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Rifleman Adam McKelvey is listed on the memorial in Bellaghy Presbyterian Church. |
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Rifleman McKelvey is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension near Rouen, France. During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. |
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Rifleman Adam McKelvey was serving with the 8th/9th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was died of wounds at Rouen on Saturday 15th December 1917. |
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Adam McKelvey enlisted in Belfast. |
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The 1911 census lists Adam as age 22 working as a farm servant at house 31 in Leitrim, Castledawson, County Londonderry. |
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The 1901 census lists Adam as age 10 living with the family at house 3 in Ballyscullion West, Bellaghy, County Londonderry. His mother had died. His father was a farmer. |
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GRONI record that an Elizabeth McKelvey died in Bellaghy on 31st January 1892 aged 28 (Ref D/1892/179/1022/12/240). |
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Family: Thomas John McKelvey, Elizabeth McKelvey, Adam McKelvey (born 24th July 1888), Annie McKelvey (born 25th December 1889). |
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Adam McKelvey was born in Bellaghy on 24th July 1888. |
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Adam McKelvey was the only son of Thomas John and Elizabeth McKelvey. Thomas McKelvey married Elizabeth Brown on 18th October 1887 in the district of Cookstown. |
