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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. He was a maternal great-grandfather of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States.
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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 ...
Apr 14, 2023 · When Edward Blewitt (1795-1872) and his family left Ballina, Co Mayo 170 years ago during the Great Famine, their only thoughts were on survival and making a new life in America. The Blewitts...
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Brief Life History of Edward Francis. 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.
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Joe's matrilineal great-grandfather (Geraldine's father), Edward Francis Blewitt, the child of Irish emigrants from Rappagh, Ballina, County Mayo, was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Jan 20, 2021 · Rumored to be a member of the Molly Maguires was Biden's great-grandfather Edward Francis Blewitt, a native of Lousiana whose parents Patrick and Catherine (nee Scanlon) Blewitt were from...
Edward Francis Blewitt (January 2, 1859 – May 26, 1926) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician. He was 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 President of the United States. [2] [3]