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| James KELL (1837 - 1906) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Lucy Margaret KELL (1861 - 1947) Martha Lillian KELL (1863 - 1898) Jessie KELL (1866 - 1954) Sarah KELL (1868 - 1898) Andrew KELL (1870 - 1929) James KELL (1873 - 1959) William KELL (1875 - 1969) Christina Eva KELL (1878 - 1907) Harriet Lillian KELL (1881 - 1951) Stanley KELL (1894 - 1962) |
James KELL (1837 - 1906) + Sarah ANDERSON (1840 - 1885) Mary Jane LOWTHER (1859 - 1934) |
Edward KELL (1798 - 1867) | ||
| Margaret COWAN (1801 - 1885) | ||||
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| b. 1837 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| m. (1) 26 Dec 1860 Sarah ANDERSON (1840 - 1885) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. (2) 1888 Mary Jane LOWTHER (1859 - 1934) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 1906 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 69 |
| Parents: |
| Edward KELL (1798 - 1867) |
| Margaret COWAN (1801 - 1885) |
| Events in James KELL (1837 - 1906)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1837 | James KELL was born | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| 1841 | 4 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per 'England' | 73 |
| 26 Dec 1860 | 23 | Married Sarah ANDERSON (aged 20) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1861 | 24 | Birth of daughter Lucy Margaret KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1863 | 26 | Birth of daughter Martha Lillian KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 12 May 1866 | 29 | Birth of daughter Jessie KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 1867 | 30 | Death of father Edward KELL (aged 69) | |||
| 24 Sep 1868 | 31 | Birth of daughter Sarah KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 13 Dec 1870 | 33 | Birth of son Andrew KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 24 Aug 1873 | 36 | Birth of son James KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 09 Jul 1875 | 38 | Birth of son William KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 03 Jun 1878 | 41 | Birth of daughter Christina Eva KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 15 Aug 1881 | 44 | Birth of daughter Harriet Lillian KELL | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 1885 | 48 | Death of mother Margaret COWAN (aged 84) | |||
| 02 Aug 1885 | 48 | Death of wife Sarah ANDERSON (aged 45) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1888 | 51 | Married Mary Jane LOWTHER (aged 29) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 1894 | 57 | Birth of son Stanley KELL | 73 | ||
| 08 Feb 1898 | 61 | Death of daughter Sarah KELL (aged 29) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 09 Mar 1898 | 61 | Death of daughter Martha Lillian KELL (aged 35) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1906 | 69 | James KELL died | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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James Kell was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Edward Kell and Margaret Kell (nee Cowan) in 1837 and in 1841 migrated to Port Phillip with his parents and siblings aboard the England. James' father returned to Scotland in 1844. Later that same year Margaret Kell moved her children overland from Geelong to Liverpool, NSW. The next year one of James’ brothers (Edward Kell aged 18) took a year to drive a team of bullocks from Liverpool to Mebourne and back. The profits kept the Kell family from starvation. The next decade saw the family in the carting business carrying goods such as flour as far as the Ovens gold diggings for as much as £60 per ton.
In 1856 James Kell took a liking to Tumut and soon commenced a carrying business between Sydney and Tumut. In 1860 he married Sarah Anderson, (born in 1840 the daughter of Francis Anderson of Bombowlee). Also in 1860 James Kell purchased "Kelvingrove" at Lacmalac comprising 200 acres. This was only the commencement of his land acquisitions. He was an astute farmer and grazier. By taking advantage of the 1860 Land Act he had built his property up to 2,000 acres. Although he had consrderable land property in 1868 James Kell still engaged 1n the carrying business. Freight from Sydney to Tumut was £40 a ton by bullock dray or horse team. Sarah Kell died in 1885. James Kell then married Mary Jane Lowther who was born in 1853. They had one son. James Kell died in 1906 and Mary Jane Kell died in 1934. Obit in Tumut Farmers and Settlers Adviser 15 May 1906 Death of Mr. James Kell sr. It becomes our painful duty to have to record, the demise of still another of the old and worthy pioneers, whose mission has been faithfully filled, and whose " footprints on the sands of Time " stand out clear as mementos of a past well and honorable spent. We allude to Mr. James Kell sr., of Lacmalac, who died at his residence on Saturday morning last at 7 o'clock. The cause of death is attributed to heart trouble from which he suffered for some considerable time past. The unremitting attention of Dr. Mason, who did his best to avert the fatal stroke, and careful nursing, and the devoted attention of his numerous family were powerless to reverse the fiat. Deceased was a native of Tasmania, and in his early boyhood came over with his father and mother to N.S.Wales, settling down in Berrima, where they carried on a prosperous hotel business. Later the subject of this obituary got two teams of bullocks together and brought two loads of goods from Sydney for Mr Levy Mandelson, of the Commercial Stores, now carried on by Mr John Weeden. This was his first appearance in Tnmut. The road's hither were at the time very rough and uncared for, and Mr Kell, finding his bullocks very poor and sore-footed, took a fancy to Lacmalac Hill, and, turning his teams out there for a spell, accepted a job of fencing from the late Mr Peter Kelly, being the erection of the ring fence to a property contiguous to the one he purchased from Mr Caswell (one of Tumut's old identities) on Bombowlee. Mr Kell made several trips with his bullocks teams later, and finally purchased a block of land, the site of his present residence at Lacmalac; this he put under cultivation, sold out his bullock teams, and, securing a capital horse-team, tackled carrying again on the roads, his principal mate being Mr John Beale, our now prosperous brewer. Having good teams and long trips, carrying was paying better than now, and both comrades kept on the right side of the ledger. About 2 years after purchasing the Lacmalac property, Mr Kell married a daughter of the late Mr Francis Anderson (who, with the late Mr Francis Foord, built the bridge known as the " Old Bridge," occupying then a site in front of the present residence of Mr Abraham Anderson). By his first wife he had 9 children (three sons, viz.: Andrew, James and William, and six daughters viz: Misses Jessie, Eva and Lily and Mrs B Day, Mrs B D French (Brungle) and Mrs F Weeden (who predeceased him). After abandoning carrying pursuits, Mr Kell turned his attention to mining on Sandy Creek, Micalong and Kiandra. At the two first places mentioned he was very successful, and, taking advantage of the Free Selection Act, largely increased his holding of land. His first wife died about 22 years ago, and about 10 years after he married a daughter of the late Mr R Lowther sr., to whom he had one son, Stanley. As a neighbor, he has always been highly esteemed; as a citizen, up-right, honest and conscientious; particulary abstemious (being a member of the Sons of Temperance nearly ever since the establishment of the order in Tumut). A true believer in the tenets of his Church (Presbyterian), of which he had been for many years an elder, he passed over the borderland to Eternity, we are assured in the words of the poet joining I am willing to die when my time shall come, And I shall be glad to go ; For the world, at least, is a weary place, And my pulse is getting low ; But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail In treading its dreary way, And it wiles my heart from its dreariness To see the young so gay. Thus, we part with a kind and pliable citizen, ever ready to meet a deserving fellow man ; one who did his best to make the path of his comrades brighter, and who showed an exemplary life that will long be remembered, ana, we trust, be copied by future wayfarers on the thorny path of life. He leaves behind him a loving wife and sorrowing children to mourn their irretrievable loss, and if they follow in the path of the past one's footsteps they have little to fear and have prospect of a happier life beyond. Good-bye, old soul, and in Eternity we trust you will experience that blessedness the deserving are promised. The funeral took place on Sunday last, the remains being interred in the Presbyterian portion of the old cemetery. Mr. H. W. Hoad was the undertaker, and the Rev. H. S. Anderson conducted the obsequies. We tender the bereaved ones our deepest sympathy and condolence |
| Source References: |
| 73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004 |
| - Reference = 40, 78 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 78 (Immigration) |
| - Reference = 78 (Marriage) |