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« on: Saturday 04 December 10 00:50 GMT (UK) »
For many years I have been trying to locate where in Ireland my great-great-grandfather came from. He was born about 1841 and in English censuses he is variously called "William Brennan", "William Brannan" or "William Brannon". In almost every census he puts his place of birth as "Co. Meath, Ireland".
His parentage is slightly problematic. On his wedding certificate of 1864 (Leeds, Yorkshire) his father is described as "Thomas Brannan, gardener". For 20 or so years I tried to trace this Thomas Brannan. Then by chance I was in Leeds and decided to visit the Diocesan Records . The original marriage records from St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Quarry Hill, show his parents as "William and Mary Brannan"!!!
So if anyone has come across any Brennans or Brannans or Brennans in Co. Meath - and particularly a William Brannan son of William and Mary Brannan - please let me know.
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan