Kennedy

[Kennedy Ontario]

Hello,

We're researching our Kennedy family from the village of Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada who is believed to have emigrated from Northumberland, England shorlty before 1820.

Anyone researching Kennedys from Northumberland?

Hugh Kennedy b. 1791 ENG d. 1864 village of Birr, Ontario, Canada
Parents unknown
Brother / sisters unknown
Wife: Mary Dixon (married 1820 in Ontario)

Regards,
Dan Kennedy
London, Ontario
Canada

[Michael Dixon]

 
 Dan,

 Starting with basics.... It is likely that Hugh was baptised somewhere in Northumberland.

 In the relevant era Northumberland had about 100 Parish churches ( Parish = Anglican religion) and many churches of other faiths, eg Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, etc..

Baptisms for all these churches/chapels are accessible, some on line, but most if not all, available in Northumberland County Record Office and larger libraries. But in the main in date order and not searchable by surname.

So with not much to go on- a difficult target !

Elsewhere you mentioned that Hugh came from the north of Northumberland. What clue do you have on his root place ?

What name did he give to his first son  and second daughter ?


Michael

[Kennedy Ontario]

Hi Michael,

There's a possible first son named William (unconfirmed); if not first son is named John and the second oldest daughter is named Mary.

We're getting closer though as we get a better feel for researching Northumberland from Ontario, Canada.  It's a learning curve.

Someone online says Kennedy is not an English name, but Dixon is.  I'm seeing Dixon being researched in Durham, England (?)  They say our Kennedys likely came from Ary or Galloway, Scotland.

Any research tips welcomed.

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Hugh Kennedy & Mary (Dixon) Kennedy had 10 children; 5 born in Markham, Ontario, Canada and 5 born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. It's unknown if both Hugh Kennedy and Mary Dixon immigrated to Canada together, but they were married here the spelling of the surname "Canada".  The spelling of the Kennedy surname on the 1861 London township, Middlesex County, Ontario census is "Canadey" and the spelling of the Kennedy surname on the headstones including Will / Probates is "Kennady".

Husband: Hugh Kennedy b. 1791 Eng (likely northern Northumberland) d. 1864 Birr, Ontario, Canada
Wife: Mary Dixon b. 1793 Eng d. 1870 Birr, Ontario, Canada
Marriage: March, 1820 Markham, Ontario, Canada (north of Toronto)
Children:
Elizabeth Jane 1821-1893 (married Henry Schofield. Lived in Ingersoll)
John 1823-1903 [1st. married Caroline Mary Parkhurst (Ingersoll) then Rebecca Rowe (Birr). Live in Birr area]
Mary 1828-1909 (married William Rowe. Lived in Birr area)
Haliburton 1832-1909 (married Elizabeth Jackson. Lived in Birr area)
Frances Maria Whilimina 1833-1898 (married Abraham Snelgrove. Lived in Ingersoll)
Hugh Jr. 1835-1889 (married Agnes Wilson and move to Ailsa Craig / Dentist)
Betsey 1837-1857 (Died age 20. Lived with Schofield family in Ingersoll)
Charlotte 1839-1914 (1st marriage. Fowler, 2nd. Hugh McDearmid, 3rd. Thomas B. Uren) (Lived mostly in London)
Charles 1830-1903 (Dentist married Lorain Inglesby. Lived in Ingersoll)
Maria 1844-1871 (died age 27 Ingersoll)

[rkennedy63]

Hello. We may be related. Scroll down to my 4x Great Grandfather Robert Kennedy who married Harriet Dixon. Here is what I have so far. I am hoping to find some cousins:
  (All are born, lived and died in Newcastle Upon Tyne unless otherwise noted),
 
~Grandparents:
William Thomas Flanigan Kennedy
B: 1904
M: 1927 to Margaret Evelyn Ridley
Immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1929
D: 1942 in WW2, in combat Dieppe, France

~GRT-Grandparents:
William Thomas Hamilton Flanigan Kennedy
B; 1879
M: 1901 to Edith Isabel Ayre
D: 1959

Children:
    Herbert Kennedy 1902 – 1965
    John Kennedy 1903 –
    William Thomas Flanigan Kennedy 1904 – 1942
    Sarah Kennedy 1906 –
    Robert Kennedy 1918 – 1992

~GRT-GRT-Grandparents:
 Archibald Kennedy
B: 1856
M: 1882 to Sarah Maria A Flanigan
D: 1914

Children:
    William Thomas Hamilton Flanigan Kennedy 1879 – 1959
    John P Kennedy 1886 –
    Joseph B Kennedy 1889 –

~GRT-GRT-GRT-Grandparents:
William Dixon Kennedy
B: 1824
M: 1830 to Ann Young
D: 1871
   
Children:
    Robert KENNEDY 1850 –
    Ann KENNEDY 1852 –
    Margaret Alma Kennedy 1855 –
    Archibald Kennedy 1856 – 1914
    John William KENNEDY 1858 –
    Andrew KENNEDY 1861 –
    William Kennedy 1862 –
    Mary Kennedy 1866 –

~GRT-GRT-GRT-GRT-Grandparents:
Robert Kennedy
B: 1786 in Glanton, Northumberland, England
M: 1814 to Harriett Dixon in Kingston Upon Hull, York, England
D: 1849 in Glendale, Northumberland, England

Children:
    Maria Kennedy 1816 – (Not sure if she is theirs, but fits the time-frame)
    WILLIAM DIXON Kennedy 1824 – 1871

~GRT-GRT-GRT-GRT-GRT-Grandparents:
John & Jane Kennedy... NO OTHER INFORMATION.

Hoping to find some Kennedy cousins.
Rhonda Kennedy



 :-D

[Kennedy Ontario]

Hello,

Sorry for responding late to you post regarding Robert Kennedy and Harriett Dixon.  I like Rootschat, but do not use the forum very often.  My email address is ...........................Regards, Dan

~GRT-GRT-GRT-GRT-Grandparents:
Robert Kennedy
B: 1786 in Glanton, Northumberland, England
M: 1814 to Harriett Dixon in Kingston Upon Hull, York, England
D: 1849 in Glendale, Northumberland, England

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[Phodgetts]

Can you tell me if this means anything to you K O.

I have been looking for the Kennedy Clan in Buffalo with a view to trying to re-establish family connections, but so far without success. 

If it does mean something to you, then we are related! The Mary Johnson (nee Kennedy) mentioned was my paternal Gt Grandmother. Her brother Matthew went to Canada.

Philip

[rkennedy63]

Bummer!  We may or may not be connected. Kennedy: probably not. I don't recognize a Hugh in our line. Depends on the Dixon connection, if she was born with parents of Robinson Dixon and Elizabeth Laming who are the parents of Harrit Dixon born in 1791 in Kingston Upon Hull, York, England... then yes!    Although, oddly enough, I did live in Niagara Falls NY for 12 yrs which is just 1/2 hr or so away from Buffalo.  Will check into it later.  Rhonda