KENNEDY, William Forrester

1863 - 1938  (74 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	KENNEDY, William Forrester
  Birth	5 Jun 1863	Egremont, Grey, Ontario, Canada
  Christening	18 Feb 1888
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Mar 1938	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
  Burial	24 Mar 1938	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
  WAC	3 Nov 2005	OGDEN
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I5	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	KENNEDY, John Addie ,   b. 24 Feb 1837, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandd. 24 Nov 1915, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 78 years)
  Mother	FORRESTER, Mary Sloan ,   b. 15 Jun 1840, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandd. 19 Aug 1927, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1860	Egremont, Gray, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Sep 1984, PROVO.
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SMITH, Emma Belle ,   b. 17 Mar 1869, Plano, Hancock, Illinois, United States Plano, Hancock, Illinois, United Statesd. 3 May 1960, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1887	Andover, Harrison, Missouri, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Oct 1983, PROVO.
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  1. KENNEDY, Arthur Frederick ,   b. 25 May 1889, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 1 Jul 1889, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 0 years)   2. KENNEDY, Joseph Douglas ,   b. 14 Oct 1891, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 14 Oct 1891, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 0 years)   3. KENNEDY, Cecile Grace ,   b. 3 Jun 1894, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesd. 9 May 1895, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States (Age 0 years) + 4. KENNEDY, Roger Alexander ,   b. 5 Nov 1897, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 15 Dec 1933, Divide, Teller, Colorado, United States (Age 36 years) + 5. KENNEDY, Glenna Marie ,   b. 11 Nov 1900, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 30 Jul 1986, Lee's Summit, Jackson, Missouri (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  		Will Kennedy and friends or brothers In the picture of these "handsome" fellows don't know who they are. Believe Will Kennedy is on the right the rest could be brothers or friends. Jean
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  		Will Kennedy and friends or brothers.jpg In the picture of these "handsome" fellows don't know who they are. Believe Will Kennedy is on the right the rest could be brothers or friends. Jean

  
  

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• Notes

  Database compiled by Michael Kennedy of Alpine, UT., Pres. Joseph Smith, Jr. Family Organization. Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY OF JOSEPH SMITH AND EMMA HALE. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929, 1958. [FHL SPECIAL 929.273 Sm51am] International Genealogical Index Submission Forms. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970-1995. William was the lead toolmaker on the Canadian-Pacific Railway. The book by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths, Lords of the Line, is about the men who led this mammoth task, and tells a bit of the political environment in which William found himself working. Family tradition tells of how he stole a bag of onions one very cold winter, and survived the harsh times by eating one onion a day. Survive, he did, and in 1885, the year the last spike of the CPR was driven, moved with his family to Independence MO. William was by trade a blacksmith but evidently a very good one. People would request his services after he retired to make special shoes for race horses. He was chief tool maker for the Candian Pacific Railroad during its construction. His tools are on display at the museum in Independence, MO. Thomas Forrester Henderson in is possession of his anvil. More About WILLIAM FORRESTER KENNEDY: Interred: Woodlawn Cemetary, Independence, MO Occupation: Blacksmith Letterhead (if that is the correct term) of W.F. Kennedy's Horse Shoeing business attached. All the homes on South Pendelton were torn down when RLDS campus was expanded.