GEORGE WILLIAM (BILL) GILLETT FAMILY HISTORY

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Children of Great-Grandparents   
Freeman and Sarah (McClane) Kelly

The Freeman Kelly Family     (1911)

Charles William Kelly	Born: October 10, 1881, in Centerville, Iowa      In 1900 (19 years old) Charles was working as an elevator operator at the YMCA. He later      became a shoemaker until they moved to Fort Madison where he became a fireman and      engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad. Died: January 22, 1956, at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, at the age of 74 Married: Lenora Genevieve Welsh July 6, 1909, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Keokuk,      Iowa -- Lenora was born August 26, 1882, in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of Henry      Thomas and Bridget (McAndrew) Welsh. Children: 1 daughter and 1 son Alice Kelly - Died at birth in 1910 Wilbert Joseph Kelly -              Born: December 24, 1912, at Fort Madison, Iowa                    Served in the US Army for three years during World War II - at time of marriage                    was a post office employee              Married: Marie Louise Lisenmeyer June 15, 1937, at the St. Joseph Church in                    Fort Madison, Iowa - she was born April 16, 1913, in Fort Madison, Iowa, the                    daughter of Charles Chester and Marie (Fitzgerald) Lisenmeyer              Died: January 2, 1985, at the age of 72              Children: 2 daughters                     Mary Patricia Kelly - Born October 26, 1946, at Rice Lake, Wisconsin - married                          Edward Bowden - Edward and Mary Patricia were the parents of three                          children - James Anthony Bowden (born October 19, 1963)                                      - Lisa Ann Bowden (born July 4, 1968)                                      - Jennifer Lynn Bowden (born May 30, 1975)                     Mary Kathleen Kelly - Born October 28, 1949 - married Gary Ziemke                          June 22, 1979 Charles died January 22, 1956, at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa at the age of 74. His wife, Lenora (Welsh) Kelly, died there May 10, 1948, at the age of 65. Both are buried in the Oakland Catholic Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa.
Lyda May Kelly -- Grandmother Go to GEORGE and LYDA (KELLY) MORLAN	Born: April 12, 1886, in Keokuk, Iowa Died: November 26, 1973, at Butler, Missouri, at the age of 87 Married: George Emmett Morlan on October 24, 1907, in Fort Madison, Iowa Children: 1 son and 1 daughter George Erwin Morlan born February 24, 1909 in Ft Madison, IA Atha Arthela Morlan born October 4, 1914 near Belltower, MT - Bill Gillett's mother
Atha Zella Kelly	Born: January 10, 1890, in Benkelman, Nebraska Died: October 17, 1896, in Keokuk, Iowa, at the age of 6      She was playing in wet sand, caught a cold, and died of croup. She was buried in the      Oakland Cemetery (block 27) in Keokuk.

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