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Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald
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Mary Josephine "Josie" Hannon (October 31, 1865 - August 8, 1964) was the wife of John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, the mother of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother-in-law of Joseph P. Kennedy and maternal grandmother of John F., Robert and Ted Kennedy.
Josephine Hannon was born on October 31, 1865 in Acton, Massachusetts to Irish immigrants Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald. She was the fifth of nine children, only four of whom survived. One brother died of fever at the age of six, while Josie's mother was pregnant with her; another had died of a lung inflammation four years earlier. Two sons died early of alcoholism, while the one who survived had his leg crushed by a train at age thirteen. The youngest girl drowned with her best friend while Josie was supposed to be caring for them, an event that would mark her and her two surviving sisters for the rest of their lives.[1]
On September 18, 1889, Hannon married John Fitzgerald.
Mary Fitzgerald died on August 8, 1964 just two months short of her ninety-ninth birthday. Her death came less than a year after the assassination of her grandson, President John F. Kennedy. Family members claimed she was never told of his death.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald | July 22, 1890 | January 22, 1995 | Married on October 7, 1914 to Joseph P. Kennedy; had issue. |
| Mary Agnes Fitzgerald | November 1, 1892 | September 17, 1936 | Married on April 29, 1929 to Joseph F. Gargan; had issue. |
| Thomas Acton Fitzgerald | April 19, 1895 | 1968 | Married on September 7, 1921 to Marion D. Reardon (died February 7, 1925). Married again on October 11, 1930 to Margaret B. Fitzpatrick. |
| John Francis Fitzgerald, Jr. | December 7, 1897 | 1979 | Married on April 28, 1928 to Catherine O'Hearn. |
| Eunice Fitzgerald | January 26, 1900 | September 25, 1923 | |
| Frederick Harold Fitzgerald | December 3, 1904 | February 1935 | Married on October 26, 1929 to Rosalind Miller. |
- ^ McGoldrick, Monica. You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with Your Family, p. 155. W. W. Norton & Company, 1995, ISBN 0393316505.