The Kellys of Minnesota/ New Brunswick, Canada
Updated September 3, 2002
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Jennifer
Lynn
O'Byrne
8918 Woodhall Crossing
Brooklyn Park,
Mn
55443
A-United States
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Jellomo@aol.com
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We have been very busy with our business and have not had much time to update and work on our family geneology. But we have come across a few links along the way. Here are a couple...
I have been contacted by another party online that is looking for a Kelly family in Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland. Her family left much later than our family but the tie that seems to bind the two families together is that there were 3 sets of twins by the one couple in each of our families! This seems like it is our strongest evidence so far. We complied our family info and sent off letters to all the Kelly's in the Bantry area, but did not get any response. We are still holding out hope that there is someone who knows something.
We have also been in contact with Micheal Grattans family which is suspected to be my Great Great Great Grandmother, Kathryn Grattan's brother. We shared pictures and I was told that my Great Great Grandfather, Peter Kelly has the Grattan nose that still runs strong in their family.
Unfortunately, I have been very busy and have had no time to put all the valuable information into any form. Hopefully soon, I will get a chance to do this!
This site was last updated on May 3, 2000 with Easy Family trees, easy to read letters, both found in related files section, and two new pictures of Peter and Ellen Kelly, 1890 and Bernard and Mary Kelly) Also a fantastic website with so much community information on Miramichi and its surrounding towns going way back in time! It is based on the Donovan family...Please check it out!!!!!!( see Miramichi surname heaven)
This site contains almost 1200 names. It also contains letters written around 1896 from the Miramichi area to Thomas in Minnesota. If your family is from this area, check out the letters, since they contain a lot of "community News" in them with many names!(see related files)
In 1826 the Kelly family started a new life in New Brunswick, Canada. Philip Kelly came over from Bantry, Cork County Ireland with his brother, Patrick (m. Bridget Lockman)and several family members which are still unknown. His Wife Katherine Gratton arrived in New Brunswick from Queens, Cork County Ireland in 1830 with her family members. (Her father is believed to be Peter Grattan and she has a brother named Michael)The two met and married and lived in the Miramichi area. Their son Peter Married Ellen Fitzpatrick of Chatham, NB and gave birth to Thomas John Kelly whom eventually left the family in Canada some time around 1895 and came to Mora, Minnesota. He met a young Swedish woman, JoHanna Caroline Sell and married. And that is how the story of this Kelly family starts!
I found some very exciting information the end of March, 2000 and have gone from 200 names in my family tree to almost 1200 names in two weeks! This summer my family is planning on going out to New Brunswick to a Huge Kelly reunion to meet our lost family members! If you think your family remotely sounds like ours, please email me, for I would love to chat with you about it!
Surnames include...Kelly, Grattan, Gratton, Fitzpatrick, Breen, Colepaugh, Donovan, Dunovan, Sullivan, Greene, Barker, Sell, O'Byrne, O'Brien, Cobb, Black, Hogan, Jimmo, Donahue, O'Connell, Doran,McKinley, McCafferty, McCarthy, harrigan, Sauntry, just to name the main ones!
The most common places for our family were in New Brunswick, the Miramichi area, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon and Maine...but also Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Michigan and some stray places along the way!
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GEDCOM Trees
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- Kelly Family Tree (214 KB)
Th kelly family tree contains family members starting with Patrick Kelly b.1770? in Bantry, ireland through his sons, Philip and Patrick Kelly and all of Philips family in New Brunswick, Minnesota and many families branching off of the Kelly's
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- Thomas and JoHanna Kellys family 1950 (111 KB)
Thomas and JoHanna's family gathered for their 50th Wedding Anniversary in about 1950.
(back)Peter Kelly, Lucy Kelly Greene, John Kelly, Rose Kelly Barker, Clarence Kelly.
(front) Ethel Kelly Simons, Thomas and JoHanna, Ellen Kelly McKinzie
- Letter: from Lizzie to Thomas ( p 2 of 3) (667 KB)
Letter written to Thomas from sister Lizzie
(page 2 of 3)
- Letter: Katie Kelly to Thomas in 1897 (Pg 1 of 2) (91 KB)
Letter written in 1897 to Thomas Kelly in Minnesota from his sister in New Brunswick a few days before she got married.
- Letter: from Lizzie to Thomas (p 3 of 3) (173 KB)
Letter written from Lizzie to Thomas.
(page 3 of 3)
- Thomas and Marge Kelly's family (46 KB)
Thomas and Marge (velishek) Kelly and their daughters Jennifer Lynn and Keisa Marie in about 1980
- Clarence Kelly's family in 1951 (60 KB)
Clarence and Esther Kelly's family.
(Back L to R)Clarence, David, Thomas, Esther and baby Melanie. (front L to R) Barbara, Sandy, Michael and Debra in front.
- Letter:Katie Kelly to Thomas in 1897 (Pg2of 2) (85 KB)
Letter from Katie Kelly to Thomas in 1897
- Letter: From Peter Kelly to Thomas (p 1 of 2) (1031 KB)
A letter written from Peter Kelly to his son, Thomas in Minnesota.
- Jennifer Lynn Kelly, 1973 (60 KB)
Jennifer Lynn Kelly, daughter of Thomas and Marge Kelly, taken in 1973, one year old
- Clarence and Esthers Kids in about 1958 (176 KB)
(Back L to R) Thomas John, Little Michael, David LeRoy. (front L to R) Barbara Jean, Melanie, Debra, Sandra and Terri(baby)
- Bernard Kelly and wife Mary (57 KB)
Bernard Kelly was the son of Peter Kelly and Ellen Fitzpatrick. He married Mary and they lived in the Miramichi area, New Brunswick, canada
- Letter: from Peter to Thomas (p 2 of 2) (881 KB)
A letter written to Thomas from his father Peter Kelly (Page 2 of 2)
- Keisa Kelly , 1981 (73 KB)
Keisa Marie Kelly, daughter of Thomas and Marge Kelly, taken 1981, 8 years old
- Clarence and Esther and their Grandchildren (113 KB)
Clarence and Esther Kelly (Back L to R) Laurie Beth Kelly, Wendy Kelly, Kelly Jo Ewest, Christine Ewest, Billy Joe Ewest
(front L to R) Jason Henderson, Jennifer Lynn Kelly, Scott Ewest, Scott Kelly, Jeffery Kelly
- Peter and Ellen Kelly, about 1890 (43 KB)
Peter Kelly and Ellen Fitzpatrick from about 1890 or so in New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Philip and Katherine Kelly
- Clarence and Esther Kelly (58 KB)
Clarence Kelly and his wife Esther (Carlson)Take about 1945 in Minnesota.
- Clarence Kelly and Esther Carlson's Wedding day (42 KB)
August 8, 1943, Clarence Kelly married Esther Carlson
- Sisters, Lucy and Rose Kelly in 1923 (65 KB)
Sisters Lucy(L) and Rose(R) taken in 1923 in Minnesota.
- Thomas and JoHanna Kelly's family in 1923 (41 KB)
(back L to R)Peter, Thomas, JoHanna, Rose, Jerome, Lucy. (front L to r) Ethel, Clarence, Jonnie
- Rose Kelly in 1923 (63 KB)
Rose Kelly, baby unknown taken in 1923
- Letter: Ellen to Thomas Pg 1 of 2 (127 KB)
Letter written to Thomas from his mother, Ellen Fitzpatrick kelly after he moved to Minnesota in 1895.
- Letter: Ellen to Thomas Pg 2 (155 KB)
Letter written to Thomas from Ellen
- Letter: From Lizzie to Thomas 1895 (p 1 of 3) (634 KB)
A letter written from Lizzie Kelly in Bryenton, NB to her brother, Thomas in Minnesota. Dated December 20, 1895. (page 1 of 3)
- John Kelly in about 1923 (44 KB)
John Kelly, son of Clarence and Esther Kelly from Minnesota.
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- Letter: August 28, 1896 from Lizzie (Lydia) Kelly (2 KB)
Letter, August 28, 1896 (easy to read) to Thomas J. Kelly from sister, Lizzie (Lydia) Kelly in New Brunswick, see original letter in photo section
- Kelly family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
This is the family tree of the kelly family made very basic and easy to read!
- Letter: July 4, 1897 from Katie Kelly (1 KB)
Letter, July 4, 1897 (Easy to read) to Thomas J. Kelly from his sister, Katie Kelly in New Brunswick a few days before her wedding. See original letter in Photo section
- Fitzpatrick family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
The fitzpatrick family tree made basic and easy to read
- Letter: December 26, 1920 from Ellen Kelly (1 KB)
Letter, December 26, 1920 (Easy to read) to Thomas J. Kelly from his mother, Ellen (Fitzpatrick) Kelly in New Brunswick. See original letter in photo section.
- Grattan/Gratton family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
The Gratton/Grattan family tree made basic and easy to read
- Colepaugh family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
Colepaugh family tree made basic and easy to read
- Donovan family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
Donovan family tree made basic and easy to read
- Sullivan family tree (made easy) (1 KB)
Sullivan family tree made basic and easy to read
- Letter: December 13, 1895 from Cousin Mary Kelly (2 KB)
Letter, Dec. 13, 1895 (easy to read)to Thomas J. Kelly in Minnesota to Cousin Mary A Kelly in New Brunswick. For original see photo section
- Letter: December 20, 1895 from Lizzie Kelly (2 KB)
Letter, December 20, 1895 (easy to read) to Thomas J. Kelly from sister Lizzie Kelly in New Brunswick, see original in Photo section
- Letter: August 28, 1896 from father, Peter Kelly (2 KB)
Letter, August 28, 1896 (easy to read) to Thomas J. Kelly from his father, Peter Kelly in New Brunswick, see original letter in Photo section
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