James G. Kelley

James Kelley- Mary Gallagher

James G. Kelly
b. 30 Oct 1830 PA. Where in PA?
d. 25 Nov 1905 Bay City, Bay, MI. Cause of death: Chronic Cystitis
bur. St. Patrick Roman Catholic Cemetery; Bay City, Bay, MI.
No headstone
Religion: Catholic. In Bay City they attended St. James Roman Catholic Church.

Occupation: Shoemaker; though at times he worked as a lumberjack and in the shingle mills in Harrisville, Alcona Co., MI.

m. Ann Sidney McClintock 30 Aug 1855 PAakelley.jpg (1895 bytes)
(father- James M. McClintock & Margaret Dundas )
b. 30 Jun 1832 Edinburgh, Scotland
d. 21 Jun 1896 Bay City, Bay Co., MI. Cause of death: Cancer of the womb.
bur. St. Patrick Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bay City, Bay Co. MI.
No headstone.
Religion: Catholic

After Ann Kelley died of cancer James Kelley married Charlotte Polk 28 Apr 1898 St. James Catholic Church in Bay City, MI. She was 21 and he was 68. They had no known children.

This is what Uncle Joe told me in 1981 and 1982 before he died: His grandfather James G. Kelley was born in PA and that his great grandparents Kelley were born in Ireland but he didn't know where. James Kelley met Ann in PA where they married. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. They then moved to Canada shortly after the marriage; the Guelph area where James worked as a shoemaker and they had a hotel. They then went from Canada to Kilmaster Twp. in Alcona County where James, family and son worked in shingle mills and lumber camps. He showed me a picture of a lumber camp that was supposed to have his grandpa in it but he couldn't remember which one was him. His father James went to Wilson Twp., Alpena Co. and farmed and grandpa came to live with them for awhile before they eventually moved on to Bay City where they died.

Children:

Margaret Alice Kelley m. John Lynch 28 Dec 1874 (nine children)
28 Dec 1855. Bap. 29 Dec 1855 St. James Church- Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada.
4 Aug 1925 Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan, Canada
(children: Minnie, James, Margaret, Catherine, John, Leo, Alice, Ida and Ordia May Lynch)

James William Kelly m. Mary Ann Bryan 4 Aug 1880 jkelly.jpe (13816 bytes)
b. 4 Sep 1857 Georgetown, Halton, Ont.
d. 28 May 1934 Detroit, Wayne, MI. Cause of death: pneumonia
bur. 31 May 1934 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit
Occupation: Farmer, laborer, lumberjack. (children: Will, John and Joe Kelly)

(Two Infants) d. 28 Mar 1859 Georgetown, Halton, Ont. Buried St. Patrick Roman Catholic Cem., Dublin, Halton, Ont.) Marked Grave with no names. Probably stillborn twins?

John Kelley
b. 26 Aug 1860 Georgetown, Halton, Ont.
bap. 7 Oct 1860 St. Patrick
d. 17 Apr 1862 Georgetown, Halton, Ont.
b. St. Patrick Roman Catholic, Dublin, Halton, Ont.

Thomas Kelly m. 1 Mary Connor 1882/ m.2 Grace Haley
b. 23 Jun 1863 Georgetown
bap. 13 Jul 1862 St.Patrick R.C.; Dublin, Halton
d. 28 Jun 1925 Detroit, Wayne, MI
cremated 30 Jun 1925
Occupation: Barber
Children with Grace: (Arley R., Leo and Lucy Kelly)

John Joseph Kelley (unmarried)
b.4 Dec 1866
d. 20 Oct 1933 Detroit, Wayne, MI
bur. 21 Oct 1933 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, MI.

Mary Ann Kelley (Minnie) m. Joseph D. Jones 11 Apr 1888 Harrisville, Alcona, MI.
b. 10 mar 1869
d. 10 Aug 1901 Bay City, Bay Co., MI. Cause of death: tumor.
bur. St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, Bay Co., MI. No children; one stepson.

Katherine Agnes Kelley (Kitty) m. Dr. Clarence S. Norton 1 Nov 1892 Au Sable, Iosco, MI
b. 25 Jan 1871
d. bef. 1920 Chicago, Cook, Il
Occupation: Teacher. One son: Clarence S. Norton Jr.(Looking into this branch right now; in 1920 he was in a mental hospital in Chicago; died 1933)

What little census I have from the census records on James G. Kelley:
1861-
Georgetown, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada
1894 Bay Co., MI State census
1900
Bay Co., MI.

James William Kelly m. Mary Ann Bryan 4 Aug 1880 Chinquacousy Twp., Peel, Ont.
Mary Ann Bryan
b. 16 Aug 1858 Toronto Twp., Peel, Ont.(William Bryan and Jane Cortley)
d. 3 May 1918 Detroit, Wayne, MI. Cause of death: kidney failure.
bur. 7 May 1918 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, MI

After Mary Ann died James Kelly married Christina Bartling Coy.

Children:
*William James Kelly
m. Ethel Rebecca Priest 23 Mar 1907 Alpena, Alpena, MI
19 Aug 1883 Harrisville, Alcona, MI
d. 27 Jul 1934 Kingsley, Grand Traverse, MI
bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Kinglsey, MI.

John Manesses Kelly
b. 9 Feb 1891 Wilson Twp., Alpena, MI
d. 5 Dec 1892 Wilson Twp., Alpena, MI
bur. King Settlement Cemetery, Wilson Twp. Unmarked grave.

Joseph David Kellyjoekelly.jpe (2245 bytes)
b. 8 Jan 1895 Wilson Twp., Alpena, MI
d. Apr 1982 Detroit, Wayne, MI
bur. Mt. Olivet Cemetery
m. 1 Elizabeth Bawden Burns (Bessie) (Twins that died and son John Kelly)
m. 2 Deloris Kelly
Occ- Detroit Water Board

William James Kelly - Ethel Rebecca Priest (Washinton Priest & Emma Prevost)
m. 23 Mar 1907 Alpena, Alpena, MI. Divorced about 1930.
Children:
Violet Viola Kelly 18 May 1907-Mar 1996 . m. Arthur Adam Tomes
Gerald Leo Kelly 23 Jul 1908-31 Aug 1979 m. Edna M. Tomes
James Wellington Kelly 21 Jan 1910-9 Aug 1982 m. Marie Wagerson
Wallace Merlin Kelly 9 Jul 1911-Nov 1967 m. Hazel Sack
Norman Donald Kelly 24 Oct 1912-16 Nov 1979 m. Garnett Mae Kelley (no relation)
Thelma Irene Kelly 7 Feb 1915 m. Cyril T. Knight.

Gerald Leo Kellyb. 23 Jul 1908 Wilson Twp., Alpena, MI

d. 31 Aug 1979 Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI
bur. 2 Sep 1979 Kingsley, Grand Traverse, MI

m. Edna Margaret Tomes (John William Tomes and Mary Baut) gkelly1.jpe (2483 bytes)gkelly.jpe (2390 bytes)
9 Jun 1928 Detroit
b. 7 Dec 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI
bap. Dec 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI
d. 24 Jan 1968 Detroit, Wayne, MI
bur. 27 Jan 1968 Kinglsey, Grand Traverse, MI

 

 

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