KELLY

James Kelly, the first known ancestor to the Kelly family of southern Iowa, came to this country in the mid 1880s from Scotland. I have very little information on the man or his wife, Mary Reid. I know that he was a coal miner and owned a coal mine in Appanoose County, Iowa. He lived in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland before coming to the US. I now have information that shows that he was married near Riccarton and that my grandfather, Robert Kelly, was born in Riccarton.

NOTE: I have no factual information on the parents of James Kelly, but am working on clues that they may have been James and Agnes Muir Kelly, with the line leading to James Kelly and Agnes Muir Kelly, James and Mary Templeton Kelly, to Andrew and Jean Gemmil Kelly, Alexander Gemmel and Jean Smyllie Gemmel, and John Kelly and Jean Scott Kelly. I welcome (and greatly appreciate) any information/speculation that may aid in proving or disproving this theory.

1. James Kelly b. 20 Dec 1860 Scotland, m. 25 July1881 Riccarton, Scotland, d. 21 May 1930 Independence, Iowa

+ Mary Reid b. 27 Feb 1861, Kilmarnock, Scotland, d. 24 Sept 1902 Mystic, Iowa Father: William Reid Mother: Mary Overend

(William and Mary Overend Reid were married in 1858 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Mary Overend's parents were William and Margaret Reid Overend. They also had a son William Overend born 6 Aug 1831 in Maybole, Ayrshire)

2. Robert Kelly b. 23 Oct 1882 Riccarton, Scotland, m. 1 March 1903 Mystic, Iowa, (divorced),d.16 Sept 1919

+ Myrtle Lula Morrison b. 21 April 1879 SW of Centerville, Iowa, d. 5 Oct 1959 Mystic, Iowa bur. Highland Cemetery Father: Lewis Kossuth Morrison Mother: Celestia Elizabeth Crowder

3. Mary Margaret Kelly b. 9 April 1904 Jerome, Iowa, d. 24 Aug 1992 New Braunfels, Texas

+ Frank Mordica Houk b. 7 Aug 1894 Clinton, Missouri, d. 11 Oct 1952 Phoenix, Arizona Father: Mordica A.D. Houk Mother: Ella ?

4. Mary Frances Houk b. 24 Sept 928 Centerville, Iowa, m. 16 Dec 1954 Long Beach, CA d. 9 Dec 1980 CA

+ George Bernard Crouch

5. Mary Margaret Crouch (Meg) m. 4 July 1956

+ Ralph O'Neill

5. Amy Frances Crouch m. 7 Dec 1958

+ Michael Pugsley

4. Roberta Jean Houk b, 17 Dec 1938 Denver, CO

+ Charles Allen

4. Albert Nonn Houk b. 2 Nov 1945 Phoenix, AZ, m. 26 Nov 1966 Lake Charles, LA

+ Vivian Hoffpauir

5. Sandi Louis Houk

5. April Lynn Houk

5 Adam Nicholas Houk

3. Marjorie Celestia Kelly b. 15 March 1908 Mystic, IA, m. 1936 d. 24 Apr 1980 Ottumwa, IA(Madge)

+ Garret Alvia Johnson 15 June 1903 Moulton, IA d. 3 Feb 1976 Ottumwa, IA

4. Alvia Garret Johnson b. 8 July 1938 Mystic, IA, d. 9 Jan 1996 Cypress, CA

+??

+ Judy Miller d. 10 Jan 1996

5. Christine Denise Johnson b. 1 Aug 1959

5. Michael William Johnson b. 17 May 1961

5. Jamie Marie Johnson b. Alvia Garret, Jr. 7 June 1978

5. (Step)Tammy Muril

5. (Step)Tracy Lynn Jonas

3. William Kelly

3. Charles Robert Kelly (Bob) b. 24 Feb 1910 Mystic, IA, d. 24 Dec 1996 Bridgewater, MA

+Helen Rita Falcone b. 18 July 1912 d. 6 Feb 1984 Bridgewater, MA
4. Roberta Helene Kelly b. 15 Feb 1944

+ Silvio Laperchia

5. Stephania Paola Laperchia b. 1 Aug 1973, m. Sept 1994

+ John Mullens

6. Olivia Madison Mullens b. Aug 1995

6. Jacob Russell Mullens b. Aug 1996

3. Ernest Lewis Kelly

3. James Alvin Kelly b. 22 Sept 1912, m. 4 May 1946 Mysic, Iowa, d. 1 February 1999 Albia, IA bur. Highland Cemetery, Mystic, IA

+ Wilma Elizabeth Blythe b. 24 Feb 1921 Mystic, Iowa, d. 10 Dec 1989 Albia, Iowa bur. Highland Cemetery-Mystic Father: James Jones Blythe, Jr. Mother: Mable Grace Allerdice

4. Hugh Michael Blythe b. 30 May 1941 Mystic, IA, m.3 Sept 1961 Mystic, IA

+ Sharon Lynn Krum

5. Michele Rene Blythe b. 30 Dec 1965 Richmond, VA, m. 8 Aug 1991 Lima, OH

+ Kent Bartolf b. 27 July 1965

6. Courtney Ann Bartolf b. 24 Dec 1992

6. Kelsey Lynn Bartolf b. 24 Dec 1992

6. Jadon Michael Bartolf b. 26 Nov 1994

5. Kimberly Lynn Blythe b. 4 May 1969, d. 6 May 1969

5. Steven James Blythe b. 2 July 1970

6. Jordan Michael Blythe b. 1991

5. Bradley Christopher Blythe 24 July 1973

5. Jason Michael Blythe b. 17 Aug 1977

+ Chandra Lewis

4. Susan Marie Kelly b. 25 March 1947 Centerville, IA, m. 21 June 1969

+ William Arthur Templin b. 26 June 1946 Muscatine, IA, Father: Paul Andrew Templin Mother: Frances Belle Cole

5. Kelly Sue Templin b. 16 July 1973, m. 8 Oct 1997 Iowa City, Iowa

+ Gregory James Butcher b. 24 Oct 1973 Father: Terry Butcher Mother: Belinda Weaver

5. Mary Elizabeth Templin b. 22 Jan 1977, to be m. 1 Aug 1998, Hills, IA

+ Andrew Franklin McNabb b. 3 Feb 1976 Father: Gary McNabb Mother: Sheree Gilham

5. Kyle William Templin b. 9 March 1979

4. Pamela Jean Kelly b. 19 March 1949 Albia, IA

4. Elizabeth Ann Kelly b. 5 Jan 1951 Albia, IA

5. Scott Robert Kelly b. 14 Dec 1987 Ottumwa,, IA Father: Robert Francis Heffron

4. Timmie Jon Kelly b. 28 Jan 1953 Albia, IA m. 5 Dec 1980 Centerville, IA

+ Lora Ann Morrow b. 15 June 1957 Centerville, IA Father: Elton Lamont Morrow Mother: Clella JoAnn Minnick

5. Christopher Jon Kelly b. 6 April 1985 Centerville, IA

4. Thomas James Kelly b. 24 Jan 1955 Albia, IA

2. Mary Kelly b. 1883 Riccarton Scotland

+ Charles Wesley Fox

3. Alice (+others)

2. William Reed Kelly b. 1884 Riccarton, Scotland d. 7 May 1962

+ Kate Lewis

2. Martha Kelly b. 5 March 1886 Iowa

+ Sam Wickline

2. Margaret Kelly b. 8 Nov 1897 Iowa

2. John Kelly b. 25 Sept 1889 m. abt 1908 d. 1974 Mystic, IA

+ Jennie Johnson d. 1960

3. Harold Kelly b. 31 Aug 1910

3. Gerald Kelly b. 18 March 1913

3. John Kelly, Jr.

+ Ilene Betson

3. Ronald Kelly

3. Richard Henry Kelly b. 8 January 1920

3. Virginia Jeanne Kelly b. 2 Dec 1922 d. Dec 1999 Centerville, IA

+ Julius Kauzlarish b. 31 March 1915 (called Doc)

3. Clara Jeannette Kelly

+ Joseph Coates, Jr.

3. Donald Kelly

3. Andrew Kelly

3. James Dean Kelly d. youth

2. James Kelly b. 12 Aug 1891 Iowa d. 21 July 1929

+ Magdelyn Lewis d. 1963

3. Raymond Kelly

3. Willard Kelly b. 4 June 1915 d. 1967

3. Leighton Kelly b. 4 Sept 1917 d. Dec 1997

3. Mary Ann Kelly b. 19 Oct 1919

3. John James Kelly

3. Evelyn Jean Kelly

3. Katherine Ruth Kelly b. 1928 d. 1929

2. Anna Kelly b. 7 Sept 1898 d. 16 Dec 1965

+ Iver Leonard Blomgren

2. Thomas Kelly b. Aug 1896 (Living in Waterloo, IA when his father died, 1930)

2. Andrew Kelly b. 3 July 1900 m. 21 May 1932 d. 3 Oct 1962

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