09 / Catherine Kelly · Bridgeport · 1915
Her name.
Her responsibility.
A small notice in a busy newspaper.
A new responsibility in Catherine’s life.
After James Kelly’s death, the record names Catherine as administratrix—the person appointed to handle her husband’s estate. A formal word brings her own role into view.
Follow what we know—and what remains openThe notice behind the word
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer · 22 July 1915 · p. 10. Via Library of Congress, Chronicling America; digitization contributed by Connecticut State Library. Source and treatment notes ↗
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One documented chapter.
More still to find.
Choose a thread. A record, a research lead and an unanswered question carry different weight.
A responsibility in her own name.
James Kelly died in June 1915. A probate notice names Catherine Kelly as administratrix: the person appointed to handle his estate. The notice is dated 18 June and appears in the newspaper on 22 July.
This is a public notice, not the complete probate file, an estate inventory or proof that Catherine owned a house.
A life larger than the surviving record
The next page
may still be out there.
A directory page. A parish entry. A family letter with a name and date. A well-sourced detail could help us follow Catherine beyond the records we have.
Share a lead about CatherinePlease tell us where the information comes from. A possible match is welcome as a lead; it does not need to be presented as a certainty.
The end of this story · not the end of the family
More than the sister in an arrival record.
Catherine’s marriage, children, losses and widowhood restore a life larger than one line on James’s manifest. Her documented story reaches 1915, with a later directory lead still to verify. We can follow her younger brother next, or return to the Irish household they came from.