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Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy 1866–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1866

Birth Location: Ontario

Death Date: 27 October 1898

Death Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Father: James Kennedy

Mother: Margaret Thom

Spouse(s): John Douglas

Children(s): Dr. Douglas, Clarence Douglas

Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy was born in 1866 in Ontario, the child of James Kennedy And Margaret Thom. Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy married John James J J Douglas, and had children including Clarence Cecil Douglas, Dr Norman Kennedy Douglas. Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy passed away in 1898 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy was born in 1866 in Ontario, the child of James Kennedy And Margaret Thom.
  • Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy married John James J J Douglas, and had children including Clarence Cecil Douglas, Dr Norman Kennedy Douglas.
  • Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy passed away in 1898 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Kennedy
1823–1887
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Margaret Thom
1834–1900
Birth Location: Scotland
MT

Spouses(s)

John Douglas
1860–1938
Birth Location: Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
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Children(s)

Dr. Douglas
1888–1974
Birth Location: Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
DD
Clarence Douglas
1890–1924
Birth Location: Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
CD

Janet Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Janet Kennedy
1866–1898
Birth Place: Ontario
Parents
James Kennedy
1823–1887
Edinburgh, Scotland
Margaret Thom
1834–1900
Scotland
Grandparents
James Kennedy
1786–1861
Clerkinwell, Ayrshire, Scotland
Agness Hogg
1798–1832
Scotland
John Thom
1791–1877
Gateside, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet Highet
1799–1881
Dalrymple, Ayr, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Kennedy
1740–1836
Sarah Clegg
1750–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Kennedy
1714–1780

Janet Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Janet (("Jennie") Highet) Kennedy (1866–27 October 1898) m. John (James (J.J.)) Douglas (7 Nov 1860–8 Aug 1938)
  1. 1. Dr. (Norman Kennedy) Douglas 1888–1974
  2. 2. Clarence (Cecil) Douglas 1890–1924 m. Ada (Leona) Limin 1890–1952
    1. 1. Dorothy (Clara) Douglas 1913–1969 m. Donald (Harvey MacCaul Group) Captain 1904–1984
      1. 1. Patricia (Claire) MacCaul 1935–2018
    2. 2. Clifford Douglas 1914–1962

Janet Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1866
1866
Birth of Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy in Ontario
Ontario
1898
27 October 1898
Age 32
Death of Janet ("Jennie") Highet Kennedy in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Ontario

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 October 1898
    Event Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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