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Person
Kennedy, James, approximately 1813-1886
Approximately 1813-1886
James Kennedy was a farmer and labourer who lived in Hinchinbrook, Quebec, and Burke, New York. He was born in Ireland in approximately 1813. He had migrated to Quebec by the late 1830s. James married Melvina Henderson, and they had 7 children together: Samuel, Charlotte, Rachel, Edward, Andrew, Jane, and Frank. Sometime between 1861 and 1875, the family moved to the United States, where they lived in Burke, New York State. James died on 1 September 1886 in Burke.
Dates of activity and biographical information based on the contents of the fonds, a grave record, and data from the 1851 and 1861 Census of Canada, and the 1875 and 1880 US Federal Census.