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Jan 20, 2021 · Finnegan, an advertising salesman and later a librarian for the former Scranton Tribune, married Geraldine C. Blewitt, the daughter of former state Sen. Edward Blewitt, a former city engineer and a founder of the group that evolved into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County.
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...
- A Look at Joe Biden's Historical Irish Roots
- The Biden Family Tree
- How Did President Joe Biden's Irish Ancestors Come to America?
- President Biden Is The 'Most Irish of All Presidents'
Biden draws most of his Irish heritage from his mother Catherine "Jean" Finnegan's side of the family, with lineage tracing back to the Blewitts in County Mayo and Finnegans from County Louth, Ireland.Biden will visit both counties.
The Blewitt family can be traced back as far as 1795. In 1909, the family surname changed to Finnegan when President Biden's grandmother Geraldine C. Blewitt married Ambrose Finnegan. Their daughter, Catherine "Jean" Finnegan, is Joe Biden's mother. She married Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. in 1941, and the surname changed to Biden.
Patrick Blewitt, one of Biden's great-great-grandfathers, sailed to the U.S. in 1850 and spotted the mining opportunities in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He returned to Ireland, gathered the rest of the Blewitt family and left for the U.S. later that year on Christmas Day. Biden's Irish roots:'Simple dignity': How President Biden's visit to Ireland tell...
Ten of Biden's 16 great-great-grandparents are from Ireland. "He really probably is the most Irish of all the presidents," said Fiona Fitzsimons, a genealogist from Dublin and director of the Irish Family History Centre, who traced Biden's genealogy in 2016 on the then-vice president's behalf. Biden's Irish ancestors were a diverse bunch: engineers...
Jan 19, 2021 · Edward F. Blewitt married Mary Ellen Stanton at St. Patrick’s Church in Scranton on May 10, 1879, according to Shuta’s chart. Their daughter, Biden’s maternal grandmother, Geraldine Blewitt, married Ambrose Joseph Finnegan, Biden’s maternal grandfather, in 1909.
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...
Apr 14, 2023 · Decades later his grandson's daughter, Geraldine C Blewitt would marry Ambrose J Finnegan - another second-generation Irish person. This branch of the family tree stems from Co Louth.
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...
