1,055 documented Kennedy ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Irish, anglicized from Ó Cinnéide — 'descendant of Cinnéidigh' ('helmeted head').
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 1,046 Kennedy records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, John, Robert, James and William.
Of the 1,032 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is James Kennedy, born 1853 in Ohio.
Documented Kennedy families on this page come from Twentieth Century History of Mahoning County, Ohio, Biographical Record of Williams County, Ohio and History of Washington County, Iowa, vol 2.
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Deceased Kennedy ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Irish, anglicized from Ó Cinnéide — 'descendant of Cinnéidigh' ('helmeted head').
The documented line here reaches back to 1853. Most Kennedy lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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