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Aug 26, 2020 · Catherine Eugenia Finnegan, later Catherine E. F. Biden (her family called her Jean) was born in 1917; her family hailed from Pennsylvania. She married Joe Biden Sr. in 1941, and Joe Jr. was...
Aug 15, 2022 · When Biden, Sr., got to Scranton, he met Catherine Eugenia (Jean) Finnegan, his future wife. He graduated from high school and took a job at Amoco, despite his father’s troubles there. In 1937 ...
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Jan 8, 2010 · Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan Biden was born on July 17, 1917, the daughter of the late Ambrose J. Finnegan and the former Geraldine C. Blewitt of Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1941, she...
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- Jean Biden Was Remembered in Her Native Scranton as the ‘Mother That Everybody Wanted to Have’ Jean Finnegan spent more than 30 years of her life in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Jean Taught Her Sons to Stand up to Bullies & Once Told Off a Nun Who Had Mocked Joe Biden for His Stutter. Jean has been described as the type of mother who jumped to her children’s defense when they needed her.
- Jean Was Initially Worried Politics Would Ruin Her Son’s Reputation as a Lawyer. It took Jean some time to get on board when her oldest son told her was interested in running for the U.S. Senate.
- Biden Said His Mother Leaned on Their Catholic Faith to Help Him Cope After His Wife & Daughter Died in a Car Crash. Biden is only the second practicing Catholic to be elected president in the United States.
As noted in her obituary in the New York Times, she was born in 1917 to Ambrose J. Finnegan and Geraldine C. Blewitt, and as can be seen here in the 1920 census, she grew up in a tri-generational family: Young Eugenia was probably named after her oldest Finnegan uncle, Eugene. Mrs.
Jan 9, 2010 · Catherine Eugenia Finnegan, who was known as Jean, was born on July 17, 1917, to Ambrose J. Finnegan and Geraldine C. Blewitt of Scranton. In 1941 she married Joseph Robinette Biden, who died...
Jan 8, 2010 · Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan Biden was born on July 17, 1917, the daughter of the late Ambrose J. Finnegan and the former Geraldine C. Blewitt of Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1941, she married Joseph Robinette Biden.
