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Elizabeth Estella “Bessie” Olmstead Kelley

Birth
Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
1972 (aged 78–79)
Burial
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. B, Lot 263
Memorial ID
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Daughter of James Edward Olmstead and Mary Jane Trombley


In 1900 she lived in Marlborough, New Hampshire with her parents, 3 brothers, and 2 boarders. Her father was a stone cutter.


She married 1) Leon Merle Fletcher, son of Almon Dunham Fletcher and Emma Maria Beers, on 29 Apr 1910 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. They divorced before 1917. They had children:


. Estella Lenora Fletcher (1911 - 1985)

+ sp: Charles Russell Rice (divorced)

+ sp: Walter John Rinta

. Richard Leaf Bliss Fletcher (1912 - 1993)

+ sp: Rebecca Rita Forcier

. Rachel Thelma Fletcher (1914 - 1966)

+ sp: Jacob Ilmara Wiinikka


At the US census of May 1910 she lived in Keene with her husband, in the home of her parents and 4 siblings. Her husband was a sawyer for a brush handle factory. Her father worked for the railroad.


She married 2) Carl Clifford Kelley on 1 Oct 1917 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Their marriage record calls her a worker in a brush handle factory and he a moulder. They had children:


. Pauline Mildred Kelley (1918 - 1966)

+ sp: David J. Bailey

. Carl Clair Kelley, Jr. (1920 - 1990)

. Raymond Walter Kelley (1926 - 1999)

+ sp: Esther Pearl Coburn

. Lorraine C. Kelley (1928 -


In 1920 she lived in Keene with her second husband, their daughter Pauline, her daughter from previous marriage, Stella L. Fletcher (listed in the 1920 census as Stella "Kelley"), and 3 lodgers. She and her husband both worked in a chair factory.


In 1930 she lived in Swanzey, New Hampshire, with her husband, their 4 children, her 3 children from previous marriage, and the husband and child of her married daughter, Stella Fletcher Rice. Her husband was a lumber surveyor.

Daughter of James Edward Olmstead and Mary Jane Trombley


In 1900 she lived in Marlborough, New Hampshire with her parents, 3 brothers, and 2 boarders. Her father was a stone cutter.


She married 1) Leon Merle Fletcher, son of Almon Dunham Fletcher and Emma Maria Beers, on 29 Apr 1910 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. They divorced before 1917. They had children:


. Estella Lenora Fletcher (1911 - 1985)

+ sp: Charles Russell Rice (divorced)

+ sp: Walter John Rinta

. Richard Leaf Bliss Fletcher (1912 - 1993)

+ sp: Rebecca Rita Forcier

. Rachel Thelma Fletcher (1914 - 1966)

+ sp: Jacob Ilmara Wiinikka


At the US census of May 1910 she lived in Keene with her husband, in the home of her parents and 4 siblings. Her husband was a sawyer for a brush handle factory. Her father worked for the railroad.


She married 2) Carl Clifford Kelley on 1 Oct 1917 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Their marriage record calls her a worker in a brush handle factory and he a moulder. They had children:


. Pauline Mildred Kelley (1918 - 1966)

+ sp: David J. Bailey

. Carl Clair Kelley, Jr. (1920 - 1990)

. Raymond Walter Kelley (1926 - 1999)

+ sp: Esther Pearl Coburn

. Lorraine C. Kelley (1928 -


In 1920 she lived in Keene with her second husband, their daughter Pauline, her daughter from previous marriage, Stella L. Fletcher (listed in the 1920 census as Stella "Kelley"), and 3 lodgers. She and her husband both worked in a chair factory.


In 1930 she lived in Swanzey, New Hampshire, with her husband, their 4 children, her 3 children from previous marriage, and the husband and child of her married daughter, Stella Fletcher Rice. Her husband was a lumber surveyor.

Gravesite Details

Interred: 29 Aug 1972
There was no stone for Elizabeth in this plot when it was searched on 31 Aug 2023.



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