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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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REV. E. BRENNAN, post office Mansfield Valley, is a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and was born in 1850. His father, E. Brennan, who was a merchant in the old country, married Mary Wallis, who bore him nine children, seven of whom are now living. The subject of these lines was educated at the public schools of his native land, and after coming to America, in 1871, became a student at St. Michael’s Seminary, Glenwood, Allegheny county. He was ordained a clergyman in 1874, and in 1880 took charge of the congregation at this place. He was instrumental in building the present church, a fine brick edifice 125x60 feet. His mother, now quite an elderly lady, resides with him at Mansfield.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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