May Shoutout

As most of you know, April was a very difficult month for me. Your comments really kept me going! I hope during May to really start getting caught up with what everyone else has been doing and do some commenting of my own.

Barbara Poole at Life From The Roots 

Pam Warren at Granny Pam and Granny's Genealogy 
Nikki-ann at Notes of Life 

Terri Buster at Southwest Arkie

Wendy Hawksley at New England Genealogy

Hummer at Branching Out Through The Years and Joyous Tomorrows 

Harriet at Genealogy Fun

Mary at Mary's Musings

Bill West at West in New England

Miriam Robbins Midkiff at AnceStories , Eastern Washington Genealogical Soc., Online Historical Directories and others.

Terri at The Ties That Bind and Family History Productions.

Betty Tartas at Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog.

TennLady at Gene Notes

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault at A Canadian Family

Deborah Andrew at The Sum of All My Research

Amy Coffin at We Tree

Lisa Swanson Ellam at The Faces Of My Family

Kathleen Brandt at a3Genealogy and a3Genealogy "Accurate Accessible Answers"

Mary at me and my ancestors

Brenda at Journey to the Past

Gini Webb at Ginisology

Travelin'Oma at LL Legacy, Heritage Associates LLC, and others.

Jo at Those Who Went Before and  Dust to Dust GYRabbitt

Carol at Reflections From the Fence

Sherry Stocking Kline at Family Tree Writer

Olive's Granddaughter at Grandma's Stitches 

Greta Koehl at Greta's Genealogy Bog, GYR Afield and GYR of Northern VA

Stephen Danko of Steve's Genealogy Blog

Pam - I'm sorry I can't place you with your blog!

May love and laughter light your days...

May love and laughter light your days

and warm your heart and home

May good and faithful friends be yours

wherever you may roam

May peace and plenty bless your world

with love that long endures

May all life's passing seasons bring

the best to you and yours

Although I have never really enjoyed poetry much, I occasionally run across something that touches me. Many years ago I ran across an Irish blessing in a local paper that I really liked and clipped it. I had been cross stitching for a couple of years and wanted to try my hand at working on linen and creating my own design. The blessing seemed perfect. As you can see, the design was simple and the work not prefect. I framed it myself and it is not blocked perfectly. Yet it remains to this day one of my favorite pieces and one of the few pieces of my work that I have kept for myself. It has hung near an entrance to my last three homes so that the blessing may be passed to friends upon leaving.

Written for the 19th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture to be hosted by Lisa at Small-leaved Shamrock.

Surname Saturday - Kelly

Due to the generosity of a cousin, I have recently been able to take my Kelly line back a generation to Ireland. My Kelly line begins with John Kelly who was born in the late 1700's in Ireland. (I'm working to narrow that down. Records I have found indicate 1783-1798). He married Polly Minchin, who was born about 1799 in Askinfarney, County Wexford, Ireland. They had nine children, all born in Askinfarney.

1. John Kelly, born about 1819. He married Eliza LNU. They had at least two children, John and Minnie and lived in Adams, Jefferson, New York.
2. Maria Kelly, born about 1821. She married Thomas Hennesy. They lived in Canada, Adams, New York and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
3. Michael Kelly, born about 1823. He married Mary LNU. They lived in Adams, New York and had at least seven children; John, Ann, James, Philip, Mary, William and George.
4. Catherine Kelly, born about 1826. She married Michael Flood. They lived in Adams, New York and had several children.
5. Bridget Kelly, born about 1829. Married James Hennesy.
6. Ann Kelly, born about 1832. Never married?
7. Rebecca Kelly, born about 1835. She married James Quinlen and they lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
8. Eliza Kelly, born about 1838. Never married?
9. Margaret Frances Kelly, born 1841. She married William H. Minchin in 1866. They lived in Ontario, Canada and had several children.

My line:

John Kelly c. 1798 Ireland > Canada > Adams, New York
> Michael Kelly c1823 Askinfarney, Ireland > Canada > Adams, New York
>> James Kelly  1856 - 1936 Canada > New York > Ontario, Canada
>>> Mary Leith Kelly 1900 - 1970 Calabogie, Ontario > Ottawa > Syracuse, NY
>>>> Harvey G. Berry 1926 - 2000
>>>>> Me