Thanks for responding Raymond. Here is what I know about my family: I am researching families in SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA and BLUEFIELD, WV with the last name of KELLEY. I have been searching for my great great grandfather’s family for a good number of years. His name was JOHN KELLY/KELLEY and he was born in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland around 1828. He immigrated to the United States in 1852. He met his future wife while traveling across the Atlantic on a ship called Rip Van Winkle. Her name was ELLEN NOLAN and she was from Tipperary, Ireland. She may have been born in Thurles around 1831.    John and Ellen moved to Shenandoah, PA and lived for a time at 233 North Jardin Street. They also lived in New Castle, PA. They had the following children:   Michael – 1855 John – 1857 Mary – 1859 Martin – 1861 James – 1863 Patrick – 1865 Margaret (Maggie) 1867 William – Abt. 1869   John was a miner. He may have died in a mining accident in the Little Diamond Colliery on June 30, 1886 but I am not positive about this. My great grandfather was PATRICK J. KELLEY and he moved from Schuylkill County to Bluefield, West Virginia. I know that his brother MARTIN KELLEY was close to Patrick because he served as the best man at Patrick’s wedding. * * * * * * Kelly, John, age 50, miner, b. Ireland Ellen, age 39, keeping house, b. Ireland Michael, age 15, slate picker, b. PA John, age 13, slate picker, b. PA Mary, age 11, b. PA Martin, age 9, b. PA James, age 7, b. PA Patrick, age 5, b. PA Margaret, age 3, b. PA William, age 1, b. PA   Year: 1870; Census Place: New Castle, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1450; Page: 631, Post Office: Broad Mountain. * * * * * * Kelley, John, age 55, retired miner, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland Ellen Nolen, age 50,wife, keeping house, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland Michael, age 25, son, laborer, b. PA, parents b. Ireland John, age 23, son, laborer Martin, age 18, son, laborer James, age 16, son, laborer Patrick, age 14, son, slate picker William, age 10, son, slate picker Maggie, age 12, daug., at school   Year: 1880; Census Place: Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1192; Family History Film: 1255192; Page: 521.4000; Enumeration District: 201 ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Thanks very much for the info. I am looking for the Parents of John Kelly/Kelley , b.c.1765, who was in Guilford Co., NC, in 1782. Most of his neighbors came from Chester Co., PA or Cecil Co., MD. Best Regards, Raymond Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <bridgetzlm@aol.com> To: <kelley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:04 PM Subject: [KELLEY] JOHN, PATRICK AND MARTIN KELLEY - PA > > > Thanks for responding Raymond. Here is what I know about my family: > > I am researching families in SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA and BLUEFIELD, WV with the last name of KELLEY. I have been searching > for my great great grandfather’s family for a good number of years. His name > was JOHN KELLY/KELLEY and he was born in Killarney, County Kerry, > Ireland around 1828. He immigrated to the United States in 1852. He met his > future wife while traveling across the Atlantic on a ship called Rip Van Winkle. > Her name was ELLEN NOLAN and she was from Tipperary, Ireland. She may have been > born in Thurles around 1831.