Was really JHK - John Harold Kennedy - a real brother of Joe Kennedy and uncle of the Presidente John Kennedy?
JHK was assassinated in the city of São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil, on the september, 30, 1933.
Em 30 de setembro de 1933, após ter sido
demitido injustamente, quando faltavam apenas alguns dias para completar dez
anos de serviço, o bilheteiro da estação de bondes José de Ribamar Mendonça executa a tiros o contador da Ulen
Management,
Brazil saw first act in tragedy of Kennedys
[The Guardian, London, UK; August, 15, 1999]
Source: The
Guardian, London, UK
Alex
Bellos, Rio de Janeiro; @alexbellos;
Sunday 15 August
1999 00.30 BST
From the assassination of John
F. Kennedy in 1963 to the death of his only son two weeks ago, the tragic
destiny of the Kennedy family is one of modern history's most scrutinised
dramas. Yet historians have left one stone unturned: the Kennedys' sorrowful
saga started in Brazil.
Last month, journalists in the north-eastern town of São Luis
located the court documents of the murder trial for the brutal 1933 [30sep] killing of John Harold Kennedy, believed to be
the brother of John F. Kennedy's father,
Joseph [“Joe” Kennedy].
John Harold's murder, therefore, began the misfortunes that
plagued the Kennedy clan. It predates by 11 years the death of John's elder
brother, Joe Jnr, in a plane crash,
which until now was seen as the earliest of the family's tragedies [ocurred in
1944, during World War II].
But in São Luis, where the fate of John Harold has been passed
down through the generations, the population regards its place in the Kennedy
saga with a kind of morbid pride. 'I believe the curse of the Kennedys started
here,' said Romero Azevedo,
editor of the São Luis newspaper O
Imparcial. 'It has been very well documented by the local press for 60
years.'
In São Luis, 1,200 miles from Rio de Janeiro, there was no grassy
knoll, just an angry young man, Jose Ribamar Mendonca, wanting to settle scores
with the firm that sacked him. He walked into the offices of the US-run Ulen
Company and shot John Harold, its bookkeeper, twice in the back when he turned
away. But 25-year-old Mendonca became a local hero and a focus for anti-US
sentiment.
Ulen, which ran the town's transport, sewage, electricity and
water services, was, according to O Imparcial, a mean employer which insisted
on English being spoken and sacked people after 10 years' service so it didn't
need to pay them extra benefits. Mendonca was tried three times and always
acquitted. The US was unable to get the assassin extradited, said Romero
Azevedo, which is why the case never came to the public eye outside Brazil.
The only remaining loose end is the precise relationship between
Joseph and John Harold, since in the official family tree the latter does not
exist*. The São Luis version is that the
Massachussets-born JHK was an illegitimate brother.*
According to local lore, this was confirmed by the US consul in
São Luis only after JFK's murder. 'The Americans didn't want to say anything
because it was too controversial. But they admitted it in the end,' added Romero Azevedo.
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OFFICIAL
FAMILY TREE; Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family
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RAS notes:
[1] *. According
to the official Family Tree, the grandfathers of the Presidente John Kennedy, Patrick Joseph 'P.J.' Kennedy
(1858–1929) e Mary Augusta Hickey
(1857–1923), had seven children:
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family
1.
Joseph Patrick 'Joe' Kennedy, Senior
President John Kennedy’s father
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(1888–1969)
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2.
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald
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(1890–1995)
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3.
Francis Benedict Kennedy
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(1891–1892)
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4.
Mary Loretta Kennedy
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(1892–1972)
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5.
George William Connelly
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(1898–1971)
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6.
Margaret Louise Kennedy
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(1898–1974)
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7.
Charles Joseph Burke
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(1899–1967)
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So, John Harold Kennedy does not appear in this Family Tree List.
[2] According
to the official Family Tree the nine children
of Joseph Joe Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald were: (1)
Joseph Jr.,
(2) John, (3) Rosemary, (4) Kathleen, (5) Eunice, (6) Patricia, (7) Robert,
(8) Jean, and (9)Ted.
1.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr.
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(1915–1944)
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2.
John
Fitzgerald Kennedy
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(1917–1963)
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3.
Rose
Marie Kennedy
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(1918–2005)
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4.
Kathleen Agnes Kennedy
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(1920–1948)
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5.
Eunice Mary Kennedy
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(1921–2009)
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6.
Patricia Helen Kennedy
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(1924–2006)
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7.
Robert Francis 'Bobby' Kennedy
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(1925–1968)
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8. JEAN ANN KENNEDY
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(B. 1928)
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9.
Edward Moore 'Ted' Kennedy
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(1932–2009)
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Joe Kennedy and his nine chidren.
The family at their home in Hyannis Port,
Massachusetts, 1931. Rosemary Kennedy is seated on the far right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr.
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John Kennedy*
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Robert
Kennedy
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Ted Kennedy
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(*) http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/11/jfk-in-photos/100622/
JEAN ANN KENNEDY: The only
person alive in the Kennedy’s brotherhood (to this date: 27jun2016):
Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (born
February 20, 1928) is an American diplomat and a former United
States Ambassador to Ireland. She is the eighth of nine children
born to Joseph P.
Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald and is their last surviving child. Her
siblings include President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy
Shriver.
Smith is the founder of Very Special Arts (VSA), an internationally recognized
non-profit dedicated to creating a society where those with disabilities can
engage with the arts. In 2011, she was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama for her work with VSA and the disabled.
As Ambassador to Ireland from 1993–1998, Smith was
instrumental to the Northern Ireland peace process as President Bill Clinton's representative in Dublin.
She was heavily criticised after advocating for the U.S. government to grant a
visa to Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams,
although her family would claim this influenced the IRA declaring a ceasefire
in 1994. Irish President Mary McAleese conferred honorary Irish citizenship on
Smith in 1998 in recognition of her service to the country.
Nascimento: 20 de fevereiro de 1928 (88 anos), Boston, Massachusetts, EUA
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Cônjuge: Stephen Edward Smith (de 1956 a 1990)
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