ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Name: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Born: July 22, 1890 North End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Died: January 22, 1995 Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 - January 22, 1995) was the wife of
Joseph Kennedy and the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston,
Massachusetts, she was the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and
his wife, Mary Josephine Hannon. "Honey Fitz" was a prominent figure in Boston
politics and served one term as a member of United States Congress and two terms
as the Mayor of Boston.
As a young child, Rose lived in a Victorian mansard-style home in the Ashmont
Hill section of Dorchester, Massachusetts and attended the local Girl's Latin
School. The home later burned down, but a plaque at Welles Avenue and Harley
Street proclaims "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Square". The plaque was dedicated by
her son, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, on Rose's 102nd birthday in 1992
Rose took her studies seriously, and studied at the convent school Kasteel
Bloemendal in Vaals, Holland, and graduated from Dorchester High School in 1906.
She also attended the New England Conservatory in Boston where she studied piano.
After being refused permission by her father to attend Wellesley College, Rose
enrolled at the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (as it was known at
that time). In 1908, Rose and her father embarked on a tour of Europe which
included visiting the newly built Panama Canal.
Name: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Born: July 22, 1890 North End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Died: January 22, 1995 Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 - January 22, 1995) was the wife of
Joseph Kennedy and the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston,
Massachusetts, she was the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and
his wife, Mary Josephine Hannon. "Honey Fitz" was a prominent figure in Boston
politics and served one term as a member of United States Congress and two terms
as the Mayor of Boston.
As a young child, Rose lived in a Victorian mansard-style home in the Ashmont
Hill section of Dorchester, Massachusetts and attended the local Girl's Latin
School. The home later burned down, but a plaque at Welles Avenue and Harley
Street proclaims "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Square". The plaque was dedicated by
her son, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, on Rose's 102nd birthday in 1992
Rose took her studies seriously, and studied at the convent school Kasteel
Bloemendal in Vaals, Holland, and graduated from Dorchester High School in 1906.
She also attended the New England Conservatory in Boston where she studied piano.
After being refused permission by her father to attend Wellesley College, Rose
enrolled at the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (as it was known at
that time). In 1908, Rose and her father embarked on a tour of Europe which
included visiting the newly built Panama Canal.