Loretta May Kelley

Brief Life History of Loretta May

When Loretta May Kelley was born on 4 February 1878, in Clark Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States, her father, Washington Wayne Kelley, was 29 and her mother, Mary Catherine Schermerhorn, was 27. She married Walter Conelison MARCHAEL on 8 June 1897, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, United States for about 40 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 20 November 1960, in Redmond, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Conelison MARCHAEL
1868–1930
Loretta May Kelley
1878–1960
Marriage: 8 June 1897
Harry Allan Marchael
1898–1975
Virginia Blanch Marchael
1901–1918

Sources (47)

  • Lauretta Marchael, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Loretta May Kelly, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
  • Laretta Kelly, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"

World Events (8)

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.

1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota

After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Irish (Offaly) and English: variant of Kelly .

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

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