Burd Kelley (abt. 1853 - 1924)

Born about 1853 in , , Allegen, Michigan, United States

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Died 29 Feb 1924 at about age 71 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Sources

• Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Riverside Cemetery Index 1800-2012 lists:

• Burk (should be Burd) Kelley • birth 1 Jan 1853 • death abt 1924

1900 -- 1868 - 1925 Michigan Marriages lists: • Groom Burd Kelley, age 46, birth year 1854, birth place Allegan, Michigan • Father John R. Kelley, • Mother Sarah Ross. • Bride Alice Whitworth Eberstein, age 33, birth year 1867, birth place Barry County, Michigan, • Bride's parents William Whitworth, mother Margaret. • Marriage date 28 March 1900, • Marriage place Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

1800 - 1995 Michigan Deaths and Burials, lists: • Burd Kelley age 70, • birth date 1854, • birth place Michigan, • death date 29 Feb 1924, • death place Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, • race as white, • marital status as single, • father John R. Kelley, father's birth place as New York, • mother Sarah Ross, mother's birth place as New York.

1860 US Federal Census Ganges, Allegan Michigan lists: • John R. Kelley, occupation farmer, age 44 • Wife, Sarah, age 36 • Son, Chandler, age 15 • Daughter, Phebe, age 13 • Son, Chester, age 11 • Son, Glover, age 9 • Burd age 7, • John age 3. • John and Sarah were born in New York and all children were born in Michigan.

1870 US Federal Census Ganges, Allegan, Michigan listsL • John Kelly, age 53, birthplace New York • Sarah, age 46, birth place New York • Glover, age 20, birthplace Michigan • Byrd, age 17, birthplace Michigan • John, age 13, birthplace Michigan • Lucinda, age 9 birthplace Michigan • Lucilla, age 6, birthplace Michigan

1880 US Census, Clyde (Fennville), Allegen, Michigan lists: • Chester Kelley age 31 (1849), occupation farmer • Spouse, Mary M. Kelley, age 22 (1859) • Brother, Chandler Kelley, age 37, occupation farmer • Spouse Sarah E. age 24 and keeps house • Nancy A. age 4 • Florence A. age 8/12 (daughters of Chandler and Sarah E. Kelley). • Charles F. Payne (Mary M.'s brother), age 19, border, and occupation as laborer. • Also listed is Burd Kelley age 27 living next door and is a farmer. • And living on the other side of this family is Sarah Kelley, age 55 and her son John Kelley, age 23. Where is Sarah's husband(John Ross Kelley) at this time? On his own farm??

1900 US Federal Census, Ferry, Oceana, Michigan lists: • Burd Kelley, age 47, farm laborer, single, and • living in the household of Jonathan H. Critchett, Millie, Robert, Mabel, and Johnathan Frederick Critchett. 1910 US Federal Census, Norwich, Missaukee, Michigan lists • Chandler Kelley age 65 • Sarah Elizabeth Paye Kelley age 54 • Burd Kelley age 57

1920 US Federal Census, Kalamazoo Ward 1, Kalamazoo, Michigan lists: • Estelle Kelley (head of household) age 30, occupation/boarding house • Burd Kelley (Uncle of Estelle Kelley), age 66, occupation/Railroad watchman, widowed • Leonard Peterson age 15, border, occupation/foundry