Joseph Robinette BIDEN, Sr.

1915 - 2002  (86 years)

• Name	Joseph Robinette BIDEN
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	13 Nov 1915	Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 2002	Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
  Burial	Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery, Greenville, New Castle County, DE
  Notes	(1) Source: Bannerman, Alex, "An Ancestor Table, as Currently Known, of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.," in American Ancestors, Winter 2021, p. 29. (2) www.findagrave.com: Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. Birth: 13 Nov 1915, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Death: 2 Sep 2002 (aged 86), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA Burial: Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery, Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware, USA While he was still a boy, his family moved to Wilmington, where he attended St. Paul's School and Wilmington High School before graduating from St. Thomas Academy in Scranton, PA, where the family was then residing. In 1941, Mr. Biden, while employed as a sales representative for Amoco Oil Company in Harrisburg, PA, married Jean Finnegan of Scranton. During World War II, Mr. Biden was an executive in Boston, MA, of a war industry that supplied "plastic hulls," a special waterproof sealant, applied to all U.S. merchant-marine ships built during the war. Following the war, he was co-owner of an airport and crop-dusting service on Long Island, New York. In 1953 he moved with his family to the Wilmington suburb of Mayfield in Claymont, DE and returned to sales as manager for several Wilmington automobile agencies. He then spent 15 years working in real estate condominium sales in New Castle County and in Rehoboth Beach for the Patterson-Schwartz agency. Throughout his working life and during his retirement, Mr. Biden shared with his wife, his three sons and daughter, his ten grandchildren and his three great grandchildren a strong orientation to family life and personal integrity. He valued his reputation as an honorable man and as a family man, and with his wife, he conveyed his values consistently to his children and their children. Both at home and in the business world, his word was his bond and he was proud of that. Son of Joseph H. Biden and Mary Elizabeth Robinette Biden. Husband of Jean Finnegan Biden. Father of former U.S. Senator, former Vice-President, and the 46th President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Valerie Biden Owens, James Brian Biden, and Francis W. Biden. Family Members: Parents: Joseph Harry Biden (1893–1941), Mary Elizabeth Robinette Biden (1894–1943); Spouse: Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden (1917–2010, m. 1941) Siblings: Mary Alice Biden Eshbach (1917–1982), Frank Hanafee Biden (1918–1999) Inscription: BIDEN / JOSEPH ROBINETTE SR. / NOVEMBER 13, 1915 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2002 / CATHERINE EUGENIA FINNEGAN / JULY 7, 1917 - JANUARY 8, 2010 Created by: Russ Pickett Added: 22 Nov 2006 Find a Grave Memorial: 16741370 Sponsored by: C.L. Panagopulos
  Person ID	I47734	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Harry BIDEN,   b. 14 Jun 1893, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD d. 26 Sep 1941, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth ROBINETTE,   b. Nov 1894, MD d. 23 Apr 1943, Newtonville, Middlesex County, MA (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1914	Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD
  Family ID	F20594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Eugenia "Jean" FINNEGAN,   b. 7 Jul 1917, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA d. 8 Jan 2010, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1941	Lackawanna County, PA
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F20593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024