Francis Hugh Kelly

1886 - 1939  (53 years)

• Name	Francis Hugh Kelly  [1]
  Nickname	Frank
  Birth	27 Feb 1886	North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [1]
  Christening	10 Mar 1886	St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Lot 65, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jul 1939	Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	P1576	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Francis Kelly,   b. 28 Dec 1850, Kelly’s Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 5 Jan 1945, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Margaret McKeever (McIver),   b. 14 May 1849, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 13 Mar 1931, Borden, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1880	Prince Edward Island, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Rose Hagan,   b. 25 Mar 1893, Prine Edward Island, Canada d. 31 Jan 1977, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1919
  Children	1. Joseph Francis Kelly,   b. 24 Jun 1920, Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 19 May 2007, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 86 years) + 2. Frederick Gerald Kelly,   b. 27 Feb 1922, Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 11 Feb 1973, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 50 years) + 3. Mary Kathleen Kelly,   b. 9 Dec 1925, Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 26 May 2018, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (Age 92 years) + 4. Gerald Thomas Kelly,   b. 8 May 1927, Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 22 Mar 2000 (Age 72 years) + 5. Margaret Helen Kelly,   b. 11 Nov 1928, Albany, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 Nov 2019, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Margaret McKeever Kelly with her family Front: Francis Kelly and Margaret McKeever Kelly Back (left to right): Annie, Emmett, Frances, Frank, Margaret, Joseph, Mary Maud

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1891 Census of Canada - Lot 31, Queen's, Prince Edward Island, Canada The family is split between page 26 and page 27. This is the second page, containing just the children of Margaret and Francis Kelly.
  		Census - 1901 Census of Canada - Lot 26, Prince, Prince Edward Island (Newton)- Page 8
  		Census - 1921 Census of Canada - Searletown, Prince Edward Island
  		Baptismal Record - Francis Hugh Kelly Baptized on March 10, 1886 by Father J.A.E. McDonald at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Lot 65, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  
  

• Notes

  Francis Hugh Kelly son of Margaret McIver Kelly and Francis Kelly was born on March 27, 1886 at North Wiltshire, P.E.I. The family moved to Newton sometime before 1900 for a few years and around 1900 they purchased a farm at Carleton Point later to become Borden. His first job other than farm work was on the ice boats that were the only means of getting mail and passengers between P.E.I. and New Brunswick during the winter months. It was a very dangerous and strenuous job as they hauled the boats over the ice and, when they came to open water, they put the boat in the water and rowed the passengers. Women stayed in the boats and men walked when they to ice. Francis Hugh was also famous for his strength in anchoring a tug-of-war game. He then started out for the west, worked for a short time in a mill in New Hampshire then on to Vancouver where he worked for a livery and piano moving company. Around 1915 he returned to P.E.I. where he purchased a farm in Albany. On January 19, 1919 he married Mabel Hagen, daughter of John Hagen and Margaret Askin of Kelly’s Cross. On December 19 of that year they suffered a severe setback when two barns on the farm were burned to the ground. A new barn was built. Francis was a very talented carpenter. He operated a carpenter and blacksmith shop in Albany which was greatly appreciated by the farmers in the surrounding area. After he died his son, Joe, kept the business going until World War II broke out and Joe joined the Canadian Navy. Francis continued to farm and operate his shop until his death on July 22, 1939. He is buried at Seven Mile Bay, P.E.I. His wife Mabel stayed on the farm for a few years then moved to Saint John, N.B. with her daughters where she died on January 31, 1977. She is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Saint John, N.B. Submitted by Joseph (Joe) Francis Kelly

  
  

• Sources

  [S218273996] Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1901; Census Place: Lot (township/canton) 26, Prince (east/est), Prince Edward Island; Page: 8; Family No: 69. [S239918102] Ancestry.com, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Marriage Registers, 1832-1888, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Prince Edward Island Provincial Archives; Prince Edward Island, Canada; Marriages 1878-1888; Series Number: 14-0307; 2015-02-26 14:44:26; dsclark; Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888 - FSI; DGS: 004146270; FHL Roll: 001630095.