When Mary Theresa Kelly was born on 19 August 1919, in Illinois, United States, her father, Bernard Kelly, was 37 and her mother, Mary Lynskey, was 27. She married Norman Clair Brunelle on 24 June 1951, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. She lived in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1935 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 25 May 2012, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 92.
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.
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