Brief Life History of Leonard Bland
When Leonard Bland Kennedy was born on 19 December 1888, in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Charles Sumner Kennedy, was 31 and his mother, Addie Elizabeth Bland, was 22. He married Maude Elizabeth Yoder on 17 February 1916, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 19 February 1974, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (16)
- L B Kenndy in household of C S Kenndy, "United States Census, 1900"
- Leonard B Kennedy, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Leonard Bland Kennedy, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Spouse and Children
1888–1974 Male
1886–1971 Female
Children (2)
1920–1994 Male
1927– Female
Parents and Siblings
1857– Male
1866–1961 Female
Siblings (3)
1888–1974 Male
1891– Male
1892–1974 Male
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 3
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 24
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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