Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy (abt.1821-1888) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Biography Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy, the paternal Great Grandmother of John F. Kennedy , 35th President of the United States Bridget was born about 1821 [1] at Cloonagh townland, near Gusserane village, in the Ballycullane Catholic Parish, Co. Wexford to parents Richard Murphy and Mary Barron. She was born in a house which was 'a single room' as were most dwellings of the subsistance farming families. The farm described in Griffith's valuation house books in 1845 as 36 feet long by 16 feet deep and 11 feet high, on a farm of less than 30 acres. [2] [3] [4] Bridget Murphy immigrated to America in 1849 to Boston, Massachusetts. It is not known if she immigrated alone or with family members. Bridget married her fiancee, Patrick Kennedy, on September 26, 1849 in the Holy Redeemer Church, Boston. The celebrant was Father John Williams, who later became Boston's Roman Catholic Archbishop." She was wi...
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