Hello Rick, I was the one who originally wrote asking for the origins of the name Kellum, my grandmother's maiden name being Elizabeth Rachel Kellum, born 1872 in Illinois according to 1920 census. She named her son William Kellum VanNote (father George S. VanNote) born 1864 in Indiana. The family thinks they remember she was Scotch/Irish but we are not sure. What is the Viking connection historically other than the first three letter which I understand as being part Swedish and Norwegian? There certainly were a lot of Swedes and Norwegian in the midwest in 1800s. Appreciate your thoughts. Barbara Carlson