Brian, In addition to land deed index records, I have the following KELLY references that might relate to your family. There seems to be at least two families with parents John and Mary KELLY: Marriage of John KELLY to Mary COOMBES, 18 January 1844 (St Pauls Church, Auckland) Baptism of Mary Jane, daughter of John and Mary KELLY, born 18 Nov 1844 (St Pauls, Auckland) Baptism of John Stewart, son of John and Mary KELLY, born 24 Sep 1849 (St Pauls, Auckland) Baptism of William Alexander, son of John and Mary KELLY, born 1 Feb 1851 (St Pauls, Auckland) Baptism of George Frederick, son of John and Mary KELLY, born 27 Aug 1852 (St Pauls, Auckland) Baptism of Edwin Harold, son of John and Mary KELLY, born 10 Jul 1858 (St Matthews, Auckland) Birth, on 7 Nov, the wife of John KELLY, Esq. Mt Eden, a son (SX 9 Nov 1868) Marriage of Eliza Catherine, 2nd daughter of John KELLY to Albert WALKER (SX 23 Jul 1869) Baptised at St Sepulchre Church, son of John and Mary KELLY, 1880 Death of Mary, wife of John KELLY, aged 64 (NZH 23 Dec 1881) Marriage of James Young KELLY to - ROBINSON (NZH 18 Feb 1882) Death of John KELLY in his 77th year (NZH 16 Apr 1883, also obituary) Burial of John KELLY of Mt Eden, aged 77, on 16 April 1883 (General burial register) Death of Mary, relict of John KELLY, aged 67 (NZH 11 June 1890) Death of John KELLY, aged 65 (NZH 27 Aug 1901) John KELLY, aged 85, arrived Bay of Islands, 12 descendants (Jubilee reunion of colonists 1892) Death of William Alexander KELLY, husband of Elizabeth Ellen, aged 57 (NZH 31 Jan 1910) Regards, Ray Turner Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand Email: [email protected] Website: http://groups.msn.com/RayTurner/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian kelly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:16 AM Subject: [NZ-AUCKLAND] My Auckland Interests > Researching the following families:- > KELLY, John - Surveyor listed in 1843/44/45 census as > property owner in Auckland & resident of Epsom. Wife > Mary(nee COOMBES). My gtgtgrandparents. > > COOMBES, William - Builder and/or Contractor listed in > census as resident of Mechanics Bay & later Epsom. My > gtgtgtgrandfather, father of Mary(above) > > I have no further info on the COOMBES family & only > sketchy info on the children of John & Mary. > Brian Kelly > Nanaimo BC (ex Takapuna)