A Kelly Family
A KELLY FAMILY
FROM KILKENNY
This Genealogy Page details the descendants
of one
KELLY
family but has other, different
Irish families which are also tied to a Kelly Family.
Hopefully, you will find it interesting
and maybe a connection or two.
Other Irish Family Interests -
The
Irish family names that I am researching are DARMODY,
MEEHAN
and MADDEN all of which have married into a Kelly
family.
I now have a separate page for
these family's, and will expand on the information as I gather more details.
If you have any links to any of
the family's below - please contact me.
My
Kelly Family were living in the village of Ballykeefe Hill, a small
village in the Townland of Kilmanagh, in the County of Kilkenny,
in the early 1800's. It is assumed that Patrick Kelly and Mary Egan
were married in 1811. From the death certificate of Mary Kelly, it
has been ascertained that nine children were born
to Patrick and Mary between 1812 and 1828.
During these years, Ireland was experiencing
extremely harsh conditions and life would have been difficult for many
families. The Kelly family was one of many to leave
Ireland.
Andrew Kelly was the first of the family to leave
his homeland. Although no records have been found of his arrival
into Australia, the Victorian BDM index show the birth of a child in 1842.
Mary and five of her adult children, arrived
between 1852 and 1855, residing around the Tower Hill area. It is
unsure if husband, Patrick Kelly migrated with the rest of the family or
remained or had died before the family left Ireland. No death certificate
or other information is known about him. Only a couple of Patrick
and Mary's children arrived in Victoria married and the others married
soon after.
It is interesting to note here, that three of
Andrew Kelly's children (Ellen, Patrick and Andrew) all married a Kelly.
The other family's being John Joseph
Kelly and Margaret McGrath; John
Joseph Kelly and Mary Murnane; and Patrick
Kelly and Mary McNamara.
The family soon grew, although most stayed in
the area, Patrick was the first to head north to Wycheproof and later Lalbert,
where he raised his 10 children.
Surnames
In
this Kelly family there are over 1,400 surnames. The GEDCOM file
only lists five generations of this Kelly family with no dates for anyone
living being displayed.
The
surnames
list displays the family names of Patrick and Mary's children.
Further details of their descendants can be
read by clicking on the children's names below.
Patrick, Elizabeth, Richard,
James,
Andrew,
Michael,
Catherine, Patrick,Mary.
The spelling of surnames varies according to
different factors. In many instances the person giving their name
was unable to read or write, so how they said their name was interpreted
and written by someone who possibly didn't understand the accent.
Kelly is quite often written as Keeley in some Irish records and early
Victorian records. Dermody is also spelt as Darmody depending on
how it is interpreted, you will notice in the shipping records below that
Darmody is spelt as Demordly. Even some christian names can cause
confusion - with pet forms of names being used rather than the actual name.
Leaving Ireland
In
eleven years, over two million Irish individuals left Ireland where disease,
famine and starvation had killed about 50,000 people.
The countries that they migrated to were England,
Scotland, America, Canada and Australia. There were many schemes
devised to make the transition easier. The voyage took between three
and six months through all extremes of weather, sometimes many lives were
lost on the voyages.
After settling in their new homelands, they would,
where possible, send money home or quite often pay for the passage of other
family members. Although some family members were never heard from
again.
Shipping Information.
As mentioned earlier, many schemes were implemented
to assist potential migrants - some passengers arrived "assisted" and others
"unassisted". The assisted passengers were usually guaranteed employment
and pay for between a minimum of one month and up two years. Although,
some family members already living in a country paid for the passage of
others in the family.
The arrival of the KELLY family into Australia
has been very difficult to ascertain. Between 1850 and 1855, 27 Patrick
Kelly's arrived in the Port Phillip area.
For many years, along with other family members
searching this Kelly family, finding the arrival date of Patrick Kelly
has been unsuccessful. Although, by comparing notes and information
with Richard Merry, I think we may have found the arrival of some of the
Kelly family.
The passenger list for the INNELLAN which arrived
in February 1852 at Belfast from Greenock (Scotland) shows 10 passengers.
The list below displays the names.
SURNAME, Name,
AGE
BRUCE BENJAMIN Capt --
DEMORDLY ELLEN
20
DEMORDLY JEREMIAH
18
KELLY ELIZ
30
KELLY MARY
50
KELLY MARY
20
KELLY PATRICK
15
KELLY RICHD
30
POWELL HENRY
13
POWELL JAMES
17 |
The INNELLAN was later shipwrecked off the coast
of Port Fairy.
According to letters, it is assumed that the
Kelly and Dermody family's knew each other in Kilkenny. It is interesting
to note here that Ellen Darmody and her brother Jeremiah were also on the
ship - details of this family below.
Links to other sites:
A great source of information on all aspects
of the history of County Kilkenny is the County Kilkenny History and Genealogical
Web Site. KILKENNY
Ned Kelly is not related
but if you are interested in finding out more about him visit a web site
dedicated to him. NED KELLY
Another great Kelly Family site to visit is the
KELLEY/KELLY
SURNAME WEB - RESEARCH HOMEPAGE.
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