Rosemary Forbes Kerry
| Rosemary Forbes Kerry | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rosemary Isabel Forbes October 27, 1913 Paris, France |
| Died | November 14, 2002 (aged 89) Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse | Richard Kerry (m. 1941; died 2000) |
| Children | Margaret John Diana Cameron |
| Parents | James Grant Forbes II Margaret Tyndal Winthrop |
| Relatives | Forbes family |
Rosemary Isabel Kerry (née Forbes; October 27, 1913 – November 14, 2002) was an American nurse and social activist.[1][2]
Early life
Rosemary Isabel Forbes was born in Paris, France, to American parents.[3] She was one of eleven children of James Grant Forbes II of the Forbes family and Margaret Tyndal Winthrop of the Dudley–Winthrop family. Margaret was a granddaughter of politician Robert Charles Winthrop.[4]
Work
She studied to be a nurse, and served in the Red Cross in Paris during World War II where she treated wounded soldiers at Montparnasse.[5] According to her son John, Rosemary and her sister escaped from Paris on bicycles the day before the Nazis took the city. The sisters foraged their way across France while being shot at by German fighters, eventually making their way to Portugal before returning to the United States.[5]
Rosemary also was a Girl Scout leader at the troop and council level in Groton, Massachusetts, for 50 years.[1]
Personal life
On February 8, 1941, she married Richard John Kerry[6] in Montgomery, Alabama. Kerry was a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.[4] Richard and Rosemary met when Kerry took a sculpture class at the resort of Saint-Briac, where the Forbes family built the family estate. Together, they were the parents of four children:[7]
- Margaret "Peggy" Kerry (b. 1941);[8]
- John Kerry (b. 1943), the former United States Secretary of State and 2004 Democratic nominee for President of the United States;
- Diana Kerry (b. 1947);[9][8]
- Cameron Kerry (b. 1950), a Boston lawyer who was a General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce and an adjunct law professor at Suffolk Law School.[10] Cameron Kerry is the father of two daughters, Diana and Elizabeth (Peggy).[11]
Kerry died on November 14, 2002, at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.[1] Upon her death, her son John inherited "trusts with $300,000 to $1.5 million in assets."[4]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 "Rosemary Kerry, 89; Advocate of Recycling, Senator's Mother", The Boston Globe, November 16, 2002.
- Back to citation "Rosemary Kerry, at 89, senator's mother, activist", The Boston Herald, November 16, 2002.
- Back to citation Evans, Jerry (2009). Fiat Money and the Conspiracy Behind It. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781438997025. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Back to citation occurrence 4.2 "John Kerry: A 'cheap' aristocrat". MSNBC. 7 April 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- Back to citation occurrence 5.0 Back to citation occurrence 5.1 "Kerry Emotionally Remembers His Mother - NBC News". NBC News. February 11, 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- Back to citation Associated Press, Richard Kerry, Father of Sen. John Kerry, Dies, Lewiston Sun-Journal, July 31, 2000
- Back to citation "Rosemary Kerry, 89; Advocate of Recycling, Senator's Mother", The Boston Globe, November 16, 2002; Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Miss Forbes, Lieut. Kerry Are Married, February 16, 1941; Boston Herald, Obituary: Richard J. Kerry, July 31, 2000
- Back to citation occurrence 8.0 Back to citation occurrence 8.1 Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Miss Forbes, Lieut. Kerry Are Married, February 16, 1941
- Back to citation Shapiro, Walter (2009). One-Car Caravan: On The Road With The 2004 Democrats Before America Tunes In. PublicAffairs. p. 18. ISBN 9780786740185. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- Back to citation "Cameron F. Kerry". Office of the Chief Counsel. Department of Commerce. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- Back to citation Alexander, Paul (2004). The Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White House. New York: Riverhead Books. p. 36. ISBN 9781573222938.
External links
- AP report about John Kerry's inheritance at the Wayback Machine (archived June 5, 2003)
- The Ancestors of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943)