KELLY, James ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was cardio-vascular degeneration and chronic bronchitis.⁴

   User ID: L195.

  General Notes:

"KELLY
JAMES
DOBBIN (mother's name)
M
1885
655 / 1 / 86
SHOTTS (MIDDLE DISTRICT)"

from Index of Births

James was aged 37 years when he married in 1922. He was a coal miner. His address was Newtown Cottage, Omoa Road, Cleland.

In 1923, James registered the birth of his son, William, and in 1924 that of his son, Henry. His occupation was recorded on both occasions as coal miner. In William's death certificate of 1952 James was recorded as a 'coal stripper'. He was deceased by then. ^{1 3}

  Medical Notes:

Henry Kelly, son of the deceased, of 23 Omoa Road Cleland, gave notice of his father's death. ⁴

James married Margaret McCONNACHIE, daughter of Henry McCONAGHY and Catharine VALLELY, on 15 November 1922 in Cleland, Shotts parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ (Margaret McCONNACHIE was born 3 April 1889 at 2.00 am in Spoutscroft, Greenhill, Shotts Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland ⁵ and died in 1962 in Cleland, Shotts parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"MCCONNACHIE
MARGARET
KELLY
JAMES
1922
655 / 3 / 36
SHOTTS (WESTERN DISTRICT)"

from Index of Marriages


The marriage was celebrated according to the rites and forms of the Roman Catholic Church. Father Thomas Doyle, of St Mary's, Cleland, was the priest who married Margaret and James, neither of whom had been married before.

The witnesses were John Kelly, of Newtown Cottage in Cleland, probably a brother of the groom, and Annie McConnachie, the bride's sister, of Ashfield Place, Cleland.

John's parents were William Kelly, a retired coal miner, and Anne Dobbin. Both were living.

Alexander Craig, the registrar, registered the marriage details at Cleland on 18 November 1922. ^{1 6}