by older brother)
"My name is Keltonic.
I'm doing a little research on family history and know of a few relatives
along the way that dropped the 'ic' from the end of their name to become
'Kelton'."
Kelton by Contraction
"My email is keltong
coz my name is Kelvin Tong, so I combine the 2 together."
--Tong Tse Meng Kelvin, Singapore
keltong@pacific.net.sg (Tong Tze Meng Kelvin)
Kelton by Accident
"My family got the
Kelton name by accident due to a spelling error."
Kelton House Museum
and Garden
The Charlotte
Gelston Needlework Competition was sponsored by the Kelton House Museum
and Garden, operated by the Junior League of Columbus at 586 East Town
Street in Columbus, Ohio 43215. The first contest in 1995 sought needlework
"that reflects the techniques and styles of the mid to late 19th century
American European Victorian era". The house, built in 1852, was the home
of Fernando and Sophia Kelton. He
was a prominent businessman in Columbus. See their Family
Register.
Kelton Toy Company
My name is
Kelk not Kelton, but there was a company in my family named KELTON, which
was a toy manufacturing company in Toronto, Canada. I believe it was founded
by Norman Kelk, and among other things, made two plastic toys that were
well-known.
One was a projector
which one would put on top of a picture and it would project it on the
wall -- this was great for kids to copy pictures. The other was a screen
that had two knobs which allowed you to control a stylus, which drew
lines on the screen -- it could be erased by turning it upside down.
--Submitted by
Peter Kelk of the George Kelk Company,
which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art electronic measurement
equipment in Toronto, Ontario.
Bobby Kelton the
Performer
Kelton Trail, Idaho
The historic Kelton
Trail in Idaho runs through the park, providing Western history buffs
with excellent wagon ruts and traces of the Kelton Stage Stop.
Kelton, Utah (Ghost
Town)
The few remains
of Kelton,
the first big railroad town west of Promontory, are 35 miles southwest
of Snowville off Hwy 30 on a gravel road. Today Park Valley, 38 miles
southwest of Snowville on Hwy 30, is a ranching town with many stories
of the gold rush and the town's Russian settlers.
Kelton as street
names
Allston:100
block of Kelton Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
Boston: 100 block of Kelton Avenue, Boston MA 02134
Brighton: Commonwealth Ave at Kelton, Brighton MA
Cardiff: 7-9 Kelton Street, Cardiff, Wales 2285 UK
Fort Worth: 2500 Kelton Street, Fort Worth TX 76133
Dallas: 4000-4999 Kelton Drive, Dallas TX 75209
Hickory Creek: [no numbers] Kelton Avenue, Hickory Creek TX 75065
Houston: Kelton Street
Jackson: 4600 Kelton Drive, Jackson MS 39211
Los Angeles: 600 block of Kelton Ave, Los Angeles CA 90024
Mar Vista 3200 block of Kelton Ave, Mar Vista/Palms CA
Phoenix: 3500 block of W. Kelton Lane, Phoenix AZ 85023
San Antonio: 9800 block of Kelton, San Antonio TX 78217
San Carlos: 100 bloack of Kelton Ave., San Carlos CA 94070
San Diego: 1300 block of Kelton Road, San Diego CA 92114
Stone Mountain: 1400 block of Kelton Drive, Stone Mountain, GA
30083
Westwood: 1700 block Kelton Ave, Westwood/Century City, CA
"Kelton", a Good
Dog's Name
From the newsgroup:
rec.pets.dogs.misc
Subject: Re: Dog
Names
Date: 6 Nov 1995
13:25:33 -0500
We always name
our dogs after Disney characters.
Male names are "Raja" - tiger in Aladdin
"Simba" - Lion King
"Miko" - Pocohontas
"Copper" - fox and the hound
We have also had "Sandy" - Annie
and "Dillon", "Kelton", "Laddie", and our oldest mutt is "Yeller"
[Author's Note:
I had a dog named "Laddie" as a child, but not "Kelton."]
Kelton's Reel
"Regarding the origin
of Kelton's Reel, Adam Granger was not able to say how this particular
tune got that name, but he did say that this is one of 20 names for a
song listed in his book under the name 'Wild Horses.' It is one of the
oldest and most commonly played tunes in the book."
Kelton, the Computer
"Here's the funny
thing: The Kelton referred to is not actually a person, but our computer!
We named it Kelton because we live on Kelton St. in Allston, Massachusetts
. . . and for some odd reason we have registered ourselves in several
places under the eroneous name Edward J. Kelton! Imagine my surprise when
we recieved mail from Ed Kelton! Anyway, while I can't help you in any
direct way to connect to any of your actual family . . . I am curious
who my street is named after . . .is it perhaps a relative of yours?"
Fox-Pitt, Kelton
Inc.
Fox-Pitt, Kelton
Inc. is a firm listed in Nelson's Directory of Investment Research as
offering research coverage of specific firms, markets or industries.
Kelton Music Publisher
The Directory of
Music Publishers contains this listing:
Kelton Publications
1343 Amalfi Drive
Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Louis Kievman
Phone (213) 459-2061
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