Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NamePatrick Joseph KENNEDY , 11C5R
Birth14 Jan 1858, East Boston, MA121
Death18 May 1929, Boston, MA
BurialMalden, MA
OccupationDockhand, Saloonkeeper, Senator, Bank President123
FatherPatrick KENNEDY (~1823-1858)
MotherBridget MURPHY (1821-1888)
Spouses
Birth6 Dec 1857, Winthrop, MA121
Death20 May 1923, Boston, MA97
Burial21 May 1923, Malden, MA
Marriageabt 1887, Boston, MA124,113
ChildrenJoseph Patrick (1888-1969)
 Francis Benedict (1891-1892)
 Mary Loretta (1892-1972)
Notes for Patrick Joseph KENNEDY
As a young man, Patrick dropped out of school to work on the docks of Boston.

Patrick was able to work his way from being a SaloonKeeper to becoming a Ward Boss, helping out other Irish immigrants. His popularity rose and at the age of thirty he had become a power in Boston politics. In 1892 and 1893 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate.123

Patrick later became a very successful businessman getting into wholesale liquor sales, owning a coal company and becoming the president of a bank.

His personality was mild-mannered, quiet, and reserved, and he was viewed as a man of moderate habits.
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