Author: Connie Kelly
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Union of Patrick Carroll and Ruth Taylor
This week marks an interesting anniversary for my family. Some 110 years ago, around April 1st, 1915 my maternal grandfather’s parents were married. Well that’s the story anyway. We don’t have any proof of this. You see Patrick was already married. Let’s go back a bit, it’s an interesting story. Patrick Henry Carroll was born…… Read more
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Henry Leroy Kelly
March 31,2025 would have been Henry Kelly’s 114th birthday. Henry is my husband’s paternal grandfather. He was born and died in Keokuk Iowa. He was the firstborn of Freeman Leroy “Lee” Kelly and Phoebe “Katie” Sansom Kelly’s seven children. Lee also was born and died in Keokuk where he worked in manufacturing plants from at…… Read more
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Ed Hendricks
On this date in 1947 my 2nd great grandfather, Edward Hendricks died in Deer Creek Illinois. Ed was the grandfather of my maternal grandmother. He was born on 26 Sep 1872 in Irvine Kentucky to John and Vina (Richardson) Hendricks. Conrad (often spelled Coonrad) Hendricks is Vina’s maternal grandfather. Conrad is the brother of Frederick…… Read more
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Amelia Billings- the start of it all
Amelia Annette Billings was my 3x great grandmother, my paternal grandfather’s father’s father’s mother. We have cabinet photos of her and her family taken around 1890. It was trying to date these photos that inspired me to create a family tree on ancestry.com and so began the project that has brought me to creating this…… Read more