BRENNAN FAMILY GENEALOGY IN PETERBOROUGH NH ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Peterborough/ On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== SOURCE: History of the town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire : with the report of the proceedings at the centennial celebration in 1839, an appendix containing the records of the original proprietors, and a genealogical and historical register, by Albert Smith; Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis, 1876, 753 pgs. THE BRENNAN FAMILY Page 25-26 HUBERT BRENNAN was b. in Savagh, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, March 20, 1823. He came to America in 1845, and for a time worked at his trade of marble workig in Lowell, where he remained until the 5th of September 1851, when he removed to Peterborough, in response to a call for a competent marble-worker. He has continued to reside here since, and has built up the "marble works" alluded to elsewhere. He has proved an enterprising and useful citizen, and done much toward the prosperity and advancement of our village. He m. July 29, 1850, Mary Mahoney, b. in Callau Co. Kilkenny, March 13, 1824, and emigrated to America, 1849, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Brennan visited the places of their birth in 1875, and were fortunate enough to be present at the grand demonstration of the O'Connell Centenary at Dublin, Aug 5. They travelled extensively through all Ireland; and Mr. Brennan, in describing the present condition of the country, says: "Where thirty years ago were thriving little villages and hamlets, now in many instances not a vestige of them is to be found; and the country generally shows a fearful example of depopulation, and a lack of the brains and muscle that have helped very largely to make America what she is." Children: 1. Mary A., b. Lowell [MA], June 13, 1851; m. Nov 6 1871 John F. Snow; resided St. Louis, Missouri 2. James F., b. Peterborough March 31, 1853; marble-worker 3. Hubert, b. March 19, 1855; d. Sept 4, 1855 ae 5 mos. 4. Alice, b. Aug 10, 1856 5. Catherine, b. July 15, 1858; d. April 20, 1859, ae 9 months 6. Sarah F., b. Feb 8, 1860 7. Ella T., b. Sept 15, 1861 8. John M. (twin) b. June 12, 1865; d. Nov 12, 1865 ae 5 mos 9. Hubert H. (twin) b June 12, 1865; d. Nov 10, 1867, ae 2 yrs 5 mos (end)