Phoebe Johanna (Smith) Kennelly (1857 - 1914)

Born 1857 in Belfast, Victoria, Australia

Wife of John Kennelly — married 1880 in Greymouth, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1914 at about age 57 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Phoebe was born in 1857, at Belfast (known as Port Fairy in 2020), Victoria, Australia, the daughter of William Smith and Mary Ann Richardson.^[1]

She was born in Victoria Australia per her son's war record^[2]

Phoebe died 10 Oct 1914 at age 57.^[3]

•In 1877, Phoebe at age 20 migrated from Australia to New Zealand.

•In 1880, she was married to John Kennelly at the ____ Church in Greymouth, New Zealand. ^[4]

•In 1893, she signed the New Zealand's "Womens Suffrage Petition"-^[5]"as Phobe Kennelly of Jones Street in South Dunedin, Dunedin. "click the number to the left of the individual's name to view their signatures on the original Petition"

Also..

-420-Mrs. J. Kennelly of Mitchltown in Aro Valley, Wellington, New Zealand.

•In 1896, NZ Electoral Roll, ____ at-(FindMyPast source)

•In 1905, NZ Electoral Roll, registered as Phoebe Kennelly, 3 Cashel Street, South Dunedin (Domestic Duties) 1104, 11, 0, , KNL111, FP1111 (•2nd Source)

•In 1911, NZ Electoral Rolls K-Ken.-^[6], 3 Cashel Street, South Dunedin; Married; 1143, 11, 0, , KNL111, FP1111. (also in FindMyPast source)

Recorded as Phoebe Johanna Kennelly, age 57 when she passed away at her residence 3 Cashel St. in South Dunedin on October 10th of 1914, Otago, New Zealand.

•Death Announcement published in the Otago Daily Times (newspaper).

•Inquest of Death also published in the Otago Daily Times (newspaper).

Family Tree also at FindMyPast

••In Memoriam of Johanna and John Kennelly published by Otago Daily Times on October 14th 1950, Page 1.••-^[7]

History of New Zealand 1769-1914"

a bit of History on Oro Valley ~"British settlers that began in 1840, but they took a blow in 1855 when an earthquake" raised the low-lying land draining the marshes and cutting off their main source of both food and flax for trading. This misfortune, combined with widespread illness, migration back to Taranaki to settle land disputes, and pressure from settlers for land, gradually saw the Māori population of Te Aro dwindle).

Research Notes

Suggested father Timothy Scannell profiled upon request through email correspondence on December 29, 2018. Siblings are

-William

-John

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Birth registration details: Registration number: 2828/1857, Family name: SMITH, Given name(s): Phoebe, Event: Birth, Mother's name: Mary Ann, Mother's family name at birth: RICHARDSON, Father's Name: William, Place of Birth: BELFAST, Reg year: 1857
2. ↑ New Zealand World War I Service Dossiers, 1914-1920. Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington, New Zealand. for Maurice Kennelly, Service Number: WW1 80540
3. ↑ New Zealand Cemetery Records. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated, County or District: Otago, buried at site 133, Block 11, plot 15
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-VHVC : 4 October 2016), John Kennelly and Joannah Smith, 1880; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1880/1528, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
5. ↑ Womens Suffrage Petition 67-
6. ↑ New Zealand 1911 Electoral Rolls K-Ken
7. ↑ Otago Daily Times - "In Memoriam" pub October 14, 1950 (Issue 27520) page 1

• University of Otago, Caversham - Kennelly All Entries, based on Project Electoral Roll ID number.
• Otago Daily Times - "DEATHS" (Issue 16202) Page 4, published October 12, 1914
• Otago Daily Times - "DEATH OF MRS KENNELLY" (Issue 16203) page 9, published October 13, 1914

See also:

• FindMyPast for Phoebe Kennelly