Person:William Kelly (23)

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William Kelly
b. Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
d. Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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  1. William Milroy Kelly
  2. Elizabeth Milroy Kelly
  3. Agnes Clarke Kelly
  4. James Milroy Kelly
  5. John Kelly
  6. Isabel Stewart Kelly
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Name William Kelly
Gender Male
Birth[1] Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Marriage Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotlandto Elizabeth Milroy
Census[1][6] Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandBorrowdale House
Census[4] Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandBorrowdale House
Occupation[3] Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandMaster Mariner
Occupation[4] Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandMaster Mariner Retired living at Borrowdale House
Death[2][5] Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Reference Number? Captain William Kelly (J.D. Newton's Dale Line)

Was a sailing captain. For his retirement he built a house, which is still standing in Newton Stewart, very fine looking, named Borrowdale, after one of his ships. He sailed to Portland, OR, and Australia. (Owned his ships).
The Thomas Brocklebank was a ship built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven, launched 18th March 1847. She spent her whole 22 year career for the Brocklebank Line in the Calcutta trade. Her masters in that time included Capts. H. Ponsonby, J.Rorison (1855), Joughan, W.Kelly (1857), Jordain, Fletcher and W. Graham. Typically she carried a crew of 27.The Thomas Brocklebank was sold by Brocklebanks in 1869 to Cliff & Co. of Liverpool. The ship ended her career in the West Indies, wrecked on the Rosario Reef off Jamaica in 1878.
Name Year Built Gross Tons Length (feet) Breadth (feet) Depth (feet) Masts Figurehead Stern Lloyd's Classn.
Thomas Brocklebank 1847 629 129.8 27.0 21.3 3 Sources :'Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist' by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) 'From Cumberland to Cape Horn' by D.Hollett.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1881 British Census, Record Type: CD, Film: 1341199.
  2. ↑ Estelle Schoch. Email - Estelle Schoch - Milroy. (E.Schoch@mailbox.uq.edu.au From the James Milroy Line, brother of Jean (Jane McCarly Milroy).).
  3. ↑ 1861 British Census Ancestry Plus. 1861 British Census.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 1891 Scottish Census.
  5. ↑ 13th or 15th for the day of death.
  6. ↑ Age 52, born in Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, Occ: Master Mariner.
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