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My husband has traced his family tree back to Timothy Kelly who was born in 1765 in Gower, Kilmacduane Parish, County Clare and his wife, Mary O'Connor Kelly.  Timothy died on 2 Oct 1847 in Cahircullen Parish, County Clare.  His wife, Mary, was born in 1770 in County Mayo and is believed to have died in New York City, New York, USA on 1 Jan 1815.   Their daughter, Ellen Kelly, was born about 1795 in County Mayo and married James Evan Egan.  James was born about 1792 and died in 1845.  We do not know Ellen's date of death or the location.

If anyone has any information on this family, it would be greatly appreciated.  We will be visiting Ireland next month (October 17th - 25th) and would love to find out more about these Irish ancestors.

Thank you!

 

Wednesday 19th Sep 2012, 03:28AM

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  • Hi,

     

    I am looking into this one for one. I have called somebody from Kilmacduane to see if they can find out anything for you.

     

    if i hear anything i will let you know.

     

     

    Monday 24th Sep 2012, 11:16AM
  • Hi,

     

    I have been advised that historically there were two Kelly families in Gower. One of those families would have left Gower in the late 1800's/early 1900s and emigrated to the US. The other family have also since left Gower with the last remaining member of the Kelly family, Tim More Kelly, dying rougjly 30 years ago. He left his land to his relations, also Kellys, in Lislanahan, Kilkee, Co. Clare.

    I'm not sure if this will be of any help to you.

     

    Best Regards

    Monday 1st Oct 2012, 12:04PM
  • Thank you very much for your reply!  It's kind of disappointing that there are no living descendents living in Gower anymore.  We sure would have loved to have met one.  Would you happen to know which cemetery the Kelly's of Gower might have been buried in?  

    Your response is much appreciated!

    Thanks!

     

    Tuesday 2nd Oct 2012, 12:52AM
  • The research I've done indicates that the Kelly's from Gower ended up in Cree, Clare, where they still live. I hope this helps.

    Sunday 21st Oct 2012, 01:57AM
  • I'm looking for information on an Egan-Kelly-O'Connor connection a generation or two later in neighbouring parishes.

    My Egan-Kelly marriage was reported in the Clare Journal on 3 February 1862:

    Marriage: On the 26th instant. At the Catholic Church, Doonbeg by the Rev. John Neylon P.P., Mr John Egan of Kilrush to Miss Anne Kelly daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Kelly of Glascloon, in this county.

    I suspect that bride is the subject of this entry in the index to the register of baptisms for the combined parishes of Kilfearagh and Killard:

    Kelly Honora Tom Mary Connors 02/07/1838

    Can anyone confirm this or tell me anything more about any of these people?

     

     

    Paddy Waldron, IrelandXO Volunteer

    Sunday 4th Aug 2013, 09:37PM
  • Timothy Kelly may be buried in a cemetery near the village of Cree according to a story posted in a McCullough Family Tree on ancestry.com.  Many Kelly's are supposed to be buried there and according to the posting, his tombstone gives his age, place of birth (Gower) and the date of his death and it was given in memory of her husband by his wife, O'Conner.  The name of the cemetery was not given and I don't know whether his wife, Mary (O'Connor) Kelly might also be buried there.  If you can find out any information at all, it will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

    Tuesday 6th Aug 2013, 03:34AM
  • I wonder if one person has read a worn tombstone as O'Conner and another as O'Connell.

    There is a transcription from Kilmacduane at

    http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/graves/kilm…

    which sounds very like the one you refer to (no. 159)

    Paddy Waldron, IrelandXO Volunteer

    Friday 27th Dec 2013, 05:03PM
  • I just stumbled across a speculative pedigree of your Kelly family at

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wacokid&id=I0506

    Paddy Waldron, IrelandXO Volunteer

    Friday 24th Jan 2014, 07:56PM

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