Person in this family
Catherine Brennan
Born 6 October 1888; death not recorded
Catherine Brennan was born at Bayonne on 6 October 1888 and baptised at St. Mary Star of the Sea the following day, a daughter of Thomas Brennan and Catherine Lavelle and a younger sister of Barbara Brennan. A baptism one day after birth almost always means a child thought unlikely to live. Nothing further about her is known — the archive has cited her baptism for months on her mother's page while never making a page for her.
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Catherine Brennan was born at Bayonne on 6 October 1888 and baptised at St. Mary Star of the Sea the following day, a daughter of Thomas Brennan and Catherine Lavelle and a younger sister of Barbara Brennan. A baptism one day after birth almost always means a child thought unlikely to live. Nothing further about her is known — the archive has cited her baptism for months on her mother's page while never making a page for her.
Born at Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s grandparent's sibling
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Catherine Brennan is your great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
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References for this account: [1]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Mary Veronica Brennan
- Barbera Brennan
- Catherine Brennan (this person)
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Born 6 October, baptised the next day
Her sponsors were Peter Lavelle — of her mother's family — and Anna McCabe. Her sister Barbara had been baptised three days after birth in 1886; one day is the register's usual mark of urgency. [1]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Catherine Brennan, 1888
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Original records
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne — baptism of Catherine Brennan, 7 October 1888
This is an entry in a church book, often naming a child, parents, and godparents.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
209 | Catherine Brennan | Oct 6 - 1888 | Oct 7 - 1888 | Thomas / Cath. Lavelle | Peter Lavelle, Anna McCabe
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
The Bayonne in these family records was a new city built around water, rails and heavy industry. Bayonne Township was formed only in 1861, uniting older settlements on Bergen Neck; it became a city in 1869. The…
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
What we still don't know
- [DID SHE LIVE?] No death, no census, no marriage has been looked for. The one-day baptism is a reason to check the Bayonne infant burials and the 1900 census of the Brennan household before assuming she grew up.