Cornelia Elmina Kennedy

4 November 1844–10 November 1919 (Age 75)
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Cornelia Elmina

When Cornelia Elmina Kennedy was born on 4 November 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Kennedy, was 37 and her mother, Huldah Elvira Clark, was 27. She married George Comb Scott I on 25 December 1861, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 10 November 1919, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Comb Scott I
1840–1923
Cornelia Elmina Kennedy
1844–1919
Marriage: 25 December 1861
Anna Eliza Scott
1862–1863
Frances Cornelia Scott
1863–1928
George Comb Scott Jr.
1866–1939
Hulda Elvira Scott
1868–1949
Susan Elmina Scott
1870–1954
Sarah May Scott
1873–1942
Hyrum Clark Scott
1875–1922
Mary Emma Scott
1877–1951
Charles Kennedy Scott
1880–1954
Lulu Belle Scott
1885–1963
Anthony Scott
1887–1887

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 December 1861Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1845 · Oh My Father
    Age 1
    "In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
    1846
    Age 2
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1865
    Age 21
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Cannaday
    Canaday
    Canida
    Canada
    Cannady
    Kenndy
    Kennady
    Canedy
    Cannedy
    Kenedy
    Canady
    Kanady
    Kannady
    Kenady

    Story Highlight

    CORNELIA ELMINIA KENNEDY

    CORNELIA ELMINA KENNEDY WAS BORN NOV. 4TH 1844 IN NAVUOO, ILLINOIS. HER MOTHER WAS HULDA ELVIRA CLARK. HER FATHER WAS CHARLES KENNEDY AN ADOPTED SON OF BRIGHAM YOUNG AND BODY GUARD OF THE PROPH …

    Sources (37)

    • Cornella Canada in entry for Hiram Scott, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Cornelia Canada in household of Chas Canada, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Cornelia Kennedy in entry for Mary Emma Scott Hopkins, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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