IT Is the Wrong Kennedy, Dummy!

Daniel Joseph Kennedy was mistaken for Joe “Old Man Kennedy Sr., Father of JFK and RFK. This became Legend and was accepted as fact. When Seymour Hersch said Owney Madden and Frank Costello told him they were in the bootlegging business with Joe Kennedy, they technically were, just it was a different Joe Kennedy. There is solid Documentation to back this up. Canadian Researchers Ellen Lawson and Jason Vanderhill did tremendous work on this issue.

So Who was Daniel Joseph Kennedy?

DJK was born in the US (Midwest) and moved to Canada. He moved back to US and lived in New York City at the turn of the century. He became a European Liquor buyer for Nathan Straus, co-owner of Macy’s. He owned Properties in Canada, New York, and all through New England, including Boston, He founded his Company, Joseph Kennedy Limited, in 1921. In 1927, the Canadian government accused his company of smuggling liquor to America from Canada with forged U.S. Revenue stamps. The Canadian Government forced Joseph Kennedy Limited into dissolution by the early 1930s

DJK became a huge Bootlegging Partner of Gangster Owney Madden. They formed an Organization called the Big 7. He forged a partnership with many gangsters, including Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bill Bonnano Sr., Frank Costello, and Al Capone. He was also close with New Jersey figure Nucky Johnson. DJK would attend the 1929 Atlantic City Organized Crime Conference.

This is the Joe Kennedy that was the Bootlegger. Old Man Kennedy made money legally after Prohibition ended. What has been done to his reputation is really disgusting. Sure, some made an Honest mistake with the name, but others were lazy in their research and some were downright dishonest just to make money.

The Kennedy Family name has been unjustly tarnished by jackals who want to discredit a family so one won’t care who killed them or why!