Mary Lenora Tobin

Life Sketch for Mary Lenora Tobin, 18, Clonmel.

Mary was born around 1840 in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland. The first ten years of her life in the Cape were tumultuous.

20 Nov 1857 - Arrives in the Cape on board The Lady Kennaway

19 Jan 1859 - Married James Smith (slave trader) in All Saints Anglican Church

12 Mar 1859 - James Smith dies in Queenstown Gaol (unclear if he was an inmate/there on business)

17 Nov 1859 - daughter Elizabeth Margaret Smith is born

29 Dec 1859 - Elizabeth baptized in Queenstown Methodist Church

10 Jan 1860 - Married George Hamman/Hammond

20 Aug 1864 - daughter Mary Ann Hammond is born

23 Sep 1865 - daughter Alice Eliza Hammond is born

George must have died before 1868 because...

22 Apr 1868 - Married Edward Kelly in Dordrecht Dutch Reformed Church

23 Jul 1869 - Alice, Mary and Elizabeth (2nd time) baptized in Queenstown Catholic Church.

16 Jan 1870 - son Edward Charles Kelly is born.

24 Jul 1870 - Edward baptized in Grahamstown Catholic Church.

31 May 1910 - Edward Charles passed away in Johannesburg.

Mary Lenora Kelly died of Senility and Cardiac Failure in Roodepoort on 14 November 1923, aged 83.