John Brennan

Birth Name John Brennan
Gender male
Age at Death 94 years

Narrative

John was of Kilfeaghan, Killowen, Co. Down, when his son John arrived in New York on October 5, 1925. He was of County Down when his sister Susan (Brennan) McGee died in Cleveland in December 1955.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1877 Kilfeaghan Townland, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1 2
General

This must be the date that the birth was registered. He was baptized Jan 30. Keep this record for the name of the townland.

John Brannen, male, born 5 Feb 1877, Down, Ireland. Parents: Peter Brannen, born in Kilfeighan, and Ann Savage.

"Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGFF-25J : accessed 03 Sep 2013), Peter Brannen in entry for John Brannen, 05 Feb 1877.

Baptism January 30, 1877 Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   3a
Event Note

Kilbroney Parish Registers
January 30, 1877

John [son] of Peter Brennan and Ann Savage. Witnesses: John White and Sara Brennan

Census April 2, 1911 Kilfeaghan Townland, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland 1911 Peter Brennan household 4a
Event Note

1911 Census of Ireland
enumerated 2 April 1911
Residents of a house 13 in Kilfeaghan (Killowen, Down)

Brennan Peter, 74, Male, Head of Family, married 51 years, farmer.
Brennan Ann, 73, Female, Wife, married 51 years. 7 children, 2 still living.
Brennan John, 34, Male, Son, married 8 years, farmer.
Brennan Rose, 35, Female, Daughter in Law, married 8 years. 7 children, 6 still living.
Brennan Mary, 7, Female, Grand Daughter, scholar
Brennan John, 6, Male, Grand Son, scholar
Brennan Margaret, 5, Female, Grand Daughter
Brennan Susan, 4, Female, Grand Daughter
Brennan Peter, 2, Male, Grand Son
Brennan Hugh, 10m, Male, Grand Son
Morris James, 52, Male, Servant

All were Roman Catholic. The older Peter and Ann could not read. The children 6 and under could not read.

Death 1971 Kilfeaghan Townland, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   2

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Peter Brennanabout 1837May 11, 1911
Mother Ann Savageabout 1838February 7, 1918
    Sister     Bridget Brennan
    Sister     Mary Brennan May 1, 1862
    Sister     Ann Brennan 1865
    Sister     Mary Brennan April 8, 1867
    Sister     Margaret Brennan April 12, 1868
    Sister     Bridget Brennan 1871
    Sister     Susan Brennan between 1873 and 1874 before December 19, 1955
         John Brennan 1877 1971

Families

Family of John Brennan and Rose McAlinden
Married Wife Rose McAlinden ( b. 1876 d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage July 31, 1902 St. Colman's, Kilkeel, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   5a
Event Note

Marriage solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel of St Colman's, Kilkeel, Registrar's District of Kilkeel

July 3, 1902
John Brennan, a bachelor farmer of full age, of Kilfeaghan, son of Peter Brennan, a farmer
and
Rose Linden, a spinster of full age of Milltown, daughter of John Linden, a farmer.

witnesses: William Quin and Mary Linden.
married by S H Eardley

 

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John T BrennanOctober 18, 1904April 24, 1973

Source References

  1. Ireland Births and Baptisms
  2. Hargreaves Family Tree
  3. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: John Brennan, Jan 30, 1877
  4. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: Peter Brennan, house 13 in Kilfeaghan (Killowen, Down)
      • Citation:

        http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Killowen/Kilfeaghan/246140/

  5. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Brennan-Linden, July 3, 1902, Kilkeel
      • Citation:

        https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1902/10280/5741627.pdf