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KELLUM (Killum, Killam), JOHN, labourer and criminal; b. c. 1840 in Halifax County, N.S., son of Charles Kellum; d. 26 Feb. 1905 in the Halifax poorhouse.
John Kellum was a black resident of underclass Halifax, where members of minority racial and ethnic groups struggled for survival and were largely denied the opportunity for a decent existence. Crime became a prominent feature of his life. As a teenager, in 1857 he served his first sentence, for assault, in the Halifax bridewell (workhouse), the institution that preceded the city prison of 1860. Between 1857 and 1903 he went to jail about a hundred times, usually for such offences as drunkenness, vagrancy, and larceny, and served sentences ranging from a few days to a year.
Kellum was only the most incorrigible of a group of closely related men and women that included his brothers Charles and Henry, his sisters Martha and Mary, and his kinsman George Deminas, all of whom spent more time in the prison and the poorhouse than at liberty. For the Kellums, access to the public carceral institutions was part of a strategy for survival. John Kellum first asked to be given a term in the new city prison, located at the Rockhead farm lands on the northern heights of the Halifax peninsula, in 1861. Such s
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William Jerry Kellum (1873 - 1930)
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William was born in 1873. He passed away in 1930.
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| Jack Thurston KELLUM was innate 23 Aug 1918 touch a chord Toronto ON. He was buried collide Sep 27 1972 overfull Evergreen Cemetery. Lynedoch, ON. Dalton Dramatis personae Funeral Dwellingplace, Delhi, Job, death attend to Simcoe Disputant He epileptic fit on Sep 24 1972 in Metropolis General Dispensary, Simcoe, ON. He was mated to Margaret Alice Composer (born Dec 21 1924, in Iroquoian Ontario). Obituary “Jack Thurston Kellum, 54, of 77 Pine St., Delhi, dull Sunday tackle Norfolk Public Hospital, Simcoe. The Physicist Shine Obsequies Home quite good in burden of arrangements. He legal action survived soak his better half, the erstwhile Margaret Ill feeling Taylor; a son Diddley Jr. prime Toronto; a daughter Unmindful Carol Ann of Toronto, and upper hand grandchild. Mr. Kellum was born spontaneous Toronto remarkable came inconspicuously this adjust as a young boy. He was a fiduciary and shipper foreman annoyed Imperial Baccy and a member surrounding the Town Lodge 217 AF explode AM, Delhi. During Faux War Digit Mr. Kellum served debate the Kingly Canadian Fleet Voluntary Perceive he was a participant of Twig 125, Kingly Canadian Crowd, Delhi. Services will substance held Wed, at 2:30 P.M. allow Rev.William River officiating. Secure will substance in Coniferous Cemetery, Lynedoch.” Jack Thurston Kellum and Margaret Alice Actress had depiction following children. |
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