Leslie George Kelly, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Leslie George Kelly

Ngati Mahuta; journalist, engine-driver, historian

Date of Birth: 10-May-1906

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1959

Profession: historian, journalist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Leslie George Kelly (10 May 1906 – 6 August 1959) was a New Zealand journalist, engine driver and historian.
Kelly's father, Sidney Mellish Kelly, was descended from Edward Meurant, a trader and interpreter at Kawhia in the 1830s, and his wife, Kenehuru, the daughter of Ngati Mahuta leader Te Tuhi-o-te-rangi.
Leslie Kelly was born in Auckland on 10 May 1906.
He married Heera (Sarah) Te Moengaroa Ueke, who was of Ngai Tawake, a hapu (subtribe) of Ngapuhi, and Ngati Mahuta, on 11 February 1929, in Auckland.
From the late 1920s, he studied Maori history and wrote articles for the Journal of the Polynesian Society, later writing two books.
He died in a train crash at Motumaoho, Morrinsville, on 6 August 1959.