Rachel Kelly (1863 - 1962)

Born 18 May 1863 in Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 13 Dec 1962 at age 99 in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Rachel Kelly was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Rachel was born in 1863 in the Shoalhaven district of the Colony of New South Wales.^[1] She was the daughter of Robert Kelly and Mary Timney.

Rachel looked after her father prior to his death.

Rachel Kelly trained at Callan Park and was registered as a nurse on 2 December 1926.^[2] She never married and spent her working life caring for others.

She passed away 13 December 1962^[3] and is buried in the Bulli Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Rachel Kelly, Registration number: 13509/1863, Parents Robert and Mary, District: Shoalhaven
2. ↑ Medical Registers "New South Wales, Australia, Medical Registers, 1925-1954"
   The State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Register of General Nurses, 1946–1954; Item: 10855; Reel: 2620
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8819 #17125 (accessed 12 July 2023)
   Name: Rachel Kelly; Registration or Approval Date: 2 Dec 1926; Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia.
3. ↑ Death, NSW Regitry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Rachel Kelly, Registration Number: 7119/1963, Parents: Robert and Mary, District: Burwood
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 August 2020), memorial page for Rachel Kelly (1863–13 Dec 1962), Find a Grave Memorial no. 60490684, citing Bulli Cemetery, Bulli, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by ProgBase (contributor 47278889) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60490684

Acknowledgements

• From the family history files of Rosalie Neve handed down from Mary Kelly