Brief Life History of Edward Shirley
When Edward Shirley Kennedy was born on 4 July 1817, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Kennedy Hadfield, was 45 and his mother, Harriet Shirley, was 33. He married Emma Elizabeth Heath on 11 July 1865, in Bisham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Kingsley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Littleham, Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 1 March 1898, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in Littleham, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edward S Kenedy, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Edward Shirley Kennedy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Shirley Kennedy, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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