Francis Joseph Kennedy

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Francis Joseph Kennedy
Enlisted as Francis Johnson

Information and Photographs
Courtesy of Jennifer O'Brien Kennedy,
Wife of Kennedy's Great Grandson

According to family lore, Francis Joseph Kennedy used the name Francis Johnson to enlist because his family wanted him to be a Catholic priest and he did not. He ran away and joined the army, taking the name "Johnson" so his family could not find him. Joseph was the name of Francis' 8th child; the name Joseph has come down through each subsequent generation.

Francis Joseph Kennedy with his wife, Mary E. Hogan Kennedy, and their first two children, Mary/Mayme and Margaret, circa 1886.

Date Unknown

Circa 1920 and His Obituary