James S Kelley (1826 - 1893)

Born 11 Feb 1826 in Wentwworth, Upper Canada

Husband of Eliza (Ribble) Kelley — married 20 Sep 1848 in Oakville, Halton, Canada West

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1893 at age 67 in Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

James Worked as a Blacksmith.

James was a blacksmith. By 1881 he was listed in census as a merchant.

• Oakville Masonic Lodge member
• 1865-1866 James was a private with the 1st battalion under Lt Col George Chisholm paylist Oakville Rifles May 28 1866
• Wesleyan Methodist to Presbyterian
• James has a patent

Sources

• Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 1, Gore District, 1848.
• Page 2 Item#114 by Reverend James Spencer W.M Sept 20 James Kelly Oakville to Eliza Ribble Oakville. Witness Harriet J O'Reily and William Ribble (Note William Ribble being her brother or her father?)
• Ontario Marriage Notice (Wilson Book Page 179) By the Methodist Christian Guardian dated Oct 11 1848. On September 20 1848 at Oakville, James Kelley of Oakville and Miss Eliza Ribble of Trafalgar by Reverend James Spencer

• 1861 Census of Canada, Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1031, Page: 15, Line: 2. (Oakville, Canada West)

• 1871 Census of Canada, Oakville, Halton, Ontario; Roll: C-9956; Page: 38; Family No: 143.

• Cited in Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 36, Halton, 1881.

• 1881 Census of Canada, Oakville, Halton, Ontario; Roll: C_13257; Page: 6; Family No: 30.

• Cited in Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 68, Registration Number: 32982, Toronto Township, Peel, 1890.

• 1891 Census of Canada, Oakville, Halton, Ontario; Roll: T-6341; Family No: 121.

• Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 67, Halton, 1893.

• Cited in Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 486, Halton, 1934.

• Ancestry.com - Janes, Ribble Family Tree.

Acknowledgments

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