James was born in January 1863 at Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island. He was the eldest son of John Kelly and Margaret Smith. He immigrated to the United Sates in 1882. He was an Electrician. He married Catherine Theressa Crowley of Lynn, Essex Massachusetts and they had at least 4 children in Lynn.
Sources
Public Archives and Records Office, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, "PARO Collections Database," database(http://www.gov.pe.ca/parosearch/ajax/show-advanced-search : accessed 16 Oct 2022), Baptisms, James Edward Kelly, 1863.
1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lynn City Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) 393, sheet 6B, dwelling 83, family 130, James E. Kelley; database w images, 1900 United States Federal Census (ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
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