Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
| Name | KELLY – Jeremiah |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 86th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 932 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th June 1836 / 21 years / Cashel Tipperary Ireland Carpenter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0½ in Fresh / Blue / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 11 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 5 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 24th June 1857 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1857 Clonmel 1862-1866 Western Australia 1867-1878 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3½d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LINCELLES 28th January 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1815 Cashel Tipperary Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | DONOVAN Mary c1817 Cork Ireland (year differs in various documents) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3 January 1842 St Patrick’s Cork City Cork Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Eliza born 17 May 1847 bp 23 May 1847 Poona India Died 13 October 1853 age 6 years Poona India Mary born 2 March 1849 bp 7 March 1849 Deesa India Died 16 November 1849 age 8 months Deesa India Margaret B 11 March 1857 Poona India bp 17 March 1857 M CALLAGHAN William 23 February 187 St Patrick’s Adelaide M O’KEEFE Patrick 13 June 1900 St. Patrick’s Adelaide D 13 January 1915 Adelaide South Australia Patrick B 1856 Tralee Ireland Bp 4 February 1856 Tralee, Ireland D 19th June 1863 Western Australia – drowned William B 1862 Western Australia – tentative listing D 1863 Western Australia Robert B Not yet known – tentative listing Patrick B 1856 Tralee Ireland Bp 4 February 1856 Tralee, Ireland D 19th June 1863 Western Australia – drowned Jane born 1858 Cashel Ireland Bp 25 December 1858 Cashel Tipperary Ireland |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 24 June 1863 page 2 death of Patrick Kelly Adelaide Express Friday 21 December 1866 page 2 (error in name) Sea Ripple The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 24 September 1884 page 4 Mary Kelly Evening Journal Thursday 25 September 1884 page 3 accident Adelaide Observer Saturday 11 October 1884 page 27 Court case South Australian Register Thursday 25th September 1884 page 7 Call for an inquiry into deaths at the Adelaide Hospital South Australian register 18th October 1884 page 4 Further on Marion (sic) Kelly’s death Daily Herald Friday 22 January 1915 page 4 Death of Margaret O’Keefe nee Kelly |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1867 to South Australia per Sea Ripple December 1866 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 17 December 1880 Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 19 September 1884 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 932 Private location Dublin 1851 932 corporal location Poona India Discharge: For the purpose of serving on the permanent staff of the North Tipperary Militia. On the voyage of the Lincelles Pensioner J. Kelly late 86th Regt. reported by Sergt. Maj. Moody for neglect of duty on the 7th November 1861, this being his 4th offence of a like nature. Cautioned and informed that he will be reduced on next occasion. In 1865 Jeremiah Kelly was employed as a carpenter for the Camden Harbour venture. He was accompanied by his wife Mary and daughters Margaret aged 13 and Jane aged 5. On 30th January 1879 Jeremiah Kelly was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital, at the time he was aged 63, married, RC, and living at Ackland street. He said he was a labourer and had been 20 years in the colony. Daughter Jane was also admitted to the hospital four times her occupation varied between housekeeper to housemaid her place of birth being the East Indies. Mary was admitted to the hospital on 17th September 1884 age 58. She gave her religion as RC, a widow, living Halifax street. She had been born in Cork Ireland and had arrived on the Sea Ripple. She died on the 19th September 1884. Mary Kelly was knocked down in Halifax Street Adelaide where she was living with her daughter Margaret Callaghan by 2 drunken men William Bassett and Edward Morrisey. She was admitted to hospital with a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone. where Ether was administered to her and as a result she died. Bassett was charged with grievous bodily harm and Morrisey with manslaughter but the court found she died from the effect of ether on a woman who was already suffering from extreme fatty degeneration of the heart, fatty degeneration of the liver, extreme disease of the large arteries and had a large stone in her gall bladder. The charge against Morrisey was dismissed and Bassett was found not guilty. After Mary’s death there was a call for an inquiry into deaths at the Adelaide hospital due to the administration of narcotics. A report on this can be found in the South Australian Register 18th October 1884 page 4. |