Ida Belle Williams

Brief Life History of Ida Belle

When Ida Belle Williams was born on 31 May 1864, in Brush Valley Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Williams, was 37 and her mother, Ellen Patterson Carbaugh, was 36. She married James Stewart Kelly on 15 April 1880, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Mechanicsburg, Brush Valley Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Mechanicsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 11 October 1920, in White, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Deckers Point, Grant Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Stewart Kelly
1856–1916
Ida Belle Williams
1864–1920
Marriage: 15 April 1880
John Anderson Kelley
1882–1938
Dillie Virginia Kelly
1884–1957
Ellen Maude Kelly
1885–1953
Nettie Lucinda Kelley
1887–
Mary Olive Kelley
1890–1970
Emma Frances Kelley
1896–1981
Lela Grace Kelley
1899–1978
Beatrice Mable Kelley
1901–1974
Freeda Belle Kelley
1903–1989
Charles Kelly
1906–1906

Sources (14)

  • Ida Kelley in household of James Kelley, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lydia Kelly, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Ida Belle Williams Kelley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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