Kelly, Owen (1827-1887) and Rose Horan (1837-1903)
Owen Kelly (1827-1887) and Rose Horan (1837-1903)
Owen Kelly (1827-1887)
Son of Owen Kelly and Catherine Fox. Owen Snr. was a private in the 89th British Army Regiment. It was an Irish regiment formed on the 3rd December 1793 to fight in the Napoleonic wars.
Born In Trichinopoly, Madras on 16 October 1829
The Great Famine in Ireland began in 1845.
Owen Jnr. was a carpenter. Joined the army the 1st Battalion the 2nd Foot, The Queen’s Royal Regiment in Moate, Westmeath, Ireland in December 1846 aged 19.
He was stationed in Ireland and England for 14 years.
He sailed from Birkenhead to South Africa and fought in the 8th Kaffir War in 1851, stationed there for 10 years.
He sailed to China and served in the China War, 1860.
Returned to England and was stationed at Aldershot, 1861.
Took leave and went to Ireland, 1862.
Married Rose Horan (1837-1903) in Moate, Westmeath on 7 January 1863. Rose Horan (1837-1903). Born in Moate, Ireland on 2 April 1837 the daughter of Daniel Horan and Bridget Murray. Rose was the youngest of three children: Michael Horan (3.5.1830), Bridget Horan (18.5.1832) and Rose Roran(2.4.1837)
The Regiment sailed for India in 1866, but was stationed in Aden from 1866-1868. From 1868-1878 the Regiment was stationed in India.
Owen transferred to the 2nd Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry and returned with them to England in 1878
Owen retired from the army aged 55 in 1882
Owen sailed to Australia in 1883.
Owen and Rose had 7 children
Owen Kelly died in New South Wales on 15 March 1887
Rose Horan died in St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, on 20 June 1903)
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1.Daniel Joseph Kelly (1864-1941) born in Devonport
Married Ada Henderson (1871-1936) in 1894.
Daniel and Ada had 6 children
Daniel died of encephalitis in 1901 together with two of their children (see below) (encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain caused by a bacterial infection) (i) Ada (Birdie) Kelly (1889-1985) Married Thomas Merrick (Brevet Colonel Nov 1918). (ii) Rose Kelly (1892-1948) Married Thomas Tubbs (Captain in the ‘Green Howards’). (iii) Charles Edward Kelly (1893-1961), born in Rangoon 30 May 1893, Died in Perth, Sydney, Australia 26 January, 1961. Married Kathleen Eileen O’Kelly (1897-1984) Had four children Barbara Kelly (1925-1998), Lionel Desmond Kelly (b.1937), Noel Raymond Patrick Kelly (b.1931), Yvonne Kelly (b.1938) and Averil Kelly (b.1942). (iv) Agnes Maude (Tootsie) Kelly (1897-1976). Born 22 July 1897, married Daniel Percival William Bailey. They had five children. (v) Millicent Jessie Kelly (1901-1901), born on 26 June 1901. Died of encephalitis in July 1901. (vi) Daniel Kelly (1901-1901). Died of encephalitis in August 1901
2.Edward Eugene Kelly (1865-1945) was born in Carlisle Fort, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland on 31 July 1865, where his father’s Regiment was stationed. Edward married in London, Harriet Clara Cooper (1873-1955) on 26 December 1892. They had 7 children. Edward Eugene Kelly (1894-1986), Leonard Hillier Kelly (1895-1908) Percival Harvey Kelly (1897-1950), Eileen Clara Kelly (1901-1994), Laurence Cyril Kelly (1903-1980), Lionel Roy Kelly (1910-1985) Bernard Eric Kelly (1916-2003). He died on 5 August 1945 having lived in New South Wales, Australia for 25 years.
