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    1. Re: [L&G] Kelly surname in Wolford Twp - Protestant or Catholic - Maybe Both.
    2. Hello Mary: A while back I joined your researcher list on your website whenever I began my search in Kent County Ontario where my Grandfather was born. Subsequently, I traced James KELLY [My G-Grandfather] back to Burritts Rapids, Oxford-on-Rideau township, Grenville County, Upper Canada where he was born to Thomas & Hannah KELLY in 1838. Perhaps I need to update with you! <grin> On your website I discovered "My Kelly's" mentioned in the section where you abstracted marriage records from the Ontario Marriage Films of KELLY Marriages performed in 1873; 1874; & 1875, held at the L.D.S. Library & this is where I came up with the marriage records of Maria KELLY (1875); Martha KELLY(1873) & Jerusha KELLY (1874). Is this Maria KELLY: Cert. # 007 325...of KEMPTVILLE possibly the Maria Fleming you mentioned? She was also listed as a witness at her sister, Martha KELLY's marriage to Edmund FULCHER on 09-01-73 Cert. # 007 325...of KEMPTVILLE. You state that your KELLY family was a Catholic Family living in a predominately Protestant area. I have wondered about this for some time. Thomas KELLY [Born somewhere in Ireland in 1801] is listed on the 1871 Census of Ontario as being of the Church of England; Anglican faith. With the exception of three (3) of his children, who were listed as Methodist, I am not sure if the other children were Protestant; or not. If they were all of the same faith, it puzzles me why the children were not buried in the same Christ Church Anglican Cemetery in Burritts Rapids as Thomas and Hannah KELLY. I have been unable to locate any of the other fourteen (14) children's burial sites or gravemarkers. Is it possible that your KELLY's and mine are inter-married or even blood relatives, despite their religious convictions? Most of our KELLY's lived in the same general area. Perhaps the family was divided in its faith. Loren Kelly

    03/05/2000 12:51:01