Thomas Herbert Kelly (1875 - 1948)

Born 17 May 1875 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Ethel Knight (Mollison) Kelly — married 20 Aug 1903 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Died 12 May 1948 at age 72 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1875, the son of Thomas Kelly and Mary Dick. ^[1]

In 1903, in Victoria, he married Ethel Knight (Mollison) Kelly (1874-1949), after she came to Australia from Canada. ^[2] She married as "Ethel Knight Mollison," rather than "Moore."

Marriage. ^[3]

KELLY—KNIGHT-MOLLISON.—On the 20th August, at Christ Church, Hawthorn, by the Rev. Herbert E. Taylor, Thomas Herbert, second son of the late T. H. Kelly, of Glenyarrah, Double Bay, Sydney, to Ethel Knight, eldest daughter of William Knight-Mollison, of Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland.

They had 4 children:—

Beatrice (abt.1904-abt.1992)

Thomas H. (1906-?)

Patricia (1907-1993)

Carleton (1913-1949).

A New York Passenger Arrival record for 8 May 1923 gives his residence as Sydney Australia, birth year as 1876, born in South Hampton, married, arriving at Ellis Island aboard the 'Majestic' in the company of Mr J.D. Kelly ^[4] [There is doubt as to whether this is he. Other Ancestry records show his birth in Sydney on 17 May 1875, and he is definitevly interred with his parents, as shown].

He died in 1948, aged 72 [72y 11m 27d]. ^[5]

Death Notice. ^[6]

KELLY, Thomas Herbert.—May 12, 1948, at St. Vincent's private hospital, Sydney, beloved husband of Ethel, and loving father of Beatrice (Mrs. Macphillamy), Thomas Henry, Patricia (Signora Volterra), and Carleton, aged 72 years.

Obituary. ^[7]

Death Of Mr. T. H. Kelly

Well - known Sydney company director and amateur musician, Mr. Thomas Herbert Kelly, died in St. Vincent's private hospital yesterday morning after an illness which had lasted several months.

Mr. Kelly, who was 72, was chairman of the Perpetual Trustee Co., Ltd., managing director of Sydney Smelting Co., and a director of the Bank of New South Wales and of Tooth and Co., Ltd.

He was a fine viola player, and formed a private string quartet in Sydney in 1916. He gave regular chamber music concerts at his home up to 1930.

Mr. Kelly is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Knight Kelly, of Darling Point, two sons and two daughters.

Mrs. Kelly, formerly Ethel Knight Mollison, married Mr. Kelly in 1903, after she came to Australia from Canada under contract to J. C. Williamson, Ltd.

Mr. Kelly was educated at Sydney Grammar School, Eton, and Magdalen College, Oxford.

He returned to Australia to direct the Sydney Smelting Co., established by his father.

His funeral will leave St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the Northern Suburbs crematorium.

His cremated remains were interred with his parents on 7 July 1948, in Anglican Section 6 Vaults north, Row 45. ^[8]

Ethel died in 1949, aged 74.

Acknowledgments

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Sources

1. ↑ NSW BDM. Births. 4206/1875 .
2. ↑ Vic BDM. Marriages. 4239/1903.
3. ↑ 1903 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 31 August, p. 1., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9827458
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch Thomas Herbert Kelly, 1923.
5. ↑ NSW BDM. Deaths. 7092/1948.
6. ↑ 1948 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 13 May, p. 14., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29762197
7. ↑ 1948 'Death Of Mr. T. H. Kelly', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), 13 May, p. 6., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248270310
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #202429202

• Ancestry trees.
• Martha Rutledge, 'Kelly, Thomas Herbert (1875–1948)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kelly-thomas-herbert-6924/text12017, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 20 November 2018.