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'''Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.''', (b. 1942) US Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election. ==Joseph Robinette Biden Jr== Joe Biden was born [[Nov 20]], 1942 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, [[Pennsylvania]], the eldest child of [[#Joseph Robinette Biden|Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr.]] and his wife [[#Catherine Eugenia Finnegan|Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan]]. The family moved to Delaware when Joe was ten years old and he was raised in New Castle County, [[Delaware]] where his father was a car salesman. Joe Jr graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law. He was first elected to the Senate in 1972 when he was 29. While he was in law school he married Neilia Hunter, they had three children: Joseph R "Beau" Biden III, Robert Hunter Biden, and Amy Biden. His wife and infant daughter died in a car accident in 1972/4. In 1977 he married Jill Tracy Jacobs. They had one daughter Ashley. Currently a US Senator from Delaware, he has been in government for 33 years. He is currently running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]] ===Secondary sources for 1=== *[http://www.irishabroad.com/irishworld/irishamericamag/aprilmay05/features/politics&publicservice.asp Irish People and Ireland, "Joe Biden"] *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html Ancestry research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Joe Biden] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden Joe Biden] on Wikipedia ==Joseph Robinette Biden== Joe Biden was born [[Nov 13]], 1915 in Baltimore, [[Maryland]], the son of [[#Joseph H Biden|Joseph H Biden]] and his wife [[#Mary Elizabeth Robinette|Mary Elizabeth Robinette]]. While he was a boy, the family moved to Wilmington, and later to Scranton, Pennsylvania. He married [[#Catherine Eugenia Finnegan|Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan]] of Scranton in 1941, while he was employed as a sales representative for Amoco Oil Company. They had at three sons and a daughter, including [[#Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.|Joe Biden Jr]] in 1942, while living in Scanton, Pennsylvania. Joe Sr. died [[Sep 2]], 2002 in Wilmington, [[Delaware]] at the home of his son Joe Jr. ===Primary sources for 2=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Joseph&gsln=Biden&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=4&recid=34099257&recoff=1+3 1920 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing "Joseph H Biden, 27, b MD; Mary E 25, b MD; Joseph R 4 6/12, b MD; Mary A 2 11/12; Frank H 1 4/12" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Biden&sx=y&f12=Delaware&f4=&f7=Wilmington&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=27&recid=13345033&recoff=3+21+24 1930 Census of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware] showing "Joseph H Biten (sic), head, rents, 36, married first at 21, MD/MD/MD, Sales ???, ?? Store; Mary E, wife, 34, married first at 19, MD/WV/OH; Joseph R, son, 14, MD; Mary A, daughter, 13, MD; Frank H, son, 11, MD *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Joseph&gsln=Biden&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=5390248&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing "Joseph R Biden Sr, born 13 Nov 1915, SSN issued by Maryland, died 2 Sep 2002, last residence Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware" *[http://www.delmarvaobits.com/archives.cfm?obit=5495 Obituary, "Joseph R Biden Sr"] ===Secondary sources for 2=== *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html Ancestry research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Joe Biden] ==Catherine Eugenia Finnegan== Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan married [[#Joseph Robinette Biden|Joseph Robinette Biden]] in 1941, while he was employed as a sales representative for Amoco Oil Company. They had at three sons and a daughter, including Joe Biden Jr in 1942, while living in Scanton, Pennsylvania. She was still alive Sep 2002 when her husband died while living at the home of their eldest son. ===Primary sources for 3=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Ambrose&gsln=Finnegan&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=2&recid=95951476&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania] showing "Ambrose J Finnegan, 45; Geraldine B, 42; Gerald J 20; Blewett E 18; Ambrose J 15; Catherine E 12; John A 9; Gertrude G Blewitt, sister-in-law, 46" ===Secondary sources for 3=== *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html Ancestry research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Joe Biden] *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Joseph&gsln=Biden&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=5390248&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing "Joseph R Biden Sr, born 13 Nov 1915, SSN issued by Maryland, died 2 Sep 2002, last residence Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware" *[http://www.delmarvaobits.com/archives.cfm?obit=5495 Obituary, "Joseph R Biden Sr"] ==Joseph H Biden== Joseph H Biden was born 1893/4 in [[Maryland]]. He married in 1914/5 to Mary Elizabeth Robinette and the family lived in 1920 in Baltimore. By 1930 they had moved to Wilmington, [[Delaware]]. ===Primary sources for 4=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Joseph&gsln=Biden&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=4&recid=34099257&recoff=1+3 1920 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing "Joseph H Biden, 27, b MD; Mary E 25, b MD; Joseph R 4 6/12, b MD; Mary A 2 11/12; Frank H 1 4/12" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Biden&sx=y&f12=Delaware&f4=&f7=Wilmington&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=27&recid=13345033&recoff=3+21+24 1930 Census of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware] showing "Joseph H Biten (sic), head, rents, 36, married first at 21, MD/MD/MD, Sales ???, ?? Store; Mary E, wife, 34, married first at 19, MD/WV/OH; Joseph R, son, 14, MD; Mary A, daughter, 13, MD; Frank H, son, 11, MD ===Secondary sources for 4=== *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html Ancestry research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Joe Biden] ==Mary Elizabeth Robinette== Mary Elizabeth Robinette was born 1895/6 in [[Maryland]]. She married in 1914/5 to Joseph H Biden and the family lived in 1920 in Baltimore. By 1930 they had moved to Wilmington, [[Delaware]]. ===Primary sources for 5=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Joseph&gsln=Biden&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=4&recid=34099257&recoff=1+3 1920 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing "Joseph H Biden, 27, b MD; Mary E 25, b MD; Joseph R 4 6/12, b MD; Mary A 2 11/12; Frank H 1 4/12" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Biden&sx=y&f12=Delaware&f4=&f7=Wilmington&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=27&recid=13345033&recoff=3+21+24 1930 Census of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware] showing "Joseph H Biten (sic), head, rents, 36, married first at 21, MD/MD/MD, Sales ???, ?? Store; Mary E, wife, 34, married first at 19, MD/WV/OH; Joseph R, son, 14, MD; Mary A, daughter, 13, MD; Frank H, son, 11, MD ===Secondary sources for 5=== *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html Ancestry research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Joe Biden] ==Ambrose Finnegan== ===Primary sources for 6=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Ambrose&gsln=Finnegan&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=2&recid=95951476&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania] showing "Ambrose J Finnegan, 45; Geraldine B, 42; Gerald J 20; Blewett E 18; Ambrose J 15; Catherine E 12; John A 9; Gertrude G Blewitt, sister-in-law, 46" ==Geraldine Bluet== ===Primary sources for 7=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Ambrose&gsln=Finnegan&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=2&recid=95951476&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania] showing "Ambrose J Finnegan, 45; Geraldine B, 42; Gerald J 20; Blewett E 18; Ambrose J 15; Catherine E 12; John A 9; Gertrude G Blewitt, sister-in-law, 46" [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] [[Category:Delaware]] [[Category:Pennsylvania]]
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