JOHN PATRICK JELLY - Born 1801. Died in 1873 in Trenton, Illinois
Married ALLICE ALLICIA GILMORE - Born 1803 in Ireland. Died 1876 in Trenton, Illinois.
They were married in Ireland. Came to the US in 1851.

HUGH JELLY - Married Rachael Patterson. Died in 1880 in Ireland

WILLIAM JELLY - Immigrated to Ontario, Canada

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JOHN PATRICK JELLY - Born 1801 in Killeyleagh, Ireland. Died in 1873 in IL

ALLICE ALLICIA GILMORE - Born in 1803 in Killyleagh, Ireland. Died 1876 in IL

1. HUGH GELLY - Born Oct. 23, 1832. Died July 2, 1924. Hugh was the first member of the family to arrive in America , leaving Ireland in December of 1850 and arriving in America in February of 1851. He acquired a farm near Trenton, Illinois, and then made arrangements the passage of his parents and siblings, who arrived later in 1851.
Married MARGRETTE BROWN - Born in County Down, Ireland Jan. 1, 1838. Died Feb. 9, 1912. She was an orphan who came to the US in 1857 and worked as a hotel maid in New York City until she earned enough money to travel to Trenton, where they married in 1860.

2. MARY JANE GELLY - Born in 1836.
M. 1) BENJAMIN LOGAN in 1856. Killed in the battle of Shiloh in the Civil War.
M. 2) JOHN STANTON

3. MARGARET (MAGGIE) GELLY - Born in 1838.
M. XAVIER HUBER in 1873 in Ilinois.

4. SOPHIA GELLY - Born in 1841.
M. JAMES WILSON Oct. 20, 1860 in Illinois

-PHOTO OF JAMES AND SOPHIA WILSON-

5. ROBERT GELLY - Born in 1845. Died 1915.
M. MARY ELLEN RICHARDSON in 1872 in Illinois

NOTE: One story of the spelling of the name is that John Jelly's "J"s looked like "G"s.(The correct pronunciation of Gelly is with a soft "G".) Another story is that John "deserted the rebel army and changed it to avoid court martial by England".

Sources:
1.THANKS and HUGS! to Marjorie Gelly, who sent me a copy of the Gelly-Jelly Family Record, compiled by her late husband, Melvin Gelly, a descendant of Hugh Jelly.
2. Tombstone inscriptions in the Trenton City Cemetery.
3. Reasearch of Vivian Higbee.

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