Mary Regis Kelley (MacNeil), #163

Family #163 in "All Call Iona Home"

John P. (John) married first Mary (Alasdair, Ruairi) MacDonald, Gillis Point (see 372). They lived in lona and their family: Gordon, Cassie (i), and Mary Regis. In a second marriage he married Mary Catherine (John, Michael "Mor") MacDonald, St. Columba (see 364). They lived in lona and their family: John Alex, Mary Ann, Joseph, Cassie (ii), Irene, Albert, Margaret, Louise, and Mary. 163

Mary Regis married William Kelley and had a family.

Gordon McNeil, of Iona, a former officer of the 25th Battalion, has gone to Detroit to interview the authorities concerning the death of his sister, Mrs. Regis Kelley, 33, who is said to have been murdered by a Chinaman in that city a few days ago.

According to information furnished relatives here, Mrs. Kelley, with her sister-in-law, Miss Katherine Kelley, was lunching in a restaurant and on the way out a dispute arose over the bill, whereupon the Chinaman at the cash register drew a pistol, shot and killed Mrs. Kelley, tried to shoot her companion, and turned the gun upon himself as the police arrived.

The murdered woman is a native of Iona, a daughter of the late Captain J. P. McNeil, of the 94th Battalion. Her stepmother and numerous relatives reside at Iona and in neighboring districts. She leaves a husband and one young daughter.

The Gazette
Montreal, Quebec, Canada •
Sat, Feb 26, 1927
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