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Thomas Francis Kelly's (My G-G-Grandfather) Gravemarker - Found in Burritt's Rapids, Ontario, Canada & Located at Christ Church Anglican Cemetery. According to "Who's Where A Guide To The Cemeteries of Rideau Township" edited by Jim Kennedy and produced by the Rideau Heritage Board of Publication, Township of Rideau, in 1980, Thomas KELLY [My Great-Great-grandfather & the father of my Great-grandfather, James KELLY] is listed as being buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery which is located in Burritts Rapids, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario with his wife Hannah BROWN KELLY. The transcriptions on the gravemarker read..."Thomas KELLY...Died...28, April, 1891 at age 90 years, and Hannah KELLY...Died 15, March,(THE YEAR IS BLANK?)at age 78 years!" Why the year of death for Hannah is not on the gravemarker {It is smooth; as if it was never chiseled}is a mystery to me.
Thomas KELLY's place of birth on the Ontario Census of 1871 was listed as Ireland. He would have been born about 1800, somewhere in Ireland.
According to the 1861; 1871; & 1881 Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County Census, Thomas and Hannah KELLY had the following 15 children:
1.James KELLY...My Great Grandfather & their eldest son; Born in Burritts Rapids on 09, Sept., 1838.
2.Susana KELLY...Born about 1841 in Upper Canada.
3.Mary KELLY...Born about 1842 in Upper Canada.
4.Sarah KELLY...Born about 1843 in Upper Canada.
5.Elizabeth KELLY...Born about 1845 in Upper Canada.
6.Naomi KELLY...Born about 1847 in Upper Canada.
7.Kezeth KELLY...Born about 1848 in Upper Canada.
8.Maria KELLY...Born about 1851 in Upper Canada...
"On 22, March, 1851; Certificate # 004644...of Kemptville {year/75..remarks..}..Age 21. (Residence -) Born in ONT, married John ROSE. Parents: Thomas & Hannah Brown Kelly (Rel.-METH) WIT: IAS ROSE, MERRICKVILLE< THOMAS KELLY, OXFORD."
9.Sophia KELLY...Born about 1851 in Upper Canada.
10.Jamima KELLY...Born about 1853 or 1855 in Upper Canada.
11.Jarusha KELLY...Born about 1855 or 1856 in Upper Canada..
"On 04,February, 1874; Certificate # 005468..of MERRICKVILLE
{year/74..remarks..}..Age 20. (Residence - MERRICKVILLE) Born in BURRITTS RAPIDS, married JAMES ALBERT ROSE> Parents: THOMAS & HANNAH (Rel -METH) WIT: WM & CATHERINE ROSE."
12.Martha KELLY...Born about 1857 in Upper Canada...
"On 09, January, 1873; Certificate # 007325..of KEMPTVILLE {year/73..remarks}..Age 20 (Residence-) Born in Wolford T, married Edmund FULCHER. Parents: Thomas & Hannah KELLY (Rel -)Wit: Wm Brown & Maria Kelly."
13.William KELLY...Born about 1859 in Upper Canada.
14.Thomas KELLY...Born about 1859 or 1861 in Upper Canada.
15.Albert KELLY...Born about 1863 or 1866 in Ontario.
I have been unable to find any of the aforementioned childrens gravesites or descendants.
The eldest son of these 15 children born between 1838 and about 1866 [A 28 year period of time]was my Great-grandfather; James KELLY. He married Rebecca TOMPKINS [Daughter of Nathan TOMPKINS-Veteran of the War of 1812-who was the son of Israel TOMPKINS-A well-known United Empire Loyalist]. James KELLY and Rebecca TOMPKINS KELLY were the parents of my Grandfather; Nathan Tompkins KELLY who was born 24, August, 1867 in Blenheim, Harwich Township, Kent County, Ontario. Nathan Tompkins KELLY (At about age 14);James & Rebecca TOMPKINS KELLY immigrated to the United States in 1879 and eventually resided in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, where my father, Luther James KELLY [First Generation Born American] was born in 1907.
I recently acquired a copy of Thomas Francis KELLY's Death Record from the L. D. S. Family History Center as follows: Deaths (V. E-G) 1891: Family History Library US/CAN Film # 1853538.
Under Schedule C. -- Deaths; County of Peterborough; Division of Belmont; I discovered the following:
*Name and Surname of Deceased...
Thomas Francis Kelly
*When Died...
28, April, 1891
*Sex - Male or Female...
Male
*Age...
92
*Rank or Profession...
Farmer{A stamped # 013178
appears on this line}
*Where Born...
Ireland
*Certified Cause of Death and
Duration of Illness...
Inflamation of prostate
glands & old age. 3 days.
*Name of Physician, if any...
W. H. Jeffs M. D.
*Signature Description and
Residence of Informant...
John W. Grew (or Grue)
*When Registered...
30, June, 1891
*Religious Denomination of
Deceased... E.
*Signature of Registrar...
Porter Preston
According to the 1891 Census of Belmont Township, Peterborough County, Ontario on April 16, 1891 [12 days before Thomas Francis KELLY died] the Census Taker wrote the following:
"FULCHER, Martha, age 34, widow, born in Ontario, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
FULCHER, Frederick, age 14, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
FULCHER, Francis, age 12, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
FULCHER, Lillie, age 9, daughter, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Metodist.
FULCHER, Herbert, age 5, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
FULCHER, Henery J., Looks like he's two months old, son, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
KELLEY, Thomas, age 92, widow, father, born in Ireland, father and mother born in Ireland, Church of England.
GREW, Wesley, age 27, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist, Blacksmith.
GREW, Emma, age 17, wife, born in Ontario, father born in England, mother born in Ontario, Methodist.
GREW, Earnest, age 1, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist."
Thomas, Martha, Frederick, Francis, and Lillie could all read and write. Also, if Martha was a widow, but had a newborn baby, Edmund FULCHER, her husband, may have died within the previous year. Perhaps John W. GREW is John Wesley GREW; the Informant on Thomas KELLY's Death Record.
And perhaps Emma GREW was the eldest daughter of Martha KELLY FULCHER. It is obvious that Thomas Francis KELLY was living with his twelfth born child, Martha KELLY FULCHER whenever he died in Belmont Township.
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