Tag Archives: Kelly

Mary Ann (Kelly) Meincke’s Individual Summary

Mary Ann was the daughter of Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly.  She married Frederick Meincke in San Francisco ca 1877.  They had several children together. The couple ran boardinghouses and saloons in San Francisco mostly in the Mission Road area.  One of those businesses was called the Five Mile House which they took over around …

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Winifred (Kelly) Small’s Individual Summary

I do not know much about Winifred.  I have yet to find her marriage date.  She died at the age of 31 just after giving birth to her only child.  After she died, her daughter ended up with relatives.  I am not sure what happened to her husbands.  Perhaps he felt he could not raise …

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Oh, the Pain

I’ve been on the hunt for my 3rd great grandfather’s land records this week.  I went through the indexes for San Mateo County, California and hit a gold mine.  It turns out Martin Kelly owned more land than I ever dreamed possible.  The family lore said that he owned “a boardinghouse in San Francisco”.  That …

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