- Mary Loretta Kennedy
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Mary Loretta Kennedy(August 6, 1892-November 18, 1972) was the third born child (of four) to P.J. Kennedy and Mary Augusta Hickey. She was the aunt of American politicians John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Francis Kennedy and Edward Moore Kennedy. She was christened in East Boston on August 18, 1892.
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Early life
Her older brother, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, was five years old when Mary was born. She was born almost a month after her other older brother, Francis Benedict Kennedy, died. Francis died at the age of one on June 14, 1892. Her younger sister, Margareta Louise Kennedy, would be born six years after Mary. Mary was raised in East Boston with Joe. Her father, P.J., was a politician in Boston. He was in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1885-1889. He was then in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1889-1895.
Marriage
On October 12, 1927, Mary married George William Connelly (June 10, 1898-August 29, 1971) in Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. They had one child:
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- Mary Louise Connelly (b. 1928)- She was named after her mother, and her middle name came from her aunt's middle name. She married Matthew James McCarthy, who was born in 1926.
Family ties
(see Kennedy Family) Mary was the niece of Mary, Joanna, John and Margaret Kennedy. She was the granddaughter of Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Mary Johanna. She was the aunt of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy.
External links
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