Andrew Kelly

John Mac:

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Below is a transcription of the 1826 marriage record. Unfortunately, baptismal records for Kildonduff parish are not available from June 1826 until 1841. Here is a link to the register  http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0133

Roger McDonnell

Date of Marriage:11-Jun-1826
Parish / District:KILCONDUFF/SWINFORD
County:MAYO 
Husband AndrewKelly Address Swinford
Wife AliceDurcan

Thanks, Roger. 
I had found the record and the document itself. One of the witnesses, Patrick Kelly, was Andrew's brother. A third brother was named James. A huge Kelly contingent lives in towns from Swinford to Dublin today. (Only my "guys" went on to America). I've corresponded with a new-found cousin, Martin Kelly, whose nephew owns the Gateway Hotel in Swinford.
We are both stumped about anything or anyone further back in the past; I shouldn't complain, we've traveled a long way.
John Mac.

P.S. Andrew's sons prospered in America. Dudley Kelly, my great grandfather, landed in New Orleans, not up north. He joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was captured; he was released  from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1865. He headed for New York and became an aggressive store owner who advertised in the New York newspapers from 1866-1890 or so. This ad is my favorite.
 

Hi John:

Thanks for sharing your family history. Great Ad!

Roger

Roger,

I think I may have posted a new picture in the wrong place.
Anthony Kelly was Dudley Kelly's brother; however, he "landed" in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota instead of New York.. Fortunately, he prospered as well, building a wholesale grocery business, provisioning the railroads as they were built across the upper Midwest in America, around 1875 or so. He built an apartment building in 1886, which was named to The National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The building seems to have been restored to its former glory.
Anthony named the building the SWINFORD.