James Michael Kiely

[jacko65]

 Im after any information on my great great grandfather and if there is any surviving relatives to
  Kiely James Michael
  Clonmel County Waterford Ireland 
  Registration 9797
  Life  21  Dublin
  Not informing of a mutiny (Army)
  18 06 1866
  aka [KEILY; KEILLY]; Fenian
Hougoumont arrived in Fremantle Western Australia on January 9, 1868 with 279 convicts

[annclare]

This seems to be the same James Kiely showing in the Transportation database on the National Archives site
Link
http://tinyurl.com/cuuvue6

There doesn't seem to be any reference to a petition that might give more information. Will be in the archives within the next week and will have a look to see if there is anything more.
annclare

[nowel]

From transcriptions of the Irish Prison Registers on www.familysearch.org  -
Name:    James Kiely
Role of Individual:    Prisoner
Event:    Prison
Event Date:    1866
Event Place:    Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
Residence:    Colligan Co Waterford
Age:    26
Birthplace:    Colligan Co Waterford
Prison:    Kilmainham
Offence:    Treason Felony
Where Convicted:    Clonmel

A copy of the original prison register is available at www.findmypast.ie (pay site) and might show next of kin.  On the same site the Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers show a James Kiely on 3 occasions in Clonmel.
 Colligan is a Civil Parish near Dungarvan in the R.C parish of Kilgobinet. However the parish register only starts in 1848.
As he was a soldier in the 53rd Regt.  - later the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - there may be a service record.  www.forces-war-records.co.uk (pay site)
The regiments museum might have some details.                   www.shropshireregimentalmuseum.co.uk
Two articles here - http://tinyurl.com/d26c9pm      http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/31297

[jacko65]

thanks Annclare and Nowel that information was very interesting as we had little bits but the rest was unknown now we can try a piece his life together and hopefully get in touch with other family members

[george39]

My wife,s grandfather is James Kiely, fenian, transported to Perth. We are looking for relatives from his
marriage in Ireland before being deported.
James  Kiely married Mary Ann Roach in Perth W A 2 October 1883.

[jacko65]

hi george39 yes i beleive that he is my great great great grandfather we do have some paper work about him but not that much me and my family live in western australia would be good to obtain more info about his life

[shanew147]

Do you have marriage or death certs for your James ?

Australian versions of these often include details of parents which can sometimes help..

As nowel mentioned, if he was RC and born in or near Colligan, then he was born too early for parish records, but additional details on his father might help locate marriages for siblings if they stayed in the same area..


Shane

[george39]

Hi jacko65,  I have quite a bit of info for James Keilley, I will put it together and set up a contact for you to download it.
                      george

[jacko65]

thanks george would be realy great if you could as we only have bits and pieces and my names wayne