Brief Life History of Ida Mae
When Ida Mae Kennedy was born on 13 April 1903, in Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States, her father, Robert Eli Kennedy, was 31 and her mother, Mary Lou Lolley, was 30. She married Lonzo Harrison Tyra on 24 October 1920, in Marion, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Beat 2, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Kirkville, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States for about 1 years. She died on 7 January 1974, in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Ida Tyra in household of C H Tyra, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ida Kennedy, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Ida Tyra in household of Alonzo H Tyra, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1903–1979 Male
1903–1974 Female
Children (11)
1921–1988 Female
1923–2002 Female
1926–2016 Male
1928–2019 Female
1931–1988 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1872–1946 Male
1872–1948 Female
Siblings (13)
1893–1980 Female
1895–1918 Female
1897–1908 Male
1899–1987 Female
1901–1954 Male
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World Events (8)
1904
Age 1
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 4
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 20
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh, consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare Canaday , Cannady , Cannedy , Kannady , and Kenedy .
History: Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. — The great-grandparents of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland c. 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. — An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY c. 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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