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From: "David Kearney" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] This Was Chesapeake Bay
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:31:12 -0400
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Kay,

Unfortunately, the book index does not include any Kellys. The author tends to focus on the last ships of their kinds, and the more famous of the Bay sailing and steam ships and the people associated with them.

I wish the news was better!

Dave K


----- Original Message -----
From: Kay Grogg
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [LDR] This Was Chesapeake Bay


David.
I received an email from you, through a list serve I assume, telling about a
book on mariners from the Bay area near Baltimore et al. My great great's
were mariners in that area in the late 1800's. I would be interested to
know if they are listed in the index. If so I would be very interested in
purchasing a copy of the book. If not, I would be interested in reading it
just for the historical background of my family. The names with brief info.
on them, as I have it to date, follows.
Thank you in advance for taking time to look for me.
Sincerely,
Kay Hess Grogg

John Franklin Kelly- Somerset Co., MD b.1837-d.1874
Sons:
William J.T. Kelly- Somerset Co.; Baltimore; Ocracoke, NC; b.1865- d. 194?
in Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA area. *Capt. William Kelly left Baltimore in 1890
and moved to Ocracoke Island, NC. There he married a local and was a sea
capt. in the NC/VA area until he died in the Norfolk area in the early part
of the 1900's.

James F. Kelly- Mariner in the Baltimore area, b.1867-d. ?

William Kelly's sons were also Sea Captains in the NC/VA area the early part
of the 1900's. They were George F. Kelly and Sherwood Kelly. One of them
died at sea and was buried at sea in the 1920-1940 time frame. No info. on
which son this was. They captained steam ships out of Norfolk/Newport
News,VA area. They sailed from the MD to South America area, is the "family
story".

Thanks again for taking time to look for me.
khg

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kearney" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: [LDR] This Was Chesapeake Bay


> LDRRooters,
>
> I'm reading through "This Was Chesapeake Bay," by Robert H. Burgess,
and it occurred to me that the book could be of some interest for LDR
rooters with more direct ties with the Bay. I might be able to do some
limited look-ups.
>
> Burgess was a Baltimore native and a long-time curator at The Mariners
Museum. He wrote many articles for newspapers in the Bay area, with a
particular emphasis on sailing ships and steamships of the 1800s and first
half of the 1900s. In fact, the book is largely a compendium of articles
that Mr. Burgess wrote over the years, along with quite a few old
photographs (many of them taken by the author himself). Obviously, the
western edge of the Delmarva is included within the scope of his work.
>
> The book's original release was in 1963, and I'm working off of the
1990 printing.
>
> The book provides a look at many of the better known ships of the Bay
in days gone by, along with many of their stopping places, and mentions at
about 300-400 individuals involved with the Bay in different roles over the
relevant time period.
>
> If you think you might have an ancestor who was involved in some way
with the Bay, particularly in some fashion with one of the better known
ships on the Bay, I would be happy to look for you to see if they show up in
the book's index, and, if so, then we can go from there!
>
> If you would rather get your own copy of the book to read about the
heyday of ships on the Bay, I bet Neil maybe can find copies for you!
>
> Dave Kearney
>
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