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Orphan Number: 2988
Orphan: Elizabeth KELLY
Mother:RICKEY/RILLY, Elizabeth
Father:KELLY, Michael
Mother's ship:Eliza
Father's ship:Eliza
Age when admitted:11yrs
Date admitted:20 Apr 1859
Date discharged:2 Aug 1859
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: father
Remarks: mother dead, free - father military pensioner
References: SWD26/2, 27, 28

This orphan has been claimed by: John Stalling

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Elizabeth Kelly was my great great mother she married Arend Heinrich Stalling and moved to Liston NSW. Elizabeth was the elder sister of Mary Harriette Kelly, Flora Winifred Kelly and George William Henry Kelly. They also had an elder brother Robert John Kelly who married Martha Cooley and moved to Moonee Ponds VIC.

Her father Michael Kelly was born in Ireland 1789. He married Eliza Harriett Reickley at Cones, Monaghans, Ireland 21 November 1845. Died in Hobart 1873. The Star Medal is for the Gwalior campaign in India, commanded by Lord Hugh Gough, a battle for Maharaajpur and Punniar on 29 December 1843.

Michale Kelly

 

 

Eliza Harriett Reickley (Rickey, Ricky)
She married Michael Kelly at Cones, Monaghans, Ireland 21 November 1845
She died from T.B. at St Marys Hospital Hobart on 2 June 1859

Elizabeth Rickey
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