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JFK Library | USA | VIEW SOURCE |
The ancestral home of JFK is generally accepted to be Dunganstown, Co. Wexford as this is the homeplace of his paternal ancestors. He even visited there on his 1963 tour of Ireland. But what of JFK's maternal connections to Ireland?
Born in Co. Cavan in 1836, Rose Anna Cox married Thomas Fitzgerald (1823-1885) from Bruff Co. Limerick. The couple emigrated to the USA, settling in Boston Massachusetts. While in Boston the couple had 12 children, 9 of whom lived to adulthood.
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Michael (1858-1860)
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James (1860-1950)
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Thomas J. (1861-1893)
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John Francis (1863-1950)
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Michael J. (1864-1925)
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William S. (1865-1899)
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Edward C. (1867-1940)
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Joseph A. (1868-1920)
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Ellen Rosanna (1870-1870)
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George F. (1871-1914)
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Henry S. (1875-1955)
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Mary Ellen (1879-1879)
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.
Rose Anna died on the 12th of March 1879.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1836 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 12th Mar 1879 | VIEW SOURCE |
