Limerick, the Key?

[Debra A]

I understand but I think she may have landed as a servant in her aunts household in England around 1881. I'm trying to backtrack her aunt. If that leads me back to her family I have a link from Ireland to England.

Is she niece to someone named Ann Kemp in 1881?

Good luck with it anyway, SZ.

[SuspectZero]

Is she niece to someone named Ann Kemp in 1881?

Good luck with it anyway, SZ.

No, she's not. I don't want to say yet because I need to dig deeper but this thread is starting to make feel like I'm on board the Flying Dutchman. Anything I signal might be an option is greeted with - not plausible.
I was hoping that others would be joining in to see if we could solve this together but I feel like I'm the only one posting info.
I'm even prepared to fly to Wales and Ireland to get at the truth.

[Debra A]

No, she's not. I don't want to say yet because I need to dig deeper but this thread is starting to make feel like I'm on board the Flying Dutchman. Anything I signal might be an option is greeted with - not plausible.
I was hoping that others would be joining in to see if we could solve this together but I feel like I'm the only one posting info.
I'm even prepared to fly to Wales and Ireland to get at the truth.

I was trying to be helpful but I don't know why I ever bother.

[SuspectZero]

I was trying to be helpful but I don't know why I ever bother.

Well that's not something anyone asking to collaborate wants to read (see my earlier plea in this thread). My point was there are a lot of people here lately that attack people on every single thing that gets posted. I'm just trying to get my facts in order before I put something out here so that it stands up to reasonable scrutiny. I'm sorry that you apparently took that personally even though it wasn't directed at you Deb. You seem very knowledgable in this area and I hope we can collaborate if I turn up something that seems interesting.

[Scott Nelson]

I'm even prepared to fly to Wales and Ireland to get at the truth.

You should. Others have done so on a whim. I may even do so myself.

[Debra A]

A good collaboration project would probably be looking through the huge amount of digitised (not transcribed or indexed) Catholic records from Limerick County and City on the link that Robert posted earlier.
If MJK was a Catholic born in Limerick she should be in there, plus there are marriages from the same birth parishes making it possible to trace the women a bit easier too as brides normally married in their birth parishes.

http://registers.nli.ie/

[miss marple]

Nieces. How about this one? 1881 census . Mary Kelly age 18 niece of Catherine Mitchell age 50 living at 4 Boundary Place Shoreditch?

Debra have you any Irish born Peter's or John's in the Scots Guards?

Miss Marple

[Debra A]

Debra have you any Irish born Peter's or John's in the Scots Guards?

Miss Marple

Funny enough, MM, I was just looking at the Kelly SG list to see if I could find the Irish born ones in the parish records Robert found.
I've got my beak in St Michan's Dublin at the moment looking for someone non JTR related but I'll crack on with the soldiers later to see if siblings baptisms are also noted.

Meanwhile; there is a John and a Peter born in Ireland in the SG but one was attested in 1892 and the other wasn't born until 1882 and attested in 1904.

[SuspectZero]

Nieces. How about this one? 1881 census . Mary Kelly age 18 niece of Catherine Mitchell age 50 living at 4 Boundary Place Shoreditch?

Debra have you any Irish born Peter's or John's in the Scots Guards?

Miss Marple

This is the Niece connection I'm tracing now. I can locate a Catherine Kelly who married a James Mitchell and might be connected to John Kelly.

[JadenCollins]

I'm even prepared to fly to Wales and Ireland to get at the truth.

Ireland's a dead end.

[miss marple]

We don't know that. The problem is an excess of information.

Miss Marple

[SuspectZero]

Ireland's a dead end.

Why Jaden?

[JadenCollins]

Why Jaden?

I've been there, SZ.
No matter how hard you try, every response is negative. Whenever you ask a couple questions people look at you like you've just killed somebody.

I had a rather bad experience there.

[JadenCollins]

We don't know that. The problem is an excess of information.

Miss Marple

I know, I was talking about going to Ireland.
We can all keep guessing.

[SuspectZero]

I've been there, SZ.
No matter how hard you try, every response is negative. Whenever you ask a couple questions people look at you like you've just killed somebody.

I had a rather bad experience there.

That's really unfortunate. I'm sorry that happened to you, Jaden. Maybe the answer lies in Wales. Given Mary was fluent in Welsh and said she grew up there, it seems likely that we could find answers there.