Clarence Kelly (1877 - aft. 1940)

Born 23 Nov 1877 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

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Timeline

November 23, 1877: Clarence is born in New York.

~1890: Clarence leaves school after finishing the eighth grade.

1894: Clarence marries Mary Noble.

July 29, 1895: Clarence's first child, Josephine Margaret Kelly, is born in Lawrence, Queens, New York.

~1896: Clarence, Mary, and Josephine move to Hempstead, Nassau, New York.

August 1896: Clarence's second child, Mary A Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

May 1899: Clarence's third child, Raymond Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

1900: Clarence and his family are living in Hempstead.

1903: Clarence's fourth child, William J Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

1906: Clarence's fifth child, Clarence Kelly Jr., is born in Hempstead.

~1908: Clarence's sixth child, Helen Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

1910: Clarence and his family are still living in Hempstead.

~1910: Clarence's seventh child, Howard Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

September 6, 1912: Clarence's eighth child, Edith Catherine Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

1915: Clarence and his family are still living in Hempstead.

April 19, 1915: Clarence's oldest daughter Josephine marries Edward Sobaceh in Lynbrook, Nassau, New York.

~1915: Clarence's ninth child, Robert L Kelly, is born in Hempstead.

~1917: Clarence's tenth child, Marjorie Kelly, is born.

September 12, 1918: Clarence registers for the World War I draft. He and his family are living on Washington Avenue in Cedarhurst, Nassau, New York. He's employed as a laborer for contractors Both & Weston on Lawrence Avenue, Lawrence, Nassau, New York.

1920: Clarence and his family are living in Hempstead.

1925: Clarence and his family are still living in Hempstead.

1930: Clarence and his family are still living in Hempstead.

~1930: Clarence's daughter Edith marries William Donohue, who moves in to Clarence's house.

1935: Clarence and his family are living in Inwood, Nassau, New York.

1940: Clarence is the head of his household at 402 Argyle Road, Cedarhurst, Nassau, New York. Living with him are his mother Josephine, his wife Mary, his children Edith, Robert, and Marjorie, Edith's husband William Donohue, and their children Richard and Alice. Clarence owns the house, which is worth $4,000. He works full-time for the government as a sewer technician making $2,210 per year (compare to national average of $1,300).

Research notes

Clarence may have been the illegitimate son of Miles E Wood. See the profile of Josephine Pearsall for more information on this theory.

Sources

• US Federal Census. Year: 1900

• US Federal Census. Year: 1910

• "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6H5-6B2 : accessed 09 Aug 2013), Clarence Kelly in entry for Edward Sobaceh and Josephine Margaret Kelly, 1915.

• "New York, State Census, 1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9VL-D7C : accessed 17 Oct 2013), Clarence Kelly, 1915.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXYD-2Y5 : accessed 09 Aug 2013), Clarence Kelly, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJGN-6TQ : accessed 09 Aug 2013), Clarence Kelley, 1920.

• New York State Census. Year: 1925

• US Federal Census. Year: 1930

• US Federal Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Cedarhurst, Nassau, New York; Roll: T627_2683; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 30-31.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Adrienne Alair for creating Kelly-4198 on 24 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Adrienne and others.