Mary Diane Flynn, my great-great grandmother
My Great-Great Grandmother was
Mary Diane Flynn Birth: November 1827 in County Galway, Ireland Death: 27 Dec 1903 Stevens Co, Washington, USA
She married Patrick Kelly in 1852 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Patrick Kelly Birth: abt 1823 in CountyWaterford, Ireland Lived in Fillmore Co., Minnesota, USA, from 1857 to ca. 1890 Death: 18 Jan 1893 Spokane, Washington, USA
Patrick Kelly and Mary Diane FLYNN Kelly were potato famine immigrants from Ireland. They migrated to Fillmore Co., Minnesota, USA, in the 1850s.
Children of Patrick Kelly and Mary Diane FLYNN Kelly:
Edward Oscar Kelly 1849 - 1922
Mary Kelly 1855 - 1922
Anna Ruth Kelly 1857 - 1943
Peter Kelly 1858 - 1908
Michael Charles Kelly 1860 - 1932
*Margaret (Maggie) Kelly 1861 - 1947 (My Great-Grandmother)
Thomas John Kelly 1863 - 1933
James Kelly 1865 -?
William Kelly 1868 - 1898
Mary Diane FLYNN's brother, Michael FLYNN also was a potato famine immigrant from Ireland and lived in Fillmore Co., Minnesota, USA, for several years. He and his wife, Bridget ,and children moved to Humboldt, Minnehaha Co., Dakota , USA (now South Dakota) in 1880.
Mary Diane FLYNN Kelly's obituary was publishedin The Newport Miner newspaper inNewport, Washington, USA, onJan. 2, 1904, Below is a transcription of her obituary.
Mrs. Mary Kelly
On Sunday evening at 10 o'clockat her residence on Third Street occurred the death of Mrs. MaryKelly, after an illness extendingover many years. The sad end wasnot wholly unexpected and her foursons were at her bedside whendeath came.
Mary Flynn was born in Galway County,Ireland, in November, 1827, and emigrated toAmerica with herparents in l843, settlingin New York state. She afterward went to Providence, Rhode Island where she was marriedto Patrick Kelly in 1852. Eight children were born to bless this union, all of whom, with the exception ofone, are still living.In 1857 they moved to Minnesota and from there in 1892 moved to Portland, Oregon, where her husband died. The same year with her five children she came to eastern Washington and has resided here almost continually since.