Sixth Generation

148. William Solomon KELLS was born on 16 August 1863 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. He died after 1913 at the age of 50. He was a clerk at the time he got married, living in Pittsfield, NY. Marriage is recorded in Pittsfield town records, Vol 388, page 65 (image not available on line).

Berkshire Genealogist Quarterly, Vol 12 #3 pg. 86 has the voting list for 1900, listing him as having been born in Hudson, NY, living at 13 Francis Street, working as a clerk at 9 Bank Row.

The Pittsfield Evening Sun lists him and his sister as living in Detroit, Michigan, at the time of his father's death in 1909.

He was apparently living in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, from about 1904 to sometime after 1913. His sister, Maude, was married and living there, as was his cousin, Harold H. Kells. He's listed as boarding at 702 Jefferson in Toledo in 1906, working in a rubber factor, in 1908 as an enameler, and 2601 Scottsdale in 1911 as a bartender. By 1913, he was living at 3047 Monroe and working as a bartender. His cousin, Harold, was also living on Monroe.

In the 1900 Census, he was boarding with his father at 112 West Street, Pittsfield, in what appears to be a hotel or large rooming house. He is listed as married, as is his father.

He was a member of MA Grand Lodge of Masons, Crescent Chapter, 1891-96 (and maybe later).

William Solomon KELLS and Sarah "Sadie" VAN VECHTEN were married on 12 January 1888 in Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., MA.⁹⁹ Sarah "Sadie" VAN VECHTEN, daughter of Edward VAN VECHTEN and Catherine DENNISON, was born about 1867 in Hampshire Co., MA. She was from Williamsburg. Did they marry 12 Jun or 12 Jan or 30 Jan? They were married in Williamsburg by Rev. H. A. Jones. What happened to the marriage? There's no further record of Sadie. In the 1900 Census, William is living with his father in the US Hotel -- no wife, no child.

William Solomon KELLS and Sarah "Sadie" VAN VECHTEN had the following children:

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William J. KELLS was born on 16 December 1890 in NY. There was a William Kells, fariner, lodging at the Troy Orphanage at the time of the 1920 Census. Both his parents were born in NY. It's hard to distinguish between the William Kells b. 1889 and the William Kells b. 1890.

There was a William Kells listed in the 1930 Census, wife Leona, born in CT, two children, Ardella 14 and Kenneth J., 11, both born in CT. William was a house painter. His parents were both born in NY.