Patrick KENNEDY

Abt 1823 - 1858  (35 years)

• Name	Patrick KENNEDY
  Birth	Abt 1823	Dunganstown, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  HEAL	He died of an outbreak of Cholera.
  Immigration	Abt 1849	Dunganstown, Ireland
  	According to legend, Patrick was driven out of Ireland by starvation. This was untrue. He believed that America offered economic opportunity and political freedom and therefore set out to a new land.
  Occupation	Cooper, Ward Boss
  Death	22 Nov 1858	Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
  The death certificate gives the cause of death as consumption, but the family records indicate that he died of cholera.
  Burial	23 Nov 1858	Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA
  Person ID	I21	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2007

  
  

  Family	Bridget MURPHY,   b. 1821, Dunganstown, Ireland d. 20 Dec 1888, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1849	Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA
  Children	1. Patrick Joseph KENNEDY,   b. 14 Jan 1858, East Boston, Suffolk Co, MA d. 18 May 1929, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The potato famine of 1845-48, plagued the country of Ireland and pushed many Irishmen to flee to the land of promise, the USA. Patrick Kennedy was among those to leave his home in Wexford County, Ireland, in 1848, in hopes of finding a better life in the US. Once he arrived in the US, he settled in East Boston, where he remained for the rest of his life. Upon Patrick's arrival in Boston, he immediately became involved in politics. He was known as a Ward Boss in Boston, looking out for the other Irish immigrants and trying to improve the conditions in the community. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] David E. Koskoff, Joseph P. Kennedy, A Life and Times.