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Edward Francis Blewitt (January 2, 1859 – May 26, 1926) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. [1] . He was a maternal great-grandfather of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States. [2] [3]
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- Joe Biden (great-grandson)
Edward Francis Blewitt, born January 2, 1859, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; son of Patrick and Catherine Scanlon Blewitt, Lafayette College, B.S., civil engineering, 1879; engaged, engineering, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania mining operations; married, Mary Ellen Stanton, 1879, (d.1887) children, Gertrude, Patrick, Arthur, and Geraldine ...
Jun 25, 2020 · The Vice President’s earliest traceable direct ancestor is his great-great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt (ca. 1795-1872), born in north county Mayo, Ireland. Our first documentary evidence...
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Edward Francis Blewitt was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. Family Blewitt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Patrick and Catherine (Scanlon) Blewitt, who were emigrants from Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.[4][5]
- New Orleans, LA
- Mary Ellen Blewitt, Mary Ann Blewitt
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- January 2, 1859
Candidate Biden’s maternal great-grandfather was named Edward F. Blewitt. He was born in 1859, making him 6 years old when the Civil War ended. The Blewitt family immigrated to America from...
When Edward Francis Blewitt was born on 2 January 1859, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, his father, Patrick F Blewitt, was 26 and his mother, Katharine Scanlon, was 22. He married Mary Ellen Stanton about 1879, in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
Feb 18, 2021 · President Biden’s maternal great-grandfather Edward Francis Blewitt, the son of Irish immigrants, was a founding member of the Scranton / Lackawanna County, branch of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Lackawanna County.