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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald KENNEDY

Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALDAge: 1041890–1995

Name
Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD
Given names
Rose Elizabeth
Surname
FITZGERALD
Married Name
Rose Elizabeth KENNEDY
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Birth 22 July 1890
 North End, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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Death of a father 2 October 1950 (Age 60)
 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

father - John Francis FITZGERALD
Death of a mother 8 August 1964 (Age 74)
 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

mother - Mary Josephine HANNON
Death 22 January 1995 (Age 104)
 Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Source:  Find A Grave
Publication: Find a Grave Memorial (Ancestry)
Text:

American Socialite. She was the matriarch of the politically prominent Kennedy family and mother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, and of Robert Francis Kennedy and Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, United States Senators. She was born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, the eldest child of John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a prominent figure in Boston politics who served one term in Congress and later became the city's mayor. The Fitzgerald family lived for a time at 39 Welles Avenue, in the Ashmont Hill section of Dorchester, Massachusetts while she attended the local Girl's Latin School. She graduated from Dorchester High School in 1906, then attended finishing school at a "strict French convent," and became her father's traveling companion; visiting many countries of Europe in 1908, and the newly built Panama Canal. She married wealthy financier Joseph Patrick Kennedy on October 7, 1914, after a courtship of more than 7 years. They set up housekeeping in nearby Brookline, in a house that is now a national historic landmark. She bore four sons and five daughters, among them a future president, and a number of senators and philanthropists, including the founder of the Special Olympics. Always a physically active person, she took brisk ocean swims in 50 degree weather -- even into her 80s. There is no question but that Rose cared for her children and assisted them in every way in their careers. However, she was not a particularly hands-on mother. "I did little diaper changing," she admitted. At the family’s summer retreat at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Rose often sought solitude to remove herself from the ruckus of her big family. An intensely devout Roman Catholic, she would pray in her private retreat. Rose Kennedy did not push her own ambitions on her children the way her husband did. Instead, she quietly offered another path, by her own example, of religious and familial duty and personal stoicism. After the death of the president, she nearly cried. Regaining her self-composure, she declared, "No one will ever feel sorry for me." Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy outlived her husband and four of her nine children, dying at the age of 104 in 1995, from complications of pneumonia. Rose Kennedy was the longest-lived Presidential parent (and/or relative) in history. She was well-known for her philanthropic efforts, as well as leading the Grandparents' Parade at age 90 at the Special Olympics. Her life and work with the Special Olympics are documented in American Film Foundation's documentary “Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember.”

Bio by: Edward Parsons
Burial 25 January 1995 (3 days after death)
 Brookline, Holyhood Cemetery, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Source:  Find A Grave
Publication: Find a Grave Memorial (Ancestry)
Text: Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
Birth 22 Jul 1890

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death 22 Jan 1995 (aged 104)
Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Holyhood Cemetery
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Family Members
Parents
John Francis Fitzgerald
1863–1950
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald
1865–1964

Siblings
Mary Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan
1892–1936
Thomas Acton Fitzgerald
1895–1968
John Francis Fitzgerald
1898–1979
Eunice Josephine Fitzgerald
1900–1923
Frederick Hannon Fitzgerald
1904–1935

Spouse
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
1888–1969 (m. 1914)

Children
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
1915–1944
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
1915–1944
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1917–1963
Rose Marie Kennedy
1918–2005
Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish
1920–1948
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
1921–2009
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
1924–2006
Robert Francis Kennedy
1925–1968
Jean Ann Kennedy Smith
1928–2020
Ted Kennedy
1932–2009


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Added: 31 Dec 2000
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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald KENNEDY
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald KENNEDY

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John Francis FITZGERALD (1863–1950) John Francis FITZGERALD

Birth 11 February 1863  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Reference number K50  

Death 2 October 1950 (Age 87)  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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mother
Mary Josephine Hannon FITZGERALD (1865–1964) Mary Josephine HANNON

Birth 31 October 1865  Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Reference number K51  

Death 8 August 1964 (Age 98)  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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Marriage: 18 September 1889 — Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald KENNEDY Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD

Birth 22 July 1890  North End, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Reference number K2  

Death 22 January 1995 (Age 104)  Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

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