Person Record

Metadata

Name

Kennedy, Thomas

Born

1842? 1843?

Birthplace

Canada West

Places of residence

Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario

Father

William Kennedy Sr.

Mother

Agnes Kennedy (nee Stark)

Nationality

Canadian

Notes

In the late 1850s, the Wm. Kennedy family moved to Owen Sound, Canada West. Mrs. Kennedy was formerly Miss Agnes Stark (born in Quebec), and William Kennedy was an iron founder / millwright who had emigrated from Scotland. They had lived at several different places in Canada West before they settled in Owen Sound. Thomas had been born at _________ in Canada West in 184_.

Thomas Kennedy of Owen Sound married Helen Inglis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Ann Inglis of Derby Township in December, 1869, at their home at Inglis Falls. Thomas was recorded as a 27-year-old Millwright. The Kennedy family resided in Owen Sound, Ontario. Thomas worked as a "Machinist", but unfortunately died at the age of 35, due to heart disease. He passed away on October 18, 1878.

Mrs. Helen Kennedy died in 1924 at the age of 77, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery. Their daughter, Miss Amy Kennedy, resided at Inglis Falls and Owen Sound, Ontario.

There is a hand-drawn Kennedy family tree (framed) in the Grey County Archives collection.

Occupation

Millwright (c. 1869)
Helped with his brother's furniture factory?
Did he work at his father's foundry?
Machinist

Relationships

Brother: John Kennedy
Brother: Alexander Kennedy
Brother: Matthew Kennedy
Brother: William Kennedy Jr.
Sister: Agnes Kennedy (d. age 19 in 1870)
Brother: James Kennedy
Brother: Robert Pollock Kennedy Sr.
Brother: George Kennedy