Brief Life History of John
When John Kennedy was born on 24 July 1824, in Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Kennedy, was 53 and his mother, Mary Logan, was 38. He married Isabel Burns on 9 June 1843, in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891 and Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 2 July 1906, in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- John Kennedy in household of James Kennedy, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- John Kennedy birth - Parish registers for Dailly
- John Kennedy / Isabella Burns marriage - Parish registers for Tarbolton
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1847 · The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland is established.
The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1847. For most of its existence the United Presbyterian Church was the third largest Presbyterian Church in Scotland and flourished in Scotland for 53 years. After being reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929, it continues to bring relief to the local communities.
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.
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