The Kelly Family is tagged as: folk rock, rock, folk, pop, irish During the great famine in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century, many Irish people immigrated to America. Sean O’Kelley, born 1839, was one of them. He was only 8 years old when he and his family emigrated from somewhere around Cobh, Ireland, to Michigan in USA. Sean O’Kelley is the great-grandfather of the “The Kelly Family”. In USA, they changed the name O’Kelley to Kelly, to sound more American. Sean grew up to be a well-known violin player and musician in the Irish community where they lived. He married a woman and they got children, one of them was John (Papa Kelly’s father). John married Caroline, and they got 10 kids. 8 boys: Edward William, Ray, Jack, Joe, Henry Lawrence, Bob, Jim and Daniel Jerome. And 2 girls: Margareth and one more. Daniel Jerome, Dan for short, was born 11th of October 1930 in Michigan, USA. He grew up to be a teacher and professor in math, Lateen and philosophy. He also owned an antique shop. |Dan married Joanne in 1957, and they got 4 children, Danny (1961), Caroline (1962), Kathy (1963) and Paul (1964). Danny was retarded. In the USA the family lived a modern life with TV, radio and two cars. But Dan got sick of the “American Life”. He wanted his kids to grow up in a safe environment, w... Read More About The Kelly Family Biography...  Send The Kelly Family ringtones to your cell
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