Family History Notebook

James Craig Kennedy

Ancestry untraced. Born 1855 in Birkenhead, Cheshire 1

Married Ann Margaret Butterwith in 1884 in Kendal (born 1861/2 from 1891 census)

Children

Kenneth, born 1889/90 in Carlisle, Cumberland
Ronald
Malcolm

Married Sarah Jane Swindle in 1898 in Edmonton, Essex

Children

James Craig
John Young
Alan
Iona Hally
Alexander (died in infancy)
Douglas
Nigel

Died 1936 in Colonia Nueva Australia, Paraguay

A 'Produce Broker' in 1881 and a 'Commission Agent' in Carlisle in 1891, James and Sarah emigrated to Paraguay about 1900.

Notes

1    The birth of James Craig Kennedy was registered in the second quarter of 1855 in the Wirral district of Cheshire. There are two James Kennedy s born in 1855 in Liverpool listed in the 1861 census - parents James & Mary and Hugh & Catherine respectively.

2    The marriage of a James Craig Kennedy was registered in the third quarter of 1884 in Kendal, Westmorland (FreeBMD 10b 941). The marriage of Annie Margaret Butterwith is listed on the same page.

The death of Ann Margaret Kennedy aged 35 was registered in the first quarter of 1897 in Carlisle (FreeBMD 10b 357

3    The marriage of Sarah Jane Swindle was registered in the third quarter of 1898 in Edmonton, Essex (FreeBMD 3a 820). The marriage of James Craig Kennedy is listed on the same page.

4    Information from their great grandson John Kevin Kennedy - including a modern family group photo.

5    James Craig Kennedy born 1855 landed at London 0n the 9th of June 1927 having sailed from Buenos Aires.