Broughton family of Lancashire

[ShaunJ]

Per Lancs BMD it looks like Mary Kelly's maiden name was McKey or McKay. There's a possible marriage in Preston in 1854: John Kelly/ Mary MacKay (Preston Register Office or Registrar Attended).

[ShaunJ]

There's an interesting item in The Era for 26 September 1875:

"Married, at Glasgow,on the 20th inst, William Campbell, the Scottish Giant, to Polly, daughter of Mr John Kelly, photographer,Burnley, Lancashire"

[Will4406]

wow thanks for all that info. i don't have time to actually go thru it and i probably wont for the next couple days but i just wanted to say thanks alot, i REALLY  appreciate it!

on a quick side note i did a quick google search of the Scottish Giant William Campbell and a site came up to test your Newcastle Knowledge and 1 of the questions was
75. What was the weight of the Scottish Giant, William Campbell, Landlord of the Duke of Wellington?
Answer
52 stones - 330 kg or 727.5 lbs!
His Coffin was 7 feet long 3 feet 6 inches wide and 2 feet 10 inches deep

[ShaunJ]

A photo of the Scottish Giant http://tinyurl.com/atz3ms5

There's an ad in The Era for July 9th 1876 (page 14):

WILLIE CAMPBELL, the Scottish Giant, has met with an enthusiastic reception in the Channel Islands where he has shown to upwards of 30,000 persons. Now creating a tremendous furore in CHERBOURG in FRANCE. Would like to hear from Charles Jameson. Also John and James Kelly, photographer.......

address Messrs NORMAN and CAMPBELL, Post-Office, Cherbourg, France

[ShaunJ]

1878 poster for Maskelyne & Cooke's Egyptian Hall http://tinyurl.com/bkaqsz2

[Will4406]

Per Lancs BMD it looks like Mary Kelly's maiden name was McKey or McKay. There's a possible marriage in Preston in 1854: John Kelly/ Mary MacKay (Preston Register Office or Registrar Attended).

how did you figure out thats the right Mary?  I only ask because i can't find any records that link "Mary Kelly" to specifically "Mary McKey/Mckay/Mackay" vs any number of "Mary so and so's" that John could have married. ( I'm still fairly new (less than 1 year) to genealogy and i'm still learning the process of elimination game)

Thanks!

[ShaunJ]

how did you figure out thats the right Mary?  I only ask because i can't find any records that link "Mary Kelly" to specifically "Mary McKey/Mckay/Mackay" vs any number of "Mary so and so's" that John could have married.

Have you looked for the birth registrations of the children on Lancs BMD? You will see that the mother's maiden name is shown

 http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

[Will4406]

well i feel silly asking that question now haha because thats how i figured out mary ellen's last name was kelly in the first place. It never dawned on me to check mary ellen and siblings.
thanks for the quick response! And all the help thus far.

[LolBol]

I am responding to this post because John Kelly is in my family tree (and David Chappell's).  William Campbell (24) married Mary Kelly (20) at 33 Connely Park Street, Glasgow, which was also their home address.  William is a ? - Pressman.  William's father is also William Campbell who was a Victualler.  William's mother is Marion Campbell (formerly Barron).  Mary Kelly's father is John Kelly who was a photographer.  Her mother is also Mary Kelly (formerly MacKay).

Hope you find this useful.