Edward Kelly Burrell

   Another name for Edward was Edward Kelly.

  Research Notes:

Marilyn Terlich notes:
Your site mentions an Edward Kelly Burrell as a child of John and Mary Burrell but I know he was fostered by John Burrell (Martha's son). I will include their 14 children.

From "The Whiley Family" by Peter & Kate Whiley:
"Edward's mother Jane died only 2 days after Edward was born in June 1835. Edward was christened just 2 days after his birth, leading to the assumption that his mother must have been very ill, and a speedy christening was a priority. Edward's father Edward, a bullock team driver was thus left with two very small infants to care for. However in the early 1800s he would not have been able to care for the children on his own and fostering or adoption must have been the only course of action.
It appears that a nearby family with the surname Burrell offered themselves as foster parents and that Edward Kelly assumed the Burrell surname. It was not until the last of Edward and Sarah's children were born that he reverted back to the Kelly surname.
John & Mary Burrell had 6 children when Edward Kelly was born. Their seventh Mary was born 3 months after Edward and the opportunity for Mary to wet nurse the infant was probably encouraged. The Burrell family was well known in the area.

"Not in One Place" by Peter Kelly 1999:
"Edward may well have grown up using the Burrell surname and he may not have known about his original parents until after his marriage. When he married Sarah Gavin in 1856 he used Burrell as his surname. He reverted back to the surname Kelly in about 1877."

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann Cook

Edward married Sarah Gavin, daughter of Michael Gavin and Susannah Howell, on 22 Apr 1856 in Richmond, NSW Australia. (Sarah Gavin was born on 13 Nov 1838 in Windsor, NSW Australia and died on 29 Jan 1905 in Spring Hill, NSW Australia.)