Pedigree

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Kelly, Maurice J.
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Born:        November 1852
               Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland
Died:        10 April 1911
                  Chicago, Illinois
Buried:      13 April 1911
                  Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois

Father:     Unknown
Mother:     Unknown

Siblings:    Unknown

Spouse:     Bridget Hayes
Married:     19 January 1879
         Holy Family Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois

Children:    Mary Vincent       b. August 1881 - d. bet. 1945-1950
                Thomas                   b. December 1884 - d. unknown
                Frances Donata       b. July 1887 - d. abt. 1975
                Joseph                   b. October 1890 - d. 1966
                Margaret Agnes         b. 4 September 1893 - d. 11 January 1971

Notes:        Maurice was a Chicago police officer for 19 years (1892-1911) and a member of the
                  Policemen's Benevolent Association.

                  The 1900 US Federal Census lists Maurice, Bridget and children living at 2266 West
                39th Street in Chicago, Illinois.

                Official cause of Maurice's death is listed as carcinoma of the liver. His final residence
                was 2908 West 39th Street in Chicago, Illinois.

                    According to Marilyn Kelly, a great-grandaughter of Maurice, the Kelly family lived on
                    Queen Street* in Limerick City. Maurice's daughter Frances (Sister Donata) wrote a
                    letter to Marilyn's family detailing some of the family's history. According to Sister
                    Donata, she and her two older siblings were born in Ireland and the family came to
                    the US in 1890.

                    *Queen Street is now Davis Street. It was changed after the Easter Rising, named
                    after Thomas Davis.

                    We have an IL marriage certificate for a Maurice Kelly and Bridget Hays, with their
                    ages matching those reported in later census records. Since no Maurice and Bridget
                   Kelly are found in the 1880 IL census, we are assuming that they came to the US
                    during the 1870's, met and married in 1879, went back to Ireland sometime between
                    their marriage and the 1880 census, then returned to Chicago in 1890.

                    However, in checking the Limerick City records from Griffith's Valuation taken in the
                    1850's, there was a Kelly family and a Hayes family living on Queen Street. So it is
                    also possible that the marriage certificate we have is for another Maurice Kelly and
                    Bridget Hayes, and they grew up as neighbors, married in Ireland, and then came to
                    the US in 1890.

Photos:

                    This is the Kelly ancestral home on Queen Street in Limerick City. This photo
                was taken in 1964. Standing in front is Donald M. Kelly and Donald M. Kelly, Jr.,
                   grandson and great-grandson of Maurice.
                   (Thank you to Marilyn Kelly for providing this photo.)

                    house

The Kelly house at 2908 W. 39th Street, Chicago.

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