Frederick Kelly was born on 7 January 1841 in
Brockville, Ontario, Canada, son of Robert Kelly and Bella (--?--).[1]
According to the 1900 census he came to the United States in 1854. He has not
been located on the 1860 census.
Frederick
enlisted as a Private in Company G. of the 2nd Massachusetts
Infantry on n11 May 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. At the time he was working
as a printer. He mustered in on 23 May 1861. He was discharged on 28 September
1861 due to disability on 28 September 1861.[2]
Kelly
worked as a Photograph Artist in Traverse City in 1864 and 1865.[3]
His studio was located at the corner of Front and Union Streets. It was open on
Saturdays and Mondays. He also worked as a type setter for the Grand
Traverse Herald.
In August 1868, Fred placed an
advertisement in the Grand Traverse Herald.[4]
On 13
July 1870, Frederick lived in a lodging house in the 1st ward of
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He was listed as a printer who owned $2,000 in
real estate and $200 in personal estate.[5]
In
September 1872, Frederick petitioned to put new sills under his house at 162
First Street.[6]
In
February 1874, Fred was foreman of the Detroit
Tribune and made a visit to Traverse City.[7]
In
November 1874: FRED KELLY, recently foreman of the Detroit Tribune, and
formerly of the HERALD, has quit the printing business and gone into the
grocery trade. The Tribune speaks of him as follows:
"Mr.
Fred Kelly, for several years past foreman of the Tribune news composing room,
and Mr. J. E. Locke, formerly with Phelps & Bruce, whosesale grocers, have
former a partnership under the name of Locke & Kelly, and opened a fine
retail grocery at NO. 739 Woodward Ave., opposite Harper Hospital. The Tribune
wants to speak a good word for "Fred," and it can affirm that if he
tends to his own business as thoroughly and faithfully as he did to ours, he will
not be beaten in the excellence of his goods and the carefulness with which he
will look after the wants and study the wishes of his customers by any store
the whole length of Woodward avenue. He leaves our services very greatly to our
regret, and solely on account of his ill health. May he never lack customers or
friends."[8]
Fred
was married on 25 December 1874 in Detroit to Ann Eliza McMannis. At the
time of the marriage Fred was working as a grocer. Rector Thomas C. Pitkin
conducted the ceremony, which was witnessed by T. J. Finn and James Randall of
Detroit. Ann was born in August 1852/1854 in Liverpool, England.[9]
The 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses indicates she came to the United States between
1862 and 1864.
On 4
August 1880, Fred and Anna lived at 162 First Street in Detroit. He was working
as a foreman at a printing firm while she was keeping house.[10]
The
couple's son Frederick was born on 27 June 1889 in Detroit.[11]
On 18
July 1890, Frederick applied for an Invalid's Pension.[12]
On 13
June 1900, Frederick and Annie and their son Frederick S. lived at 612 4th
Avenue in Detroit. Frederick was working as a printer.[13]
Frederick
died at his home at 672 4th Street in Detroit from paralysis of the
heart on 27 December 1904.[14]
An old-time Detroit printer answered the final summons yesterday when Fred
Kelly went beyond. He had been in good health until Monday when he had a
sinking spell, and he never recovered from the attack, dying of heart failure
yesterday noon.
Mr.
Kelly was born in Nova Scotia sixty-three years ago and early in life learned
the printer's trade in Portland, Maine. At the outbreak of the war he joined a
Massachusetts regiment and served three years. ON his discharge, he came to
Michigan, putting in two or three years on a paper in Traverse City that was
controlled by Morgan Bates. He came to Detroit after that experience and went
on the Advertiser and Tribune and continued as foreman of the newsroom with
that journal and its successor. The Post, for twenty-four years. About twelve
years ago he went into the job printing business with Thomas Smith and later
was a partner with James H. Stone. At the time of his death he managed the Cadillac
printing Co., of which concern he was chief stockholder.
Mr.
Kelly had a wide acquaintance in the craft and was highly esteemed by the men
who worked under him. He leaves widow and one son, Fred Jr., a youth of 17. He
was a member of O.M. Poe Post, G.A.R. The time for the funeral has not yet been
fixed.[15]
KELLY,- December 27, at residence, 672
Fourth avenue, Fred Kelly, Sr., aged 63 years. Funeral from residence at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 29.[16]
After
his death, Annie applied for a Widow's pension on 30 January 1905.[17]
On 16
April 1910, Annie, her son Fred H., and two lodgers lived at 199 Alexander in
Detroit. Fred was an automobile machinist.[18]
The
1920 Detroit City Directory lists Annie as a widow living at 55 Hendrie Avenue.[19]
On 3 January 1920, Anne lived with her son Fred H. Kelly at 55 Hendrie Avenue
in Detroit. Fred was a machinist at a motor car company.[20]
On 12
April 1930, Annie was a patient at a facility at 57 Holbrook Avenue in Detroit.[21]
Annie
Kelly died from carcinoma of the gall bladder on 18 February 1934 at the Arnold
Home in Detroit.[22] Taken
to the Arnold Home for Aged Men and Women Sunday, Mrs. Annie Kelly, widow of
Fred Kelly, a Civil War Veteran, died there Wednesday. She was 81 years old.
Ms. Kelly was born in Liverpool but had lived in Detroit 65 years. She was a
member of Malta Chapter, O.E.S., and the Women's Relief Corps of the G.A.R.
Only a son Fred survives.
Services
will be conducted at the Gilbert Funeral Home, 81 Delaware Ave., at 11 a.m.
Friday under the auspices of the Order of Eastern Star. Burial will be in
Woodmere Cemetery.[23]
[1]
Frederick Kelly Transcript of Certificate of Death, Certificates, 1897-1920,
Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com.
[2]
Frederick Kelly entry, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865,
Ancestry.com. The record suggests an alternate name is William Allen.
[3]
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Michigan, 1862-1866, National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
[4] A
Cheap Place. Grand Traverse Herald, 14 August 1868, page 3, column 2.
[5]
Frederick Kelly entry, 1870 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population
schedule, Detroit Ward 1, page 119, line 19.
[6]
Common Council. Detroit Free Press, 5 September 1867, page 1, column 4.
[7]
Personal. Grand Traverse Herald, 27 August 1874, page 3, column 2.
[8]
Article about Fred Kelly. Grand Traverse Herald, 26 November 1874, page
3, column 4.
[9]
Kelly-McMannis entry, Registers, 1868-1886, 1868-1875, 1874 Wayne-1875
Livingston, page 352, no. 2224, Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952,
Ancestry.com.
[10]
Fred Kelly household, 1880 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population
schedule, Detroit, ED 269, SD 1, page 19, dwelling 136, family 153.
[11] "Michigan, County Births,
1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBZJ-2M2?cc=1923472&wc=4VWM-MTJ%3A218910601%2C219118501
: 11 September 2019), Wayne > Births 1884-1889 vol 25 > image 236 of 391;
various county courts, Michigan.
[12]
Frederick Kelly entry, U.S., Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com. Application
no. 851,731 and Certificate no. 640,327.
[13]
Frederick Kelly household, 1900 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population
schedule, Detroit Ward 04, ED 40, SD 1, sheet 9A, dwelling 179, family 195.
[14]
Frederick Kelly Transcript of Certificate of Death, Certificates, 1897-1920,
Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com.
[15]
Death's Summon was Shot. Detroit Free Press, 28 December 1904, page 10,
column 5.
[16]
Fred Kelly death notice. Detroit Free Press, 30 December 1904, page 6,
column 1.
[17]
Frederick Kelly entry, U.S., Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com. Application
no. 821,222 and Certificate no. 618,993.
[18]
Annie E. Kelly household, 1910 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population
schedule, Detroit Ward 4, ED 57, SD 1, sheet 3A, dwelling 41, family 43.
[19] R.
L. Pol & Co.s 1920-21 Detroit City Directory, R. L. Polk & Co.,
Detroit, page 1494.
[20]
Fred H. Kelly household, 1920 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population
schedule, Detroit Ward 1, ED 36, SD 1, sheet 2B, dwelling 13, family 41.
[21]
Annie Kelly entry, 1930 US census, Wayne County, Michigan, population schedule,
Detroit (Districts 1-250), ED 30, SD 21, sheet 17B, dwelling 17, family 19.
[22]
Annie Kelly Certificate of Death, Certificates, 1921-1945, Michigan, U.S.,
Death Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com.
[23]
Mrs. Annie Kelly obituary. Detroit Free Press, 22 February 1934, page
12, column 4.
