Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Brief Biography | Marriage and children | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. | July 25, 1915 | August 12, 1944 | United States Navy aviator | Never married or had children, but was once engaged to Athalia Ponsell Lindsley | Naval airplane crash on August 12, 1944 over the English Channel |
| John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | November 22, 1963 | United States Representative (1947–1953) United States Senator (1953–1960) President of the United States (1961–1963) |
Sept. 12, 1953 to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, had four children (including a stillbirth). | Assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. |
| Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy | September 13, 1918 | January 7, 2005 | Underwent a lobotomy in 1941 which left her incapacitated; she was institutionalized from 1949 until her death. | Never married or had children | Natural causes |
| Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Kennedy | February 20, 1920 | May 13, 1948 | Marchioness of Hartington | Married on May 6, 1944 to William John Robert "Billy" Cavendish, never had children. | Airplane crash over Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France. |
| Eunice Mary Kennedy | July 10, 1921 | August 11, 2009 | International advocate for the developmentally disabled. Founded the Special Olympics. | Married on May 23, 1953 to Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr., had five children. | Natural causes |
| Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy | May 6, 1924 | September 17, 2006 | Journalist and film production assistant | Married on April 24, 1954 to British actor Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford, had four children; divorced in 1966. | Complications from pneumonia |
| Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy | November 20, 1925 | June 6, 1968 | United States Attorney General (1961–1964) United States Senator (1965–1968) |
Married on June 17, 1950 to Ethel Skakel, had eleven children. | Assassinated in 1968 in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. |
| Jean Ann Kennedy | February 20, 1928 | United States Ambassador to Ireland (1993–1998) | Married on May 19, 1956 to Stephen Edward Smith, had two sons. | ||
| Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy | February 22, 1932 | August 25, 2009 | United States Senator (1962–2009) | Married on November 29, 1958 to Virginia Joan Bennett, had three children; divorced on December 6, 1982. Remarried in 1992 to Victoria Anne Reggie; had no children. | Brain cancer |
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Famous quotes containing the word children:
“Important as fathers are, their influence on children shouldn’t be exaggerated just because they were ignored so long. There is no evidence that there is something especially good about fathers as caretakers. There are no areas where it can be said that fathers must do certain things in order to achieve certain outcomes in children. The same goes for mothers.”
—Michael Lamb (late–20th century)
“The new concept of the child as equal and the new integration of children into adult life has helped bring about a gradual but certain erosion of these boundaries that once separated the world of children from the word of adults, boundaries that allowed adults to treat children differently than they treated other adults because they understood that children are different.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“The “universal moments” of child rearing are in fact nothing less than a confrontation with the most basic problems of living in society: a facing through one’s children of all the conflicts inherent in human relationships, a clarification of issues that were unresolved in one’s own growing up. The experience of child rearing not only can strengthen one as an individual but also presents the opportunity to shape human relationships of the future.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)