Mike, This is not my family. However, I have two Kell(e)y lines from the South so I've spent a lot of time looking at the Kelleys in that part of the country. I have an idea that your biological great grandmother was Parthen(i)a Haley. In 1800, there is a George W. Kelly age 22, born GA, and his wife Parnthenia, age 23, born AL, living in Cleburne County AL. I did a few wildcard searches of the 1860 and 1870 censuses for Parn* born in AL around 1857-58. Of that group, there was a Parthen(i)a Haley who had a brother (among others) named Daniel Haley. Next door to George and Parthenia Kelly in 1880 is Daniel Haley and his wife Nancy and their six month old son Ambrose Haley. The Haley family is living in Randolph County, AL in 1860 and in Heard County, GA in 1870. Both very close to the GA/AL state line. Cleburne County AL is the next county over from Calhoun County where Anniston, AL is. If you will look again at the 1900 Birmingham census, you will see that living next door to your George W. Kelly family is Nannie Haley, a widowed head of household with a son named Ambrose. In 1910, Nancy Haley and Ambrose are still in Birmingham and living with them is Nancy's niece, Bessie Kelley age 25. (Ambrose seems to be supporting them all by working as an ice cream salesman!) The parents of Parthenia and Daniel Haley were Ambrose M. Haley and Elizabeth. Lots of siblings on the census too. There seem to be a couple of land records for Ambrose Haley at Ancestry. You will find a little bit more about this Haley family at http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/dekalb/obits/h/haley6435gob .txt Nancy -----Original Message----- From: kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Kelley Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:02 AM To: kelley@rootsweb.com Subject: [KELLEY] Death dates or certs or obits for GF and GGF? Anniston/Birmingham AL, 1900 to 1915 Hi Kelley's and Kelly's and relatives, I'm searching for death info for my GF, George Singleton Kelly, who died in Anniston AL approx. 1907 or so. I have his marriage license from 1901 and my dad was born in 1903. My GM remarried in 1910, so it must have been a year or more before then. Family tradition says he died of TB, "galloping consumption" as they called it. Also searching for any info about the life and death of my GGF, George W. Kelly. I show him in Anniston City Directory in 1896 and 1898, then Birmingham in 1900 census, married for four years then to new wife Nannie, living with her and his three children (including my GF) from previous wife, name unknown. Next I find him listed as a widower in the 1910 census, but he's an inmate in Jefferson County Jail. I am searching for my real GGM's death info, his new wife's info and marriage license or cert. My GGM must have died before 1896 and after 1892, the date of birth of her last child, my great-uncle (grand-uncle?) Henry D. Kelly. I have found no info on what happened to GGF after 1910, why he was in jail, or what happened to any family members except my GF, George Singleton Kelly, and very little about him. I haven't found any of the 1900 family in the 1910 or later censuses. Any help at all would be so very much appreciated. Is anyone in Anniston or Birmingham able and willing to search records for me? I live in upstate NY now and cannot easily travel to AL, I'm old, broke and sick. I'd really like to get more info together for my kids, as my family never wanted to discuss Kelly history and left me with almost no information. Many thanks to those who read this message, Mike Kelley ************************************* KELLEY/KELLY/O'KELLY Surname DNA Study http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kellydnaproject/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KELLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3031 (20080416) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
Oops, I already found a typo. George W. and Parthenia (which I cannot type correctly) were living in Cleburne County in 1880, not 1800! -----Original Message----- From: kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Custer Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:24 PM To: kelley@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KELLEY] Death dates or certs or obits for GF and GGF? Anniston/Birmingham AL, 1900 to 1915 Mike, This is not my family. However, I have two Kell(e)y lines from the South so I've spent a lot of time looking at the Kelleys in that part of the country. I have an idea that your biological great grandmother was Parthen(i)a Haley. In 1800, there is a George W. Kelly age 22, born GA, and his wife Parnthenia, age 23, born AL, living in Cleburne County AL. I did a few wildcard searches of the 1860 and 1870 censuses for Parn* born in AL around 1857-58. Of that group, there was a Parthen(i)a Haley who had a brother (among others) named Daniel Haley. Next door to George and Parthenia Kelly in 1880 is Daniel Haley and his wife Nancy and their six month old son Ambrose Haley. The Haley family is living in Randolph County, AL in 1860 and in Heard County, GA in 1870. Both very close to the GA/AL state line. Cleburne County AL is the next county over from Calhoun County where Anniston, AL is. If you will look again at the 1900 Birmingham census, you will see that living next door to your George W. Kelly family is Nannie Haley, a widowed head of household with a son named Ambrose. In 1910, Nancy Haley and Ambrose are still in Birmingham and living with them is Nancy's niece, Bessie Kelley age 25. (Ambrose seems to be supporting them all by working as an ice cream salesman!) The parents of Parthenia and Daniel Haley were Ambrose M. Haley and Elizabeth. Lots of siblings on the census too. There seem to be a couple of land records for Ambrose Haley at Ancestry. You will find a little bit more about this Haley family at http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/dekalb/obits/h/haley6435gob .txt Nancy -----Original Message----- From: kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kelley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Kelley Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:02 AM To: kelley@rootsweb.com Subject: [KELLEY] Death dates or certs or obits for GF and GGF? Anniston/Birmingham AL, 1900 to 1915 Hi Kelley's and Kelly's and relatives, I'm searching for death info for my GF, George Singleton Kelly, who died in Anniston AL approx. 1907 or so. I have his marriage license from 1901 and my dad was born in 1903. My GM remarried in 1910, so it must have been a year or more before then. Family tradition says he died of TB, "galloping consumption" as they called it. Also searching for any info about the life and death of my GGF, George W. Kelly. I show him in Anniston City Directory in 1896 and 1898, then Birmingham in 1900 census, married for four years then to new wife Nannie, living with her and his three children (including my GF) from previous wife, name unknown. Next I find him listed as a widower in the 1910 census, but he's an inmate in Jefferson County Jail. I am searching for my real GGM's death info, his new wife's info and marriage license or cert. My GGM must have died before 1896 and after 1892, the date of birth of her last child, my great-uncle (grand-uncle?) Henry D. Kelly. I have found no info on what happened to GGF after 1910, why he was in jail, or what happened to any family members except my GF, George Singleton Kelly, and very little about him. I haven't found any of the 1900 family in the 1910 or later censuses. Any help at all would be so very much appreciated. Is anyone in Anniston or Birmingham able and willing to search records for me? I live in upstate NY now and cannot easily travel to AL, I'm old, broke and sick. I'd really like to get more info together for my kids, as my family never wanted to discuss Kelly history and left me with almost no information. Many thanks to those who read this message, Mike Kelley ************************************* KELLEY/KELLY/O'KELLY Surname DNA Study http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kellydnaproject/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KELLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3031 (20080416) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ************************************* KELLEY/KELLY/O'KELLY Surname DNA Study http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kellydnaproject/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KELLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3032 (20080416) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com