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I, GEORGE ALFRED SKELLY, am the author of this page, hence the name GEORGE SKELLY FAMILY WEB SITE. Because my father was named GEORGE ALBERT SKELLY, this page is dedicated to him. It is hoped that in the future it could be a source for family communication.
June 2017: Eighteen members of the Skelly Family Journeyed to Laughin, Nevada to enjoy a Family Reunion for 3 days at the Riverside Casino and Resort in Laughlin, Nevada. The casino has a wonderful location on the Colorado River. Boating, Jet skiing, River rides, gambling, fine restaurants, trips to Bloulder Dam. swimming, night life, to mention a few of the amenities. The family had a party room available 24 hrs and dinners in the Gourmet Room and a banquet were the highlights of the meeting. A good time was had by all!! Click to view photo.
January 2015: The four Skelly girls, Valerie, Gaye, Diane, and Vera, paid a visit to Sun City West recently to socialize with their parents, George and Shirly Skelly. Playfully dubbed, "The Nucleus Reunion," it was the second gathering of the "original six" in 10 years. A grand time was had by all. Click here for a photo of the group.
July 2014: Trent Peterson, son of Gaye Skelly-Peterson and Sheldon Peterson won the Minnesota State Open Golf Tournament. The three-day, 54-hole event was held at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Trent was the victor following a one-hole play-off after posting scores of 63,74, and 71. His first-day score of 63 was one stroke shy of the course record. This prestigious tournament was open to 156 golf professionals and amateurs who had to qualify to compete in the event.
March 2011: Tara Skelly Peterson was a member of the United States team that won the National Junior Curling Championship and represented the United States in the World Junior Curling Championship playdowns in Perth, Scotland in March 2011. She threw third stone for the team. She was accompanied by her mother Gaye Skelly-Peterson and her father Sheldon (Pete) Peterson on the trip. During the trip arrangements were made for them to visit and meet their relatives in the town of their heritage, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Click here for a report and photos of the trip
October 2010: - George and Shirley Skelly were married on 28 October 1950. George had volunteered for military service at the outbreak of the Korean War and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry. George and Shirley were married when George was on embarkation leave before leaving the country. In order to celebrate their anniversary it was decided that the whole family would gather together on an ocean cruise down the Mexican Riviera. The ship selected was the Carnival Splendor. Click here to see the Family picture.
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According to my father our line of the Skellys cannot be traced back to Ireland. How he
knew this I do not know. It is known that there were years of turmoil in the border country of England and
Scotland in the 12th-14th Centuries. In those years most Church records of births, marriages,
deaths etc were destroyed by the warring factions. If there were any ancestral records that
indicated that we had roots in Ireland, they were probably demolished at that time.
Our ancestors, it is said, have been in Northeast Northumberland for the last 400 years. GEORGE ALBERT SKELLY, was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Northumberland, England. He married
IVY MADELINE ROSE CHOWNE of Dorchester, England in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 10 June 1927. The author is married to
SHIRLEY MARY SKELLY (nee INGRAM). We have four lovely daughters.
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