- Rosemary Forbes Kerry
Rosemary Isabel Forbes Kerry (
Paris ,October 27 ,1913 -Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts ,November 14 ,2002 ), was one of eleven children ofJames Grant Forbes of the ProtestantForbes family ofChina andBoston , and wife Margaret Tyndal Winthrop. She studied to be anurse , and served in theRed Cross in Paris duringWorld War II . She also was aGirl Scout leader at the troop and council level for 50 years.She married a
Catholic of Jewish ancestry,Richard John Kerry , inMontgomery, Alabama onFebruary 8 ,1941 , and was the mother of John Forbes Kerry, the 2004 candidate forPresident of the United States . They met when Kerry took asculpture class at theresort ofSaint-Briac , where theForbes family built thefamily estate .During her lifetime, she was the
beneficiary ofForbes family trusts , which her son John Kerryinherited , and of which he is now the beneficiary.Rosemary was also the mother of a son, Cameron, who is a
Boston lawyer , an adjunct law professor atSuffolk Law School and a convert toJudaism , and two daughters, Diane and Margery "Peggy".External links
* [http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:ePD2IDOyoWwJ:www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5880038.htm+%22Rosemary+Forbes+Kerry%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 AP report about John Kerry's inheritance]
* [http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html The Ancestors of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943)]
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