1884 Marion Elise Miles was born on July 27 to parents Frank Miles and Ada Harte in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [1]
1885 Charles Belfry Kelly was born on October 9 to parents Charles Wesley Kelly and Submit Belfry in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. [2]
1900 Marion and her family moved from Nebraska to Colorado in early June.
On June 1, Francis Miles (age 40, born Aug 1859) and Ada Elenor Miles (age 37, born October 1862) lived at 1706 South 32nd Avenue in Omaha Ward 7, Douglas County, Nebraska, with their children Maryon Elsie Miles (age 15, born July 1884), Ella Frances Miles (age 14, born February 1886), Marshall G Miles (age 10, born January 1890), Dorothy L Miles (age 8, born September 1891), Evelyn Ada Miles (age 8, born January 1895), Frank H Miles (age 3, born July 1896), and Margret L Miles (age 11/12, born July 1899), Francis' sister-in-law (Ada'a sister) Sarah E V Harte (age 27, born October 1872), and servant Agnes G Kurtz (age 18, February 1882). Francis was born in Wisconsin, his father was born in England and his mother was born in Canada. His occupation was Gen Mang Arm & Co. Ada and Sarah were born in Canada, their father in Ireland and their mother in Canada. The children were born in Illinois. Agnes and her parents were born in Austria. Francis and Ada had been married 16 years. [3]
On June 9, Frank F. (age 40, born August 1859) and Ada Miles (age 36, born October 1863) lived on Main Street, Longmount, Boulder County, Colorado, with their children daughters Marion (age 15, born July 1884) and Nellie (age 14, born February 1886), son Marshall (age 10, born January 1890), daughters Dorothy (age 8, born September 1891) and Evelyn (age 5, born February 1895), son Frank (age 2, born July 1897), and daughter Margaret (age 10/12, born July 1899), and Frank's sister-in-law (Ada's sister) Sarah E. Harte (age 26, born August 1873). Frank was born in Wisconsin, his father in England and his mother in Canada. Ada and Sarah were born in Canada, their father in Ireland and their mother in England. All of the children were born in Illinois. Frank and Ada had been married 16 years. Frank's occupation was capitalist. [4] [5]
1901 After her father's death, Marion's family moved to Hamilton, Ontario. [6]
On April 13, Ada E. Miles (age 38, born 31 October, 1862) lived in Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada with children Marion E (age 16), Ella F (age 15), Marshall G (age 11), Dorothy L (age 9), Evelyne A (age 6), Frank H (age 4), and Margaret S (age 1).
1910 On April 18, Marion E Miles was listed with her family as living in La Grange Village, Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois, but Marion was a student in the nursing program at Toronto General Hospital at that time. [7]
1910 Marion Miles completed the nursing program and received her nursing certificate at Toronto General Hospital on May 27. [8]
Toronto General Hospital Graduating Exercises. The theatre of the General Hospital was converted to other than painful operations yesterday afternoon when Directors and Medical Board, in frock coats and happy speeches … gave fraternal advice to the class of graduating nurses. Thirty-eight pretty, girlish faces, flushed by excitement, outlined the north oval of the famous old room. The white caps, showing a narrow black band, were adjusted with infinite care, and the uniforms with stiffly starched aprons, collars and cuffs, were effectively shown against the white walls. … From the 773 applications received from young women who desired to enter the school, there were fifty four (54) admitted to the three months' probation, and from those the number finally selected was twenty-eight (28). … The granting of the certificates to this year's class brings the total number of certificates granted up to 560. … The scholarships and prizes … For general proficiency scholarship, Miss Jean E. Brown and Miss Marion B. Miles were equal. … The graduates were: … Marian E. Miles, La Grange, Ill. …
1911 Marion E Miles and Charles Belfry Kelly were married on Wednesday July 12 [9] at the family home at 106 N. Madison in La Grange, Cook County, Illinois. The minister was Dr. Foster.
Marion's sister Ella "Nell" Miles described Marion's wedding and preparations in letters to her fiancé Edwin Schafer.
We got Grandmother's wedding veil at Aunt Annie's---it is a perfect beauty---they had taken it down to Field's to be cleaned & they were in raptures over it there in the old lace dept. My great grandmother made it when she was a convent girl in France. Marion is going to carry a lovely point lace handkerchief too---which Mama carried when she was married. [Letter from Nell Miles to Edwin Schafer, 8 July 1911]
The wedding was an awfully pretty one and Marion looked perfectly lovely. She looked so small and angelic---her dress is simply beautiful and her veil added all the charm one could wish for. It is a perfect beauty. Everyone stood in the two front rooms and first Peggy came down the stairs as Aunt Edith played the wedding march, then Marion and Marshall and Belf and Fred were already standing beside the minister and met them there---the service was nice and everything went off beautifully afterward---all the congratulations and refreshments. There were about thirty here, perhaps a few more. ... If our wedding is as nice as Marion's was I'll certainly be happy. She had the swellest bouquet---white sweet peas and lillies of the valley with all sorts of ribbon trailers. Mama and Mrs. Kelly both carried lavender sweet peas and Peg's were pink. Belf also got Edith a big bunch of long stemmed pink roses. [Letter from Nell Miles to Edwin Schafer, 13 July 1911]
1912 The arrival in China "Per str. Empress of India, Mar. 27 -- From Vancouver -- Dr. C. B. and Mrs. Kelly ..." was noted in the China Herald in Shanghai. [10]
1912 Son Charles Belfry Kelly was born on September 19 in Kuling, Szechwan (Sichuan), China. The West China Missionary News reported his birth, "Births. Kelly.--At Kuling, Sept. 19th, to Dr. and Mrs. Kelly, C.M.M., a son." [11]
1912 A photo of the hospital at Chengdu, Sichuan, was published in the journal The Medical Missionary. [12]
1914 Daughter Elinor Marion Kelly was born on October 15 in Chungchow, Szechwan (Sichuan), China. The West China Missionary News reported her birth, "Births. Kelly.--At Chungchow, Sze., on October 15th, to Dr. C. B. and Mrs. Kelly, a daughter, Elinor Marion." [13]
1916 Son Frederick Miles Kelly was born on October 28 in Chengtu (Chengdu), Szechwan (Sichuan), China. The West China Missionary News reported his birth, "Births. Kelly:--At Chengtu, on October 28th, to Dr. C.B. and Mrs. Kelly, C.M.M., a son, Frederick Miles." [14]
1918 Charles Belfry Kelly (age 33), Methodist missionary, and family arrived in Victoria, British Columbia from Kobe Japan on the ship Kunajiri Maru. [15] [16]
1924 The West China Missionary News described International Hospital Day in Chengtu. [17]
International Hospital Day. Canadian Methodist Mission Hospitals. Chengtu, West China ... Saturday and Sunday May 10-11th ... The invitations ... were sent to all the Mission and Government Schools ... and for two days in two of the most prominent daily papers ... 'To the General Public, both men and women, we ... cordially invite you to come and inspect our hospitals ... 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Projective Lantern Lecture at 7:30 p.m. for men only' ... at 5 p.m. after the inspection of Hospitals, a program for women guests was provided by the nurses of C.M.M. hospital for Women and Children, in which two nurses told of the aims of the Nursing profession, and the benefits of the hospital to the community ... About one thousand women and school girls remained for the program which was given out on the lawn under cover ... At the Men's Hospital ... a continual stream of people of every class and description came in and out ... a sheet of paper was give them ... about the hospital '... There are six doctors in connection with the Hospital Dr. C. B. Kelly Specialist in Bacteriology ...' The people were excited, many having never seen a hospital or foreign building before ... As the people left we handed them tracts on opium, personal hygiene, tuberculosis etc. ... Over three thousand people visited the hospitals. At 7:30 p.m. Dr. Service, Kelly, and Best were ready tith the Projection lantern to give the filled church a hygiene lecture. ... A description of the skeleton the Circulation, the Nervous system, the organs and their functions, were first given. The life of the Fly, and the Mosquito were shown, and the mischief they do. Slides on Gonorrhea, Syphils, and Tuberculosis were shown. The meeting lasted over an hour.
1926 Charles Belfry Kelly (age 42, born Canada), Marion Elsie Kelly (age 42, born Illinois), Charles Belfry (age 13, born Euling, China), Elinor Marion Kelly (age 11, born Chungchow, China), and Frederick Miles Kelly (age 9, born Chengtusze, China) arrived from Shanghai, China at San Francisco, California. Charles was a medical missionary and the family arrived on the ship President Wilson. [18] [19] The departure of the family from Shanghai on May 27, 1926, was noted in the The China Press, "Passengers. Departures. Per s.s. President Wilson, May 27, For San Francisco via Honolulu and Japan Ports ... Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Kelly, Mstr. C. Kelly, Miss E. Kelly, Mstr. C.B. Kelly, Jr. ... " [Mstr. C. Kelly should read Mstr. F. Kelly]. [20]
1972 "Kelly, C. Belfry [died] At Port Hope, Ont., on Saturday Dec. 23, 1972. Dr. C. Belfry Kelly, husband of the late Marion Miles; father of Charles of Guelph, Elinor, Toronto and Frederick, Winnipeg, brother of Frederick B. Kelly of Guelph, also survived by 7 grandchildren. Funeral Service at Port Hope United Church, Wednesday at 2 p.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to the Port Hope Hospital Trust would be appreciated." [21]
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