Rosanna Cox Fitzgerald

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Rosanna Cox (c.1836 - 12 March 1879) was the mother of John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, grandmother to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and great-grandmother of John F., Robert F. and Edward Kennedy.

Rosanna Cox was born in c.1836 in Ireland to Philip and Mary Cox. After emigrating to America, she married Thomas Fitzgerald on November 15, 1857 in Boston, Massachussets and died there on March 12, 1879 at the age of 43.

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Name Birth Death Notes
Michael Fitzgerald August 15, 1858 August 11, 1860
James T. Fitzgerald April 15, 1860 1950
Thomas J. Fitzgerald August 7, 1861 May 12, 1893
John Francis Fitzgerald February 11, 1863 October 10, 1950 Married Mary Josephine Hannon; had issue.
Michael J. Fitzgerald May 10, 1864 June 10, 1925
William S. Fitzgerald October 10, 1865 December 12, 1899
Edward C. Fitzgerald November 1, 1867 1940
Joseph Andrew Fitzgerald May 10, 1868 October 19, 1920
Ellen Rosanna Fitzgerald January 8, 1870 August 13, 1870
George Frederick Fitzgerald February 10, 1871 October 29, 1914
Henry S. Fitzgerald October 24, 1875 1955
Mary Ellen Fitzgerald January 1, 1879 January 15, 1879

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