Albert Kelly (1845 - 1919)

Born Jun 1845 in Harbour Island, Bahamas

Ancestors

Died 27 Oct 1919 at age 74 in Harbour Island, Bahamas

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Albert Kelly is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Albert Kelly was born in 1845 in Harbour Island, Bahamas to James Miller Kelly and Margaret Cleare Kelly.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Petty, probably the daughter of William H Petty and Sarah E Roberts Petty, about 1870. The couple had children - including Ellen, Sarah, James Miller, Laura Annia, Ellen, Maud, and Albert Leopold Kelly.

Albert Kelly, mariner and blockade runner, died in Harbour Island, Bahamas 27 October 1919 at 75 years of age.

Sources

"Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL2B-W3L : 29 December 2014), Albert Kelly in entry for Maud W Kelly, 30 Sep 1888; citing Dunmore Town, Harbor Island, Bahamas, reference ; FHL microfilm 222,947. This record establishes that a marriage occurred between Albert Kelly and Sarah Petty, and that they had a daughter, Maud, in 1888.

Paul Albury: A Man and His Writings, Jim Lawlor, p 23.

Florida, Passenger Lists, 1898-1963 for Albert Kelly, T940 - Arriving at Key West, Florida, 1898 - 1945, 1902, 001.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-X6DM : 3 August 2015), Albert Kelly, 1919.