I Need Your Help – Please add your name or a comment to the Killey Genealogy log here…
Posted by Peter Killey
on July 29, 2011
I would really like to hear from all the Killey’s out there!
If you wish, please add a comment or two to this page so all us Killey’s can keep up to date as to where we are in the world and to find out a little bit about our ancestry.
Here is a link to the old Genealogy Log which had to be disabled due to spammers (Feb 2017).
Thank you.
Peter
I just left inaccurate information
The Killey brothers parents were not Michael & Margaret Murphy. These are the names of grandparents.
The parents were Timothy Murphy and Ellen Ryan (maiden name). We assume now that Ellen Ryan may have been married to a Killey before she married Timothy Murphy. She was somewhat older then Timothy.
Ellen Ryan B:1806 to 1810 range of years of birth.
She brought Patrick & Michael Killey along with her new younger husband and at least two additional sons from this union to Iowa USA
I just found out some of my Murphy relatives from Castleconnell Limerick area might actually be sons from a previous marriage, and their last name was Killey. Michael Killey B:1835 & Patrick Killey B: 1834
Their mother’s name was Margaret, but we do not have her maiden name. She married a Michael Murphy and they lived around O’Briensbridge and some of their grandchildren were baptisted at St Joseph’s Church in Castleconnell. The Killey brothers immigrated with Timothy & Margaret Murphy to Iowa, USA in about 1848 to 1852. Timothy & Margaret Murphy had other children born in the area they callled Castle Hills. Those other children are Timothy & John R Murphy born about 1843 & 1845 respectively.
Hello,
I’m actually Manx too, and I take after the Manx people in my family,
the Collisters, or Callisters. I am trying to get in touch with a
Killey who lived in the North of England, perhaps somewhere near
Liverpool, and who was interested in geneology but I don’t remember
his first name! I think it may have been John possibly but I just do
not remember. Know he was married to a German lady and had two sons,
one named Robert. If you have any idea of how I could get in touch
with him it would be much appreciated! Best regards, Seana
I am Richard Mathias KILLEY. I am the youngest of 5 children.
My Father is Mathias Henry KILLEY. (1933 Douglas I think).
He came to Yorkshire as a young man and worked as a miner before serving 23 years in the Army.
My Mother was Rita. and Sisters and brothers are
Susan Now HAMMONDS living in Spain.
Rita Now Davis Living in Yorkshire.
Peter Charles KILLEY now living in Australia. Named after our Grandfather from Douglas.
AND Michael George KILLEY living in Yorkshire.
My father was raised with Cousins called EDGE. Uncle Ernie was very much a Brother to Matt.
I am a Killey living in Northland NZ, daughter of the late Harold Frederick Killey.
There were no sons born to his family of brothers, so that brought the Killey name to a halt.
Would love to hear from descendents as I will be visiting England and the Isle Of Man in the very near future.
I am Corde Killey grandson of Wilma Killey and son of William Killey…I have a brother Darin Killey and a nephew Wyatt Killey…he was the last and is still the last to carry on the name. Grand mother is now deceased…we all reside in the United States….all in Indianapolis Indiana….
Hi everyone! I am just starting to compose my family tree and came across this whilst searching the origins of the Killey surname! I hope I can help in someway and visa versa!
Hello all, I came across this site while researching origins of the Killey name. Very interesting information. Thanks!
Hi Peter. Do you remember when we first exchanged emails in 2007 – my asking if you and I were related? So proud to see I was the third to sign on to your marvellous website. I want to thank you for establishing this. It has resulted in my being contacted by two people, one I now consider a friend and hope to meet one day and the other a cousin I would never have known about. Through this I have discovered things about my Father amd his family that would have been lost forever. This has been a gift.