the patrick brennan family
The Patrick Brennan family settled in Inver Grove Twp. of Dakota Co.
They appear to have been one of the oldest families in the area and were
one of the original families to attend St. Patrick's church. Like many families
that settled in the area, the Brennan family originated somewhere in County
Donegal Ireland and emigrated to the United States. There is very little
information regarding this family and some confusion exists regarding the
original founders.
PATRICK (1806-1881) Ellen McGuire (1834) (St.
Patrick's Inver Grove)
EDWARD (1827-1909) Mary ??? ( ) (Inver Grove
MN ??)
Early records list an Edward Brennan in the area but there is only circumstantial
evidence to connect him with Patrick. In fact, this Edward may be the same
person as Patrick or a son of Patrick's . He is included here as a possible
relative. Edward's wife Mary (Katherine) appears to have died in 1884 at
the age of 55y and may be buried at Inver Grove. Edward appears to have died
in West St. Paul in 1909. His father is listed as John ??
PATRICK BRENNAN (1806-1881) Son of Patrick Brennan
& Mary ??
ELLEN McGUIRE (1815-1882) ? Dau. of John
McGuire & Mary
Patrick was born somewhere in Co. Donegal Ireland and emigrated to the United
States in 1836. He was married in Ireland in 1834 but it is not known if
they had any children before coming to Minnesota. Nothing is known abut his
wife Ellen prior to this date. Patrick and Ellen were supposedly shipwrecked
off the coast of New Foundland and came ashore in Quebec Canada. They may
have lost some children in this mishap. In any event their first known child
was born somewhere in New York in 1837. By 1839 the family was located in
Pennsylvania and later moved to Cincinnati Ohio. By 1846 they were in Louisiana
and from at least 1848 to 1854 they were located in St. Louis, Missouri where
Patrick worked as a shoemaker. Patrick came to Minnesota by himself in 1853
and claimed 160 acres in Ramsey County. They appear to have come to Minnesota
in 1852. He returned a year later with his family and settled in Inver Grove
in 1855.
Children
Patrick J. (1837- ) Johannah Maher (1875) (Moved to St. Paul ???)
Thomas M. (1839- ) (Robert Street-St. Paul???)
John (1846-1870) (St. Patricks Inver Grove )
Ann (1848- ) (Steven Tierney ??) (1867)? (died before 1888 ??)
Ellen ? (1849-1948) ? James McCarthy ? (1884) St. Peters Mendota MN ?
Martin (1854- ) (Died by 1865 ??)
Catherine (1856- ) Lawrence Miller (1874) (No information available)
Charles E. (1857-1896) Mary Walsh (1890) (No information available)
Frank (1860-1905) Bridget Walsh (1880) (St. Patricks Inver Grove )
Peter (1863-1876) (St. Patricks Inver Grove )
Mary M. (1865-1938) Peter Walsh (1887) St. Patricks Inver Grove MN
Andrew ? ( - ) (died before 1888)
Little information is available on most of the children. A number of them
are thought to have moved into St. Paul. The Walsh family with whom a number
of these children intermarried was also an early Inver Grove family. Patrick
& Ellen are said to have had 17 children of whom six were listed as living
in 1888. Their daughter Catherine may have married someone named Chapin as
listed above (see below). Mrs. James McCarthy of Inver Grove may have also
been a daughter of Patrick and Ellen. However, there are no records to confirm
this at this time. John served in Co. K 8th Minn during the Civil War. He
died in 1870 from a condition he contracted during the war.
In 1931 a Mrs, Brennan, mother of Martin Brennan died in Pittsburgh
Pa. This Mrs. Brennan was apparently a sister-in-law of Mrs. Peter Brennan.
There was a John Brennan residing in Pittsburgh in 1912 (see below). According
to the estate of Miss Theresa Brennan of West St. Paul, she was survived
by Mrs. Mary Walsh of Inver Grove, Mrs. Margaret Berry (wife of Patrick)
of St. Paul, C. S. Lowell, Dr. V. J. Hawkins and John Brennan of Pittsburgh
in 1912
There was also a Lanty J. Brennan born in Inver Grove in 1885 and died in
1941. He was married to Belle Barton, had a son John and a daughter Catherine.
It is not known how he is related to the other Brennan families. Lanty was
listed with the Lanty Ryan family in 1895. Lanty was apparently the son of
John Brennan & Hanna (Nora ?) Ryan who may have died in childbirth.
EDWARD BRENNAN (1827-1909) (Son of Patrick Brennan
& Ellen McGuire)
CATHERINE (MARY ?)
(1832-1884) (Parents Unknown)
Nothing is known about this family except that the had at least one child.
Children
John (1859- )
This John may be related to a Chapin family. There was a John Brennan who
died in Inver grove in 1907. He was 44 years old and had a wife and two children?
He is supposedly buried at St. Patrick's. In 1895 there was a John Brennan
35y listed with a Catherine Chapin 40y In Inver Grove.
PATRICK J. BRENNAN (1837- ) Son of Patrick Brennan
& Ellen McGuire
JOHANNAH MAHER (1850-1900) Dau. Patrick Maher
& Kate Walsh
Patrick was born in Pennsylvania and came to Minnesota with his parents who
settled a farm in Inver Grove Twp. in Dakota Co. He was married in 1887 and
moved into West St. Paul Minnesota. His wife was the daughter another farmer
in the Inver Grove area.
Children
Catherine (1876- )
Mary (1878- )
Charles E. (1882- ) (No information available)
Patrick J. (1884- ) (No information available)
John (1885-1887) (No information available)
James (1886-1886) (No information available)
Ellen (1889- ) (No information available)
Mary ( - )
This family settled for a time in St. Paul's "West Side" and many of their
records can be found at St. Michael's church.
FRANK BRENNAN (1861-1905) Son of Patrick Brennan
& Ellen McGuire
BRIDGET WALSH (1861-1923) Dau. Peter Walsh &
Winnifred Higgins
Frank was born and raised in Inver Grove Twp. where he was married in 1880
to the daughter of another farmer in the area. After he apparently farmed
for a time in Inver Grove. Sometime after 1885 this family moved into the
City of St. Paul where he and his wife attended St. Michael's church.
Children
Charles E. (1883- ) (No information available)
Frank (1885- ) (died before 1900 ??)
Mare E. (1887- ) (No information available)
Frances (1892- ) (No information available)
Florance (1894- ) (No information available)
Peter F. (1898-1964) Margaret ( ) St. Patricks Inver Grove MN
Frank's father-in-law and sister in law appear to have been living in St.
Paul with this family around the turn of the century.
CHARLES BRENNAN ( - )
MARY WALSH (1853 -1938) Dau. of Peter Walsh &
Winnifred Higgins
Mary was born in Bangor Maine in 1853 and came to Minnesota in 1855. Charles
and Mary moved to St. Paul where Charles died February 19, 1896. His wife,
Mary, was residing at 690 Mount Hope Street in West St. Paul at the time
of her death in August of 1938 at the age 85y. They did not appear to have
any children.
| This family file contains the research notes of Mr. Kevin Geraghty
as of March 1999. Mr. Geraghty is researching the families and descendants
of those buried at the Highland Cemetery. For more information or to contribute
to Mr. Geraghty's research, please send him e-mail at
[email protected]. |
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