Sorry, couldn’t resist. I don’t know if you are still monitoring this blog - looks like you are, but I had to Google you after I got another call from one of your buddies this weekend - I think it was Todd in Alexandria (I Googled his phone number) . . . . no bother. See, I’m listed in the phonebook by my initials, so everybody looking for an S., or S. L., calls me - again, no bother. I find that funny because if I was looking for someone from a well-known family (particularly known as “rich”) I wouldn’t expect their phone number to be in the book. But on the other hand, I am suprised when my friends say they don’t know my phone number and don’t have the thought to check there.

So how do you answer that question - being one of the “them”? I’ve been asked all my life and just tell them I’m one of the fisherman Kellam’s - not the farmer Kellam’s. My clan hails from Gloucester. I think the early Kellam settlers either went from New York / Ellis Island to the Eastern Shore - then branched to Gloucester and P.A. County, or, they went from Jamestown / Yorktown to Gloucester - then to the Eastern Shore and some came down here to P.A. Country. I’ve seen research supporting both. Do you have any significant research? Finnish, huh? I thought we were of Welsh descent - the name derives from “Kelham” - a Welsh fishing village - back in the days before surnames - when you would be known as “Scott of Kelham” for instance. And thousands of years of revising led to all the various spellings there are today. But I remain a “Kellam” - so if you get that knife company inheritance - how about sharing??

So, give me a call sometime - we “cousins” can catch up !! And I can let you know what your friends are up to - I’ve talked to a few !! LOL !!

P.S. Your blog came up on the first page of my Google search for you . . . Movin’ on up !!

Katelyn KELLAM