Bryan or Bernard Brannan
Brannan or Brennan? We still need to write this section.
Great Great Grandfather: Bernard aka Bryan Brennan born about 1820 or before, married about 1840 or before, died by 19th June 1880. Not found in Griffiths Tuam or Dunmore so MAY have been dead by then. Occupation: shoemaker
Bryan Brannan is the most distant ancestor that I have and would be my great great grandfather. Most of what we know about him is known or deduced from the marriage lines of his son Patrick on 19th June 1880 in Tuam.
We do not yet know who his wife or parents were nor his brothers and sisters?
What would his life have been like - events he lived through etc.
Why was he in Tuam? He may have been a native of Tuam or he may have moved there because he was evicted. Or maybe he learned his trade in the workhouse?
What was the cause of death. There is a good chance that he died in our out of the workhouse of starvation, cholera ...
Where is he buried. Most likely in one of the two mass graves.
Who were his children? We know only of Patrick born about 1840 but it would be very surprising indeed if there were no more.
Information we are seeking on Bryan/Bernard Brennan
In the church records no Bernard or Bryan Brennan that seems to match, only:
Bernard Brennan born 31st Aug 1835 son of John Brennan and Honora Concannan
Bernard Brennan born 8th July 1843 son of Patrick Brennan and Ceiliy Murphy.
Bryan's siblings: We would really like these.
Bryans death: (1840-1850?) Bryan seems to have been dead at the time of the Griffith's Valuation so our suspicions are that he died in Tuam Workhouse in mid to late 1840's. Likewise his wife. There is no mention of a Bryan/Bernard in the Griffith's for Tuam or Dunmore.