Ancestry of
Joe Biden

46th U.S. President

Ambrose Joseph Finnegan

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• • Grandfather of Joe Biden — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • James Finnegan 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Roche   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Jul 1884 
  • Birth Location:
  • Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 May 1957 
  • Death Location:
  • Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 29 May 1957 
  • Burial Location:
  • Saint Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Geraldine Catharine Blewitt
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jun 1909 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sources disagree on Ambrose Finnegan's birth year with 1883, 1884 and 1885 all being given. His tombstone and the 1900 federal census point to it being 1883. Later census records and his death certificate have 1885. His U.S. WWI draft registration has it as 1884.

• Sources for Ambrose Joseph Finnegan

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2021, Vol. 21.4, p. 29.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Lackawanna County, 1910, Dunmore Ward 6, E.D. 30, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 44.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Lacawanna County, Scranton Ward 7, E.D. 70, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 40.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/29/2015).
  • ⁵ Oath of Death: James Finnegan, No. 2371, dated 27 FEB 1895, filed 05 MAR 1895, Will of father James Finnegan.
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, Marriage certificate for Joseph R Biden and daughter Catherine Eugenia Finnegan.
  • ⁷ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for spouse Geraldine Blewitt Finnegan.
  • ⁸ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for Ambrose J Finnegan.
  • ⁹ The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 31 MAY 1941, p. 6, Wedding announcement for Joseph R Biden and daughter Jean Finnegan.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Ambrose Joseph Finnegan, gives birth year as 1884.