Jane Kennedy

Femaleabout 1821–

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Kennedy was born about 1821, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Kennedy, was 39 and her mother, Margaret A Tadlock, was 28. She married David Reed on 15 December 1839, in Shelby, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Moultrie, Illinois, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

David Reed
1812–
Jane Kennedy
1821–
Marriage: 15 December 1839
Margaret Elizabeth Reed
1840–1923
Mary J Reed
1843–
Julia Ann Reed
1844–1919
Martha Reed
1846–1873
John J Reed
1850–
Andrew J. Reed
1852–

Sources (7)

  • Jane Reed, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jane Kennedy, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Janea Canaday in entry for Julia Ann Leggitt, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 December 1839Shelby, Illinois, United States

    • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

    Age 0

    A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

    1843

    Age 22

    Historical Boundaries: 1843: Moultrie, Illinois, United States

    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

    Age 35

    William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

    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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