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William Kennedy

William Kennedy

Born
1815-01-27 12:00:00
Died
1897-08-24 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

William Kennedy was born on 27 Jan 1815 in Tipperary County. His parents were John and Ellen (nee Toohey).  William married Bridget Ryan in 1840.  In 1849, William, Bridget, and their first child, Patrick, left Ireland and entered Canada at Grosse Isle. In 1850, they crossed Lake Ontario and entered the United States, settling in Lincoln, New York.  In 1859, Bridget died. William eventually remarried to Katherine Ward who also happened to be from Tipperary, Ireland.

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00