| Name |
John Kelly |
| Nickname |
Jack |
| Born |
About 1813 |
Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Legal |
21 May 1841 |
Kingston, Ontario |
| Began one-year sentence for manslaughter at the Provincial Penitentiary at Kingston |
- Return of Prisoners received into the Provincial Penitentiary in the year ending 1st October, 1841, Appendix H, Appendix to the Second Volume of the journals of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Canada, Kingston, HMSO, 1842
|
| Legal |
21 May 1842 |
Kingston, Ontario |
| Released from prison |
| Occupation |
Shantyman; Farmer; Hotel-keeper |
| Physical Description |
Prison release record describes him as 5 foot 11 in height, with "sallow" complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes. |
| Burial Witnesses |
Thomas Martin and Daniel Boland |
| Died |
23 Dec 1893 |
| Buried |
24 Dec 1893 |
St. Lawrence RC Cemetery, Deux Rivieres, Clara township, Renfrew Co. [1] |
| Association |
Michael Hourigan (Relationship: Assailant/victim) |
| Notes |
- Killed his brother-in-law Michael Hourigan, Good Friday, 9 April 1841, in a dispute over the custody of Kelly's two-year old daughter Anna Kelly. Stood trial for with murder at the Bathurst Assizes, Perth, Lanark, 20 May 1841.Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Served one-year sentence for manslaughter at the penitentiary at Kingston, 21 May 1841-21 May 1842
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| Person ID |
I76 |
Moran |
| Last Modified |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Family |
Mary Hourigan, b. About 1820, Lorrha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland , d. 11 Aug 1901, Deux Rivieres, Clara township, Renfrew Co., Ontario (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Married |
20 Aug 1838 |
Notre Dame, Bytown [2] |
- "after three Publications at the Parochial Mass at Bytown, John Kelly of the Township of March, to Mary Hourigan of the same place"
|
| Witnesses |
James Nash and Bridget Lahey |
| Census |
1861 |
Allumette, Pontiac Co., Québec [3] |
| John Kelly, Farmer, born Ireland, age 53, religion RC; with wife Mary, born Ireland, age 42, RC; and chldren: Anne (age 22, born U.C. [Upper Canada]), Michael (age 20, born U.C), Daniel (age 18, born L.C. [Lower Canada]), Margaret (age 15, born L.C.), Silvester (age 13, born L.C.), Thos (age 12, born L.C.), Mary (age 10, born L.C.), Julia (age 8, born L.C.), Eliza (age 5, born L.C.), and Bridget (age 2, born L.C.). Log dwelling. |
| Census |
1871 |
Deux Rivieres, Nipissing North, Ontario [4] |
| John Kelly, age 62, born Ireland, religion Catholic, origin Irish, Farmer; with wife Mary, age 43, born Ireland, Catholic, Irish; and children Thomas (age 21, born Q [Québec]), Julia Theresa (age 17, born Q), Bridget (age 11, born Q), and John (age 8, born Q). |
| Census |
1881 |
Clara and Maria, Renfrew North [5] |
| John Kelly, age 72, born Ireland, occupation Hotel keeper, with wife Mary, and children Juliana, Bridget, Thomas and John. |
| Census |
1891 |
Maria and Clara, Renfrew North [6] |
| John Kelly and Mary Hourigan found in the household of son-in-law William Cotenham and daughter Julia. |
| Association |
James Nash (Relationship: Marriage witness) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Ann Kelly, b. June 1839, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 19 Nov 1903, Cameron township, Nipissing District, Ontario (Age ~ 64 years) |
| | 2. Michael Kelly, b. 25 Apr 1841, Carleton Co., Ontario |
| | 3. Daniel Kelly, b. About 1843, d. 19 Aug 1863, St. Alphonse, Chapeau, Pontiac Co., Quebec (Age ~ 20 years) |
| | 4. Margaret Kelly, b. 14 Mar 1846, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec |
| | 5. Sylvester Patrick Kelly, b. 22 Feb 1848, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec , d. Washington |
| | 6. Thomas Kelly, b. 9 Dec 1849, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec |
| | 7. Mary Kelly, b. 29 Dec 1851, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec , d. 7 Jan 1862, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec (Age 10 years) |
| | 8. Julia Theresa Kelly, b. 22 Aug 1854, d. 9 Aug 1940 (Age 85 years) |
| | 9. Elizabeth Kelly, b. 6 Sep 1857, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec , d. 14 Jan 1862, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec (Age 4 years) |
| | 10. Bridget Elizabeth Kelly, b. 9 Jan 1860, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec , d. 28 Apr 1938, Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ontario (Age 78 years) |
| | 11. John Kelly, b. 26 Aug 1862, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Québec |
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| Last Modified |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Family ID |
F16 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1813 - 1893 (~ 80 years)
