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Kelly was born and raised in rural Victoria, the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict , died in 1866, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household.
Kelly's father, John Kelly (known as "Red"), was born in 1820 in Moyglass, near Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Thomas and Mary (née Cody). At the age of 21, he was found guilty of stealing two pigs and was transported on the Prince Regent, arriving at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land on 2 January 1842.
Ned was born in December 1854, in Beveridge, Victoria, into an Irish Catholic family. Ned Kelly was the third child of his parents. His father, John “Red” Kelly, was an Irish convict who was sentenced for stealing two pigs and then transported to Australia.
Sep 12, 2024 · Ned Kelly, most famous of the bushrangers, Australian rural outlaws of the 19th century. He was the leader of the Kelly gang, who perpetrated a series of daring robberies in the Victoria-New South Wales borderland (1878–80) that captured the imagination of the public.
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The birth date of Edward "Ned" Kelly is not known although it is believed to have been ca. December 1854 at Beveridge, Victoria. The eldest son of John (Red) Kelly and his wife Ellen Quinn. John Kelly had been transported to Australia for stealing two pigs and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Kelly was transported to Australia on the Prince Regent II which had carried 181 male convicts to Hobart with three deaths en-route. The Prince Regent II departed Dublin on 7 August 184...
Ned Kelly rescues a 7 year old child from drowning.
In 1865 Ned, aged 11, rescued local 7-year-old child Richard Shelton from a flooded creek. Richard had been trying to retrieve his hat from the creek, when he fell in. Ned jumped in fully clothed and brought him to the bank, then took him home to his parents at the Royal Mail Hotel. The parents were so grateful that they presented Ned with a 2.2m green sash with gold fringing, (chosen for the Irish colours) at a school ceremony. Ned treasured the sash for the rest of his life and wore it on s...
John Kelly Death
By November 1866, John Kelly was dying of dropsy. He died the 27th of December 1866, aged 46 years. His death was reported and signed by his son Edward Kelly who was 11 years old at the time.
The maternal line of Ned's sister Ellen Kellyhas been confirmed through Mitochrondrial DNA testing (mtDNA). A ‘mitochondrial’ DNA sample (from the maternal line), taken from Melbourne school teacher Leigh Olver, the grandson of Ned’s sister Ellen has confirmed the female line of Edward Kelly.The haplogroup is J1c. Descendants who may have also inhe...
Wikipedia contributors, "Ned Kelly," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, en.wikipedia.org(accessed 7 November 2019) See Reference 'a' for a discussion regarding Ned's birth date* Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Ned Kelly" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia(accessed 14 July 2024)FamilySearch Person: LH2G-TVMPort Phillip District en.wikipedia.org- December 28, 1854
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[8]: 101 He was the son of Irish Catholic parents, John "Red" Kelly and Ellen Quinn. Red Kelly had been a convict who had been sent to Van Diemen's Land in 1842 for stealing two pigs. He moved to Victoria in 1848.
Sep 18, 2023 · Learn more about Ned Kelly's life and his legendary suit of armour. The history Quick facts. Ned Kelly: was born sometime between December 1854 and June 1855, in Beveridge, Victoria. His precise birthdate is not known. was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn.
