John G Kennedy

Male25 November 1824–15 July 1909

Brief Life History of John G

John G Kennedy was born on 25 November 1824, in Ireland. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Mary Jane Smiley. He lived in Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 15 July 1909, in Seaman, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Seaman, Adams, Ohio, United States.

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John G Kennedy
1824–1909
Mary Jane Smiley
1822–1896
James Irvin Kennedy
1853–1882
John G Kennedy Jr
1855–
David Porter Kennedy
1857–1882
Nancy Margaret Kennedy
1861–1937
Mary Jane Kennedy
1863–1937
Mary Martha "Mattie" Kennedy
1868–1940
Regina Ray Kennedy
1870–1948

Sources (3)

  • John G Kennedy, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John G Kennedy, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John J. Kennedy in entry for Charles Tomlin and Regina Kennedy, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

Age 1

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1839

Age 15

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Age 36

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

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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