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John Hugh, Josiah Kennedy 1886 – 1970 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jan 1886

Birth Location: Haynesville, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA

Death Date: Nov 1970

Death Location: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States of America

Father: Moses Kennedy

Mother: Martha Knox

Spouse(s): Minnie Kilpatrick, Wilhelmina Pessarra

Children(s): John Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, Minnie Kennedy, Sarah Kennedy, Gerald Kennedy, Martin Kennedy, Christine Kennedy, Jessie Kennedy, John Kennedy, Martha Kennedy, Aubyn Kennedy

It was in 1886 that John Hugh Josiah Kennedy was born in Haynesville, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA, a child of Moses Drake Garlington Kennedy and Martha "Mattie" Ann Knox. John Hugh Josiah Kennedy went on to marry Minnie Ella Kilpatrick and Wilhelmina Catherine "Minnie" Pessarra and had children such as John C Kennedy, Mary E Kennedy, Minnie L Kennedy, Sarah A Kennedy, Gerald G Kennedy, Martin A Kennedy, Christine Kennedy, Jessie Faye Kennedy, John Gaston Kennedy, Martha Ruth Kennedy and Aubyn Kennedy. John Hugh Josiah Kennedy was deceased by 1970 in Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States of America.

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Parents

Moses Kennedy
1857 – 1893
Birth Location: Summerfield, Claiborne Parich, Louisiana, USA
MK
Martha Knox
1866 – 1955
Birth Location: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA
MK

Spouses(s)

Minnie Kilpatrick
1888 – 1949
Birth Location: Athens, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
MK
Wilhelmina Pessarra
1882 – 1965
Birth Location: Bryan, Brazos, Texas, USA
WP

Children(s)

John Kennedy
1900 – 1971
Birth Location: Texas
JK
Mary Kennedy
1902 –
Birth Location: Texas
MK
Minnie Kennedy
1904 –
Birth Location: Texas
MK
Sarah Kennedy
1907 –
Birth Location: Texas
SK
Gerald Kennedy
1915 – 1967
Birth Location: Louisiana
GK
Martin Kennedy
1909 –
Birth Location: Texas
MK
Christine Kennedy
1910 –
Birth Location: Louisiana, USA
CK
Jessie Kennedy
1912 – 1977
Birth Location: Louisiana
JK
John Kennedy
1915 – 1964
Birth Location: Louisiana
JK
Martha Kennedy
1917 – 1994
Birth Location: Haynesville, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
MK
Aubyn Kennedy
1920 – 2009
Birth Location: Lousiana, USA
AK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jan 1886
    Event Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Ancestry Family Trees, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Claiborne; Roll: 1684668, Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1240562, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 4010; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 14-31, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T627_126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19, Database online., Database online., Database online., Database online., Database online., Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 562; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1240562, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 372.0; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Claiborne; Roll: 1684668, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; State Headquarters: Arkansas, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 623, Number: 431-18-1274; Issue State: Arkansas; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1863
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Brazoria, Texas; Roll: T624_1534; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 1375547

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1890
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jan 1886
    Event Place: Haynesville, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 372.0; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 623

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry Family Trees, Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1240562, Database online., Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 562; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1240562

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Justice Precinct 6, Brazoria, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Brazoria, Texas; Roll: T624_1534; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 1375547

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Gills Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1464; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0086; FHL microfilm: 1375477

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1918
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 623, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 623

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Gills Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1701; Page: 35A; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 366

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 372.0; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 372.0; FHL microfilm: 2339804

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina; Roll: 2204; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 10; FHL microfilm: 2341938

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19, Publication Date: 2/ Jun/ 1935; Publication Place: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; ,0.50263906,0.5217342,0.5999053&xid=3398, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina; Roll: T627_3820; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 29-10B

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 01 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina; Roll: T627_3820; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 29-10B

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 01 Apr 1940
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T627_126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Database online., National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; State Headquarters: Arkansas

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 4010; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 14-31

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Arkansas
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Year: 1940; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T627_126; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 14-19, Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 562; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1240562, Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: 69; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 372.0; FHL microfilm: 2339804, Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Claiborne; Roll: 1684668, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; State Headquarters: Arkansas, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: T625_609; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 623

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Claiborne, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Claiborne; Roll: 1684668

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Columbia, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Quintana
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Nov 1970
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Database online., Database online., Database online., Database online., Database online., Number: 431-18-1274; Issue State: Arkansas; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt 1944
    Event Place: 32 ( i West Second Street
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Nov 1970
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012

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