When Louisa "Lou" Kelly was born on 12 April 1839, in Carroll, Mississippi, United States, her father, Robert Burns Kelly Sr., was 25 and her mother, Delilah Oldham, was 21. She married Thomas H Hawks on 21 September 1853, in Lavaca, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 5, Grayson, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 5 January 1913, in Gunter, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Gunter Cemetery, Gunter, Grayson, Texas, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Grayson, Texas, United States
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Aileen, John Patrick, Siobhan, Liam, Brigid, Donovan, Eamon, Parnell, Aidan, Clancy.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh, or, in some areas, Mac Ceallaigh ‘descendant (or son) of Ceallach’, an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning ‘bright-headed’, later understood as ‘frequenting churches’ (Irish ceall). There are several early Irish saints who bore this name. Kelly is now the most common of all surnames in Ireland.
Scottish: habitational name from either the lands of Kelly, near Arbroath (Angus), Kellie in Carnbee (Fife), or Kelly in Methlick (Aberdeenshire). Each of these placenames is from Pictish celli or Gaelic coille ‘wood’ + the placename forming suffix -in. Alternatively, from the lands of Kelloe in the barony of Hume (Berwickshire), whose name is of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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