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Patrick Kelley 1806?

RoscommonKilglass (Roscommon)

Looking for information on a Patrick Kelley of this parish born March 17, 1806. He died March 23, 1878 and is buried in St Jerome Cemetary in East Dorset, Vermont, USA. He was married to a Elizabeth Cline also of this parish born July 8, 1810. She died December 2, 1878 and is buried in the same cemetary.

 

Also looking for information on William H Kelley also of this parish born August 8, 1845. I believe that he is the son of Patrick but have not been able to prove it. I would be interested in the names of all of Patrick's children and their birth/death dates since they are presumably siblings of William H.

 

One of the siblings may be a Thomas Kelley born late 1837 or early 1838. He is also buried in St Jerome Cemetary with his wife and two children but I have not been able to establish his relationship to Patrick or William H.

All information gratefully appreciated. Should any of this lineage still survive in Ireland, I would be happy to supple information on the portion of the Kelley family tree that I am aware of over here.

Thanks!

 

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William,

I went to www.rootsireland.ie and did a quick search for William Kelley in Co. Roscommon.

I found a baptismal record for a William Kelley, father Patrick Kelley, Mother surname Cline in the CIVIL parish of Ballyleague in 1868.

I don't know if this is a relation of yours but I believe that it would be worth viewing the record as the mother's surname of Cline is very unusual.

You seem to have a lot of information already regarding dates?  Are these from baptismal records?If they are, then the chances are that your information is correct.  However if your dates have been taken from a tombstone or census then I would strongly advise you to keep a very open mind in your searches.

Good luck in your search,

Anne Dennehy

Most people who emigrated were illiterate and undocumented.  They didn't know how 

to spell their names and hadn't a clue as to what age they were.  At the port of 

arrival their names were recorded phonetically, their ages were only guessed, and this 

is the information that followed them for the rest of their lives.

The proof of this occured in 1909 when the old age pension was introduced into 

ireland.  People had to prove their ages and were forced to go through baptismal 

records to establish when they were born.  That is why there is such HUGE 

discrepancies between ages in the 1901 census and the 1911 census of Ireland.  

Dates were found to be out by as much as twenty years in some cases.

 

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Hello William:

I am also tracking the Kelley name and the line of interest includes several Williams'.  Details on one Hugh Kelley/Kelly (m. Magdelena Valentine) have been particularly elusive and I have no idea when he or his ancestors came to the states.  Have often wondered if his name is William Hugh.  He  lived in PA and OH. 

Would like to connect with others who are tracking the Kelley/Kelly name.

Slan.

 

 

 

 

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