Walt Kelley
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Walter Philip Kelley (1898 - 1982)

Walter Philip (Walt) Kelley
Born in Corning, Steuben, New York, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 13 May 1923 (to before 1934) in Corning, Steuben, New York, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1934 in Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at age 83 in St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USAmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Dan Ashton private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 10 Jan 2020
This page has been accessed 159 times.

Biography

Cpl Walt Kelley served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 02 Jan 1918
Unit(s): 80th Aero Squadron
Service ended: 10 Oct 1918
Walter Philip Kelley was born on September 14, 1898, in Corning, New York, to Martin Kelley and Margaret Brann.[1] He graduated from Northside High School, Corning, NY, 27 Jun 1916.[2]

Walter married Delores Collins, May 15, 1923[3], and they had one son together (John aka Jack) before divorcing c. 1930. On 17 Apr 1934, he married Katherine Rose Peters in Bradford, Pennsylvania, [4] and they had two children together: Grace and Robert.

Served in the US Army during WWI from Jan-Nov 1918 and attained the rank of corporal. Did not serve overseas.[5]

He died on May 27, 1982, in St Petersburg, Florida, at the age of 83, and was interred at Arlington, National Cemetery on 6/18/1982 (location 1,P,6,3). [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ State of Florida. iFlorida Death Index, 1877-1998/i. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridadeath&h=2825408&indiv=try
  2. ↑ Walter Kelly, High School Diploma
  3. ↑ New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, 001006433, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61377/images/TH-1-159371-49559-94?pId=219294
  4. ↑ Personal information relayed to grandson from Katherine Kelley
  5. ↑ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Collection: New York, New York Guard Service Cards and Enlistment Records, 1906-1918, 1940-1948; Series: B2000; Film Number: 12
  6. ↑ https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/




Is Walt your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walt by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walt:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 2
VP Marketing Headshot
VP Marketing Headshot
Headstone
Headstone


Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

Rejected matches › Walter Kelsey (abt.1900-)

Featured National Park champion connections: Walt is 19 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 24 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 15 degrees from George Catlin, 19 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 26 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 18 degrees from George Grinnell, 30 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 20 degrees from John Muir, 20 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 29 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

K  >  Kelley  >  Walter Philip Kelley

Categories: Marketing Managers | Sales Managers | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia | United States Army, World War I