I made a mistake the census was 1880 . Bill ---- Helen Edwards <helen@highspeedplus.com> wrote: > My "brick wall" is my great-grandfather Barney (also called Bernard) > Kelley who was born in Chipman, New Brunswick in 1839. Family stories > say he married a young woman by the name of Briggs or Biggs who died > shortly thereafter. He then left home and went to Minnesota. I cannot > find anything on him until he marries by great grandmother in 1876 in > Minnesota. After that I have everything in great detail. > > I have been able to trace the rest of his family to the 20th century > but the time between Barney leaving home around aged 17 (1856) and > 1876, there is nothing. > > I know have 2 second cousins searching with me. Some day we will find > out where he was in the interval. > > Helen (Kelley) Edwards > Victoria, BC Canada > > > On Jun 21, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Paula Kelley Ward wrote: > > > We haven't done the "Most Wanted Kelley Ancestor" in a while, so let's > > liven up the list a bit. > > > > Please use the SUBJECT line to tell us: > > > > 1) WHERE your Kelley lived > > 2) WHEN he/she lived there (or approximate date) > > > > For example, my subject line might be: > > > > Kentucky, early 1800s > > Or: Bedford County, Virginia, 1740 > > > > Use the body of the message to tell us: > > > > Ancestor's full name and any details you already have, such as: > > spouse name, children's names, any dates.etc. > > > > Good luck, everyone, and I hope we can find some new cousins "out > > there." > > > > Paula > > > > Paula Kelley Ward > > KELLEY List Admin since 1996 > > San Antonio, Texas > > chachalady@sbcglobal.net > > "My family tree is more like a vine with a lot of twisted > > branches." - > > Andrew "Jerry" Hansbrough > > > > > > > > > > ************************************* > > 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 > > > > > > ************************************* > 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