Merry Christmas To all of my American & Canadian Cousins: Thanks to all of the Listers who have helped me in my "KELLY Quest" over the past seven (7) months. Because of you great folks, From May of 1999 to the present I have discovered: the burial place of my Great Great Grandfather & Grandmother as well as all of his children's names that I never knew; four (4) distant cousins (several X removed} who are all genealogists & assisted me in tracing one of my Loyalist ancestors back to the Revolutionary War; & I have established great relationships & increased my awareness of history. I have found the Canadian people [Which is my heritage-two prior generations of my Kelly family] to be some of the most gracious & giving people that I have ever had the good fortune to meet. I am still searching for descendants & ancestors of Thomas & Hannah KELLY! Thomas KELLY was born somewhere in Ireland in 1801 & died 28, April 1891 at the age of ninety (90) years. Hannah Brown KELLY died at 78 years of age on March 15, [Year Unknown]! Both are buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery in Burritts Rapids, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. According to the 1871 Ontario Census of Ontario, Thomas Kelly was of Irish origin & his religion was listed as Church of England [Anglican]. His occupation was listed as Labourer & this Census has him residing in Leeds & Grenville, North District (070) & in the Sub-District of Oxford (E), at age sixty-one (61). Thomas & Hannah KELLY & family were located on the 1861; 1871; & 1881 Leebee Census of Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. Following are the fifteen (15) children from these Census' born to Thomas & Hannah KELLY from about 1841 to 1866 [A 25 year span of time] in Upper & then Ontario Canada: 1. James KELLY; [My Great Grandfather & the eldest child] Born 09, September, 1838 in Burritts Rapids, Grenville County, Upper Canada. 2. Susana KELLY; Born about 1841 in Upper Canada. 3. Mary KELLY; Born about 1842 in Upper Canada. 4. Sarah KELLY; Born about 1843 in Upper Canada. 5. Elizabeth KELLY; Born about 1845 in Upper Canada. 6. Neome or Naomi KELLY; Born about 1847 in Upper Canada. 7. Kezeth KELLY; Born about 1848 in Upper Canada. 8. Maria or Mariah KELLY; Born about 1851 or 1852 in Upper Canada. 9. Safia or Sofia or Sophia KELLY; Born about 1851 in Upper Canada. 10. Jemimi or Jamima KELLY; Born about 1853 or 1855 in Upper Canada. 11. Jerusa or Jariusa or Jerusha KELLY; Born about 1855 or 1856 in Upper Canada. 12. Martha KELLY; Born about 1857 in Upper Canada. 13. William KELLY; Born about 1859 in Upper Canada. 14. Thomas KELLY; Born about 1859 or 1861 in Upper Canada. 15. Albert KELLY; Born about 1863 or 1866 in Ontario, Canada. Marriages of some of these children abstracted from the Ontario Marriage Films of KELLY Marriages performed in 1873; 1874; & 1875, held at the L.D.S. [Latter Day Saints] Church are as follows: "KELLY, MARIA on 3-22-75; Cert. #004 644 of KEMPTVILLE (Year 75...remarks...)...Age 21. (Residence-) Born in ONT., married JOHN ROSE. Parents: Thomas & Hannah BROWN (Rel.-METH) WIT.: IAS ROSE, MERRICKVILLE, Thomas KELLY, Oxford." "KELLY, MARTHA, ONT. 09-01-73; Cert. #007 325...of KEMPTVILLE (year/73...remarks...)...Age 20/Residence-) Born in Wolford Township, married Edmund FULCHER. Parents: Thomas & Hannah KELLY (Rel-)Wit: Wm BROWN & Maria KELLY." "KELLY, JERUSHA, ONT. 02-04-74; Cert. # 005 468...of MERRICKVILLE (year/74...remarks...Age 20. (Residence-MERRICKVILLE. Born in Burritt's Rapids. Married JAMES ALBERT ROSE. Parents: THOMAS & HANNAH (Rel-METH) WIT: WM & CATHERINE ROSE!}" My Great Grandfather, James KELLY & his family, including my Grandfather [Nathan Tompkins KELLY - At the age of 14.], immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1879 & eventually wound up in Findlay, Ohio, where my father [Luther James KELLY] was one of the first born generation of Americans in my Kelly-Line. And as they say; the rest is History. Back in July of this year, I received an e-mail from Dorothy Howe SURI, who e-mailed me regarding the fact that she was a fifth generation descendant of Naomi KELLY Howe Morgan, born February 8, 1845 in Burritts Rapids, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. At that time, I was unaware of that my Great Great Grandparents had a daughter named Naomi, born at about this time. I suspect that this Naomi KELLY may be the same Naomi KELLY that is related to Dorothy Howe SURI. However, I misplaced her e-mail address & have been unable to contact her. If anyone knows Dorothy Howe Suri's [Dotsuri] e-mail address, or if you can assist me in contacting her please e-mail me. Have a Happy Y-2K Millenium! =================="Kelly Irish-Canadian Korner"====================== Take a minute to pull off of that Super Information Highway; stop by Virtual Irish Neighborhood & share some Family History with me at my "Wee-Bit" o' a corner on the World Wide Web...Please come and visit me at the following address: http://hometown.aol.com/sirkelly3/myhomepage/heritage.html Please leave a message on my Bulletin Board! Loren Kelly, An Irish-Canadian American, Living In Texas & Researching KELLY; TOMPKINS; STATELER; WILLIAMS; PARISH; & MILLER. ============================================================