130TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On July 22, 1890, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 4 Garden Court Street here in Boston's North End.
Rose's parents were John F. and Mary Josephine Fitzgerald. She studied piano at the New England Conservatory and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattanville, NY.
Rose met Joe Kennedy in Old Orchard, Maine in 1906 and after a long courtship, Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy on October 7, 1914.
Rose later recalled...
"I fell in love when I was seventeen and I never fell out."
Rose's father, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, then Mayor of Boston, did not share his daughter's love for Joe and the wedding ceremony was held in private attended only by family and the closest friends.
The couple began their marriage living in Brookline and would eventually have 9 children. Rose was a devout Catholic who almost always attended Sunday Mass. She died at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port on January 22, 1995.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who left behind 30 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren, was buried in Brookline's Holyhood Cemetery next to her husband Joe.
JFK+50 NOTE
I just now realized the repetition of the 22nd day of the month in Rose Kennedy's life. She was born on the 22nd (July), died on the 22nd (January), and lost her son Jack on the 22nd (November).
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Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On July 22, 1890, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 4 Garden Court Street here in Boston's North End.
Rose's parents were John F. and Mary Josephine Fitzgerald. She studied piano at the New England Conservatory and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattanville, NY.
Rose met Joe Kennedy in Old Orchard, Maine in 1906 and after a long courtship, Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy on October 7, 1914.
Rose later recalled...
"I fell in love when I was seventeen and I never fell out."
Rose's father, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, then Mayor of Boston, did not share his daughter's love for Joe and the wedding ceremony was held in private attended only by family and the closest friends.
The couple began their marriage living in Brookline and would eventually have 9 children. Rose was a devout Catholic who almost always attended Sunday Mass. She died at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port on January 22, 1995.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who left behind 30 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren, was buried in Brookline's Holyhood Cemetery next to her husband Joe.
JFK+50 NOTE
I just now realized the repetition of the 22nd day of the month in Rose Kennedy's life. She was born on the 22nd (July), died on the 22nd (January), and lost her son Jack on the 22nd (November).
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Rose and Jack
JPK,Jr. Foundation Awards Dinner
Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
December 6, 1962
Photo by Abbie Rowe/JFK Library
