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- Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823, and Rose Anna Cox, born in County Cavan in 1835 were the parents of John Francis Fitzgerald, who was born in Boston, MA on February 11, 1863.
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Sometime between 1846 and 1855 some of the Fitzgeralds migrated to America because of the devastating potato famine. Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823, and Rose Anna Cox, born in County Cavan in 1835 were the parents of John Francis Fitzgerald, who was born in Boston, MA on February 11, 1863.
May 3, 2022 · Rosanna Cox, born in 1836, later emigrated to Boston where she met and married Thomas Fitzgerald in 1857. Their son John Francis Fitzgerald later became Mayor of Boston. When his daughter, Rose, married Joe Kennedy, one of the most important political dynasties of the age was initiated.
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Jun 27, 2023 · JFK's maternal grandfather John Francis was born in 1863 to Thomas Fitzgerald of Co Limerick and Rosanna Cox of Co Cavan. John's wife Mary Josie was the daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald, both of whom were also reported to be from Co Limerick.
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The couple's fourth child, John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) would go on to marry Mary Josephine Hannon, who would give birth to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald on the 22nd of July 1890. Rose Elizabeth would become JFK's mother.
Nov 19, 2013 · Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823, and Rose Anna Cox, born in County Cavan in 1835, were the parents of John Francis Fitzgerald, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 11, 1863. On September 18, 1889, John Francis ‘Honey Fitz’ Fitzgerald married Mary Josephine Hannon of Acton, Massachusetts.
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.
He was the father of Rose Fitzgerald and maternal grandfather of her sons President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy. In his old age, Fitzgerald helped his grandson, John F. Kennedy, win his first election to Congress.
