Bridgit Fitzgerald

Bridgit Fitzgerald (died September 19, 1898 at 78 years old, in parish St-Colomb-de-Sillery, Québec) was a Canadian of Irish descent who was a prominent patron of the English-speaking culture within the Irish community of Quebec City, in the 19th century. Fitzgerald married William Power (Sr.) on September 27, 1843 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.

Mother of the Canadian politician William Power, and grandmother of the Hon. Charles Gavan Power and William Gerard Power, both Canadian politicians. She travelled to Boston, Massachusetts for the christening of her nephew John F. Fitzgerald, who, in turn, was maternal grandfather of US President John F. Kennedy.

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