According to the 1900 census, John's father was born in Germany and his mother in Maryland.[1] Other censuses, however, give his father's birthplace as Ireland.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M327-1C8 : accessed 16 September 2020), John Kelly, Election District 20, Lewistown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 4B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,622.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQL-T9D : 8 September 2017), John Kelly in household of Richard Kelly, Mechanicstown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 88, sheet 464C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,510.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6QG-F4P : accessed 16 September 2020), John Kelly, Lewistown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing ED 88, sheet 7B, line 80, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 673; FHL microfilm 1,820,673.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X34V-8HW : accessed 16 September 2020), John Keller, Lewistown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 1B, line 85, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 874; FHL microfilm 2,340,609.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2021), memorial page for John Kelly (28 Mar 1865–9 Jun 1940), Find A Grave: Memorial #44860637, citing Mount Prospect Cemetery, Lewistown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Adam Rice (contributor 47189317) .
Acknowledgments
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