Family Timeline

  • 1850s: Mother’s ancestors arrived Illinois from Germany, Switzerland
  • 1860s: Father’s ancestors arrived northern Illinois from Isle of Man on grandfather’s side and Sweden on grandmother’s side
  • 1900: grandparents on mother’s side both born
  • 1902: grandparents on father’s side both born
  • 5 Sept 1933: father, Robert Harry Kelly, born Cambridge IL
  • 23 Jan 1934: mother, Helen Elizabeth Pierce, born Kewanee IL
  • 25 Jul 1953: parents married
  • Nov 1954: Parents moved to England; lived in Felixstowe; father served as weatherman at R.A.F. Woodbridge
  • 30 Aug 1955: Mark was born, at Phyllis Memorial Home in Melton, England
  • 29 Mar 1957: Parents and Mark returned to US, settled eventually in Apple Valley CA
  • 26 Jul 1958: sister Susan born in Apple Valley
    • Jan 1959: family trip by train to Cambridge
  • 20 Jan 1962: sister Lisa born in Apple Valley
  • Early 1962: Family moved to Santa Monica, 2335 21st Street, lived there 6 months
  • Summer 1962: Family moved to Reseda, 6516 Rhea Avenue, lived there 6 years
  • 16 Jan 1964: brother Kevin born, in Northridge CA
    • Summer 1965: car trip to Cambridge, via Meteor Crater, return through Rockies
  • Early 1968: Family moved initially to Cambridge, IL, to live with my grandfather and finish school year
  • Summer 1968: Family settled in Glen Ellyn, IL. Live there 3 years
    • Summer ’68: family car trip to Wisconsin Dells, north peninsula Michigan
    • 20 Jul 1969: Apollo 11 landed on the moon; we watched the grainy images on our black and white TV
    • Summer 1969: family car trip through Smoky Mountains, to DC, then upstate New York, Canada, Michigan
    • Summer1970: family car trip to Rocky Mtn Park, Badlands in South Dakota, Mt. Rushmore
  • Summer 1971: Family moved back to California; after several week layover in Apple Valley, family settled in Sepulveda (now North Hills) at 9340 Hayvenhurst Ave.
    • Summer 1972: family car trip to Lassen, Crater Lake, Olympic Peninsula, Oregon coast
  • Feb 1978: Parents, Lisa, and Kevin moved to Tullahoma TN; Sue and Mark stayed in LA
  • 23 Jun 1984: Sue married Steve Corbett
  • 8 Aug 1986: mother died in Tullahoma
  • 13 Jan 2001: father died in Simi Valley
  • June 2002: Lisa died in Lexington