John F. Fitzgerald 1946, when John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy decided to run for Congress, 83-year-old Honey Fitz helped him plan his campaign strategy. At the victory celebration, Fitzgerald danced an Irish jig, sang "Sweet Adeline," and predicted that his grandson would someday occupy the White House. Shortly after his election to the presidency, President Kennedy renamed the presidential yacht the "Honey Fitz" in honor of his maternal grandfather. On September 18, 1889, Fitzgerald married his second cousin Mary Josephine "Josie" Hannon. She was a daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald. On October 2, 1950, Fitzgerald died in Boston at the age
Fitz such a naming convention was unavailable. In such families therefore the word "Fitz" was preposed to the fore name of the warrior's father to give the warrior and his further descendants a surname by which they could be known. Thus "Fitz Gilbert", meaning "son of Gilbert" would be adopted as a surname by the warrior christened "Baldwin", giving "Baldwin Fitz Gilbert". If we assume Baldwin's son was christened "William", his name would become "William Fitz Baldwin Fitz Gilbert. However it is rare to find this naming practice extending beyond two generations and eventually the family name became "Fitz Gilbert" alone,