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*	1863 Feb 11, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
~	1863 Feb 12, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
x	MARY JOSEPHINE HANNON 1889 Sep 18, Concord, Middlesex County, MA, USA
✝	1950 Oct 3, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
⚰	1950 Oct 5, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA, USA
b	Boston Mayor

MARY JOSEPHINE HANNON

*	1865 Oct 31, Town of Acton, Middlesex County, MA, USA
x	JOHN FRANCIS "HONEY FITZ" FITZGERALD 1889 Sep 18, Concord, Middlesex County, MA, USA
✝	1964 Aug 8, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA, USA

Mary Josephine's family tried to discourage her marriage to John Fitzgerald. As second cousins they needed a dispensation from the Catholic Church. (Canon law at the time forbid marriages which fell within the third degree of consanguinity.) The underlying reason was probably the fear that Josie, as she was called, and John would risk producing retarded children. However, the love match prevailed as records show that the dispensation was granted on September 7 and the marriage took place September 18.

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ROSE ELIZABETH FITZGERALD

*	1890 Jul 22, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
x	JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY 1914 Oct 7, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
✝	1995 Jan 22, Hyannis, MA, USA
w	Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, MA, USA

JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY

*	1888 Sep 6, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
~	1888 Sep 9, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
x	ROSE ELIZABETH FITZGERALD 1914 Oct 7, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
✝	1969 Nov 18, Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, MA, USA
⚰	After 18 Nov 1969, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA, USA
b	Ambassador

Born in 1888, the grandson of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Patrick Kennedy had an enormous drive to acquire both fame and fortune. His often cited goal was to be a millionaire by the age of 35. Within a year and a half of graduating from Harvard College, he had progressed from bank clerk through bank examiner to bank president and was on his way. Publicity from being the youngest U. S. bank president opened doors to other opportunities. Soon his financial enterprises embraced real estate, the stock market and motion pictures. Kennedy's accumulated wealth by 1929 enabled him to establish one million dollar trust funds for each of his children. In the 1930's he began to put his intelligence, personality and money into politics. His involvement in Roosevelt's inner circle during the presidential campaign led him to believe he would receive a cabinet post. Although that never materialized, he was chosen to head the newly created Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulatory body set up to govern the financial community. Later, he headed the Maritime Commission. However, his most famous appointment was that of ambassador to the Court of Saint James. He served from 1937 until 1940 when he retired from public service and returned to the business world. In 1961 he suffered a debilitating stroke followed by relapses and heart attacks that left him virtually incapacitated until his death in 1969.

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