ellen kelly b. about 1840 ireland married thomas coyne.b 1840 ireland. they lived in marlboro twsp, monmouth county, nj and were my great great grandparents. i have a picture of ellen.their daughter married thomas tansey in 1891 and my grandfather was born on his parents (john tansey and margaret coyne tansey) farm in matawan nj(also monmouth county. i dont know where my ellen kelly coyne came from tho! any help appreciated. i just recently found out her maiden name was kelly! linda

Linda, As you will know, Kelly is a fairly common name, often found in Mayo, and I understand there are quite a few around Castlebar and Westport area. Grace Kelly's grandfather came from there. I used to know someone with the name Tansey - he said it was a co. Sligo name. Mary G