Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
Sarah Ann Kennedy was born on 23 October 1843, in North Carolina, United States. She married Gaius Galbanum Jones "Galley" Powell on 21 March 1861, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 September 1881, in Wake Forest, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Sarah Powell in household of Galba* Powell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Ann Kennedy - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sarah Ann Kennedy
- Sarah A Keneday, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1838–1905 Male
1843–1881 Female
Children (9)
1862–1933 Male
1863–1896 Female
1865–1891 Male
1867–1950 Female
1871–1943 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1853 · First State Fair
Age 10
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 19
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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