In the 1870 census , Compton Co. Otter Tail , Minnesota there is a Barney Kelley , 42 , born abt. 1838 New Brunswick ,parents born in Ireland . Wife Clara S. 21 . Daughter Nettie C. 2 . Son James B. 1. Bill mipunkin@cox.net ---- 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
That's my Barney. That is the first time he shows up in an American census, although he was in the States for most of his life. In 1905 he moved his family to Alberta, my grandfather James B met my grandmother and my Dad was born in 1915. If I could only find something before 1876 for him. His wife Clara can be traced back to the Mayflower. Helen Edwards On Jun 22, 2008, at 4:56 PM, <mipunkin@cox.net> wrote: > In the 1870 census , Compton Co. Otter Tail , Minnesota there is a > Barney Kelley , 42 , born abt. 1838 New Brunswick ,parents born in > Ireland . Wife Clara S. 21 . > Daughter Nettie C. 2 . > Son James B. 1. > > Bill > mipunkin@cox.net > > ---- 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 > >