Veronica was born to Patrick Joseph Kennedy and Jennie Cordiell, who were quite well to do citizens of San Francisco. Veronica met and married Robert Allan Kinzie, the son of David Hunter Kinzie and Elvenah Janes Kinzie, Kinzie on 12 November, 1901. His mother's first marriage was to John Harris Kinzie JR., who was killed in the Civil War on June 18th 1862.
Their children were Robert Allan Kinzie, JR., David Hunter Kinzie, Veronica Cordiell Kinzie, Eugenia Kinzie and Elizabeth Kinzie.