Kell(e)y Bible

The following transcripts and notes are taken from a Bible found in August, 2008 at the
home of Earle Wilson Small, the first son of Gracie Kelly, adopted daughter of the
apparent original owner of the Bible.

The scans, photos, notes and transcripts were compiled by:

Greg Small
575 Lorne Street
Gravenhurst, Ontario
P1P 1N1
705-684-9841
greg@gregsmall.com
[File0055.PDF]
Orford Centre Aug 23rd 1911
John Hainer Kelleys
Book
[Writing is in an ornate script style]
[File0056.PDF]
[Recto title page of the Bible. Other pages refer to an 1877 license allowing for the
printing of 10,000 copies but there does not appear to be any other date indicating an
actual printing date. The 1911 date in the previous file appears to be the best date
possible for the book.]
[File0057.PDF]
[Various blank pages in the bible were used for lists of births, deaths and commentary.
Due to the condition of the Bible it was decided to not try to identify the exact location of
each page.]

Deaths
Stepmother died April 10, 1910
Isaac Kelly died May 7, 1911
Margaret Hainer Kelley died Oct. 27, 1872
William Nelson Kelly died Apr 29, 1910 [year indecipherable due to page damage – but
see age calculation in File0062.PDF]
Townsend Kelly ?
Mary Ann Kelley (Whittrick) died Sep. 13, 1876

Jess Kelly Apr 8, 1926

James Murray Kelly Died Feb 28, [year indecipherable due to page damage, but someone
appears to have later penciled in 1928 ]

Nancy Kelley died Nov 13, 1871

Samantha Tripp died Dec 8th, 18 [balance of year indecipherable due to page damage]
Harvey Kelly Nov 14, 1935
Lonson W. Kelly, Died Mar 22, 1894

Clyde C Kelley Died Mar th 16, 18 [balance of year indecipherable due to page damage]
[Note the seemingly interchangeable spelling of the surname as both Kelly and Kelley]
[File0058.PDF]
Stepmother born July 15, 1894 [cf Stepmother died April 10, 1910 in File0057.PDF]
Births
Isaac Kelley Born Jan 8th 1823
Margaret Hainer Born Aug 28th, 1825
Nelson Kelley Born Nov 10th, 1845
Townsend Kelly Born Feb 28th, 1847
Mary Ann Kelley Born Dec 31st, 184 [likely 9 but balance of year indecipherable due to
page damage]
Charles Henry Kelley Born Feb 16th, 185 [balance of year indecipherable due to page
damage]
Jess [or Jesse] Kelley Born Feb 2nd, 1854
James Murray Kelley Born Apr 9th, 1856
John Hainer Kelley Born July 24, 1858
Benjimin [perhaps] Kelley Born June 3rd, 1860
Nancy Kelley Born Mar 21st, 1863
Samantha Catherine Kelley Born O 31st, 1864
Harvey Kelley Born Mar 28th, 1870
Jameson [perhaps – page damaged] W Kelley Born June 14th, 18 [balance of year
indecipherable due to page damage]
Seymour [perhaps – page damaged] [middle initial, likely not I] Kelley Born Feb 7th,
1877
Clyde [perhaps – page damaged] C Kelley Born Feb 8th, 1879
[First name missing – page damaged] Kelly [note spelling] July 23, 1883

[Marginal writing on left page edge in much darker ink left for others to decipher or
interpret]
[File0059.PDF]
Births
John Hainer Kelly Born July 24th, 1858
Sarah Ann Chesney “ “ 1st, 1855
th
Married December 30 , 1885
Ettie Kelly Born January 26th, 1890
Gracie Kelly Born July 27th, 1892
[File0060.PDF]
I was baptized on March 14th, 1875
At Woodstock by Dr. Crawford after
A sermon delivered by Rev Mr Goodspeed
Who was pastor of the church.

I was converted at Goble’s Corners

When [perhaps] B.O. Wood was pastor of the
Church
[three apparently Greek words] 1Cor.6.19 Dec 25, 1889
Ordained at First Houghton Jan 28th, 1894 [last digit of date is difficult to decipher but
January 28, 1894 was a Sunday – see
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1894&country=27
[File0061.PDF]
Deaths
Sarah Ann Chesney Kelly died Jan 11, 1941
John Hainer Kelley Died Nov, 1939
[arrow and “BAPTIST MINISTER” added later in ballpoint pen – names and dates also
appear to have been entered later than death of children which follow]
Ettie Kelly died February 8th, 1890
Gracie Kelly Small, died Feb 28, 1925
The following four entries were added in ballpoint pen much later, possible by Earle
Wilson Small, although the printing is not recognized definitively by me as his]
Clarence A Small died July 25, 1977
Maurice W.K Small died June 12, 1985
Glen Allen Small died January 1985
Ronald Clarence Small died July, 1975

Births
Sarah Ann Chesney, Born July 1st, 1855
John Hainer Kelly, Born July 24th, 1858
Ettie Kelly, Born January 26th, 1890
Gracie Kelly, Born July 27th, 1892
[Gracie is my natural paternal grandmother and my father told me she was adopted by the
Kelly family after the death of Ettie and when it was determined Sarah could have no
more children. Gracie was reputed to have come from Toronto – but little more than that
is known. She was very good with children. She loved to sit on a second floor landing
with all her children and the neighbour children sitting on the steps below. She would
read stories to them to entertain them. She died in childbirth, giving birth to my Uncle
Keith, who subsequently died in 1928 from mastoid. John Kelly blamed my Grandfather
Clarence for her death as he felt Clarence kept Gracie pregnant. My father blamed her
death on either a negligent or poorly trained medical doctor. Gracie is buried in St
Thomas Cemetery and my father arranged to have a stone put on her grave in September,
2002.]
[File0062.PDF]
Apr 29, 1910
Nov 10, 1845
----------------
65

1937
1886
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[someone was calculating Nelson Kelly’s age and some other timespan]
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[File0063.PDF]
[A handwriting change – perhaps this is Gracie Kelly’s writing. One possible scenario is
the bible was given to her by her father and my father obtained it after her death. There is
no oral history to support this, just my amateurish handwriting analysis.]
[P8223703.PDF]
[There are numerous marginal notes in the bible. None appear to be family related. This
entry shows an apparent Greek word which appears to be related to the study of the
passage. Compare this writing with the three apparently Greek words found in
File0060.PDF. Note also the condition of the Bible’s binding.]
[P8223704.PDF]
[A second photo of the page with the apparent Greek word]
[P8223705.PDF]
[An overview of the Bible’s front cover to show its condition.]
[P8223706.PDF]
[A shot of pages that appear to have been patched with paper tape, years ago.]
[P8223707.PDF]
[Another view showing binding “issues”.]
[P8223708.PDF]
[A view of family history entries and page and binding conditions.]
[P8223709.PDF]
[An overview of the Bible’s back cover to show its condition.]