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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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"
Spouse and Children
1824–1909 Male
1822–1896 Female
Children (7)
1853–1882 Male
1855– Male
1857–1882 Male
1861–1937 Female
1863–1937 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 1
1839
Age 15
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 36
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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