Catherine Gabriella DeRosset (1800-1889), the daughter of Armand John II and sister of Armand John III, somewhat scandalized her very Episcopalian family by converting to the Methodist Episcopal (now United Methodist) Church. In 1835, she married the Rev. William Magee Kennedy, a Methodist minister in the South Carolina Conference, and a former pastor of Front Street Methodist Church in Wilmington. Famed for her charitable work, she was a co-founder of the Ladies Benevolent Society of Wilmington in 1845, serving for many years as its treasurer and later president.
Among her projects was the Old Ladies’ Rest, a kind of nursing home for women, incorporated in 1852. After her death, the institution was renamed the Catherine Kennedy Home; it remained a notable Wilmington institution until its closing in 2000. (The home’s former facilities on Third Street were acquired by First Presbyterian Church.) Officers reorganized the trust as the Catherine Kennedy Home Foundation, which grants funds to groups aiding the elderly.
http://www.myreporter.com/2011/10/are-there-any-members-of-the-derosset-family-still-living-in-wilmington/
