Person in this family
Thomas Brennan
Dates not recorded
Thomas Brennan appears in our family tree as the husband of Catherine Lavelle and the father of Mary Veronica and Barbera Brennan.
Family story - not yet proved
Thomas Brennan appears in our family tree as the husband of Catherine Lavelle and the father of Mary Veronica and Barbera Brennan.
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-great-grandparent
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-great-grandparent (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's great-grandparent (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s great-grandparent
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:
Thomas Brennan is your 2× great-grandparent.
Life
Thomas Brennan appears in our family tree as the husband of Catherine Lavelle and the father of Mary Veronica and Barbera Brennan. This archive contains no dated record, residence, occupation, or other biographical evidence for him, so nothing further about his life can presently be stated with confidence.
How we know this: Unverified: Thomas is known here only through family relationships recorded here, without a supporting record quotation. [1]
Family
Spouses
Children
See this family in the family treeWhere 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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Original records
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Catherine Brennan, 1888
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Machine-read text (may contain errors) · Good machine reading
Automated reading aid only. The human-verified quotations elsewhere in the archive remain authoritative.
No.27 Name of Date Date of Father’s Sponsors Priest Record of
Person and Baptism Name Marriage,
Baptized Place etc.
of Mother’s
Birth Maiden
Name
203 Elizabeth Sept Sept 23 William John A.M.
Trodden 19 - - 1888 Hughes Egan
1888 Mary
Anna Eliz.
McNally Hughes
204 James Sept Sept 23 Thomas Patrick " Married
Patk. 19 - - 1888 Magner Elizabeth
Magner 1888 Cath. Devine
Bannon Mary Apr 29 -
Lynch 1915 at
St. Peter
Brooklyn
by John
Devine
205 John Sept Sept 30 John Anna "
Nicholas 26 - - 1888 McMahon
Duane 1888 Anastasia
Pomfred Ellen
Doyle
206 Julia Aug Sept 30 Andrew John "
Dowd 20 - - 1888 Inglesby
1888 Catherine
Morton Marg't
Fahey
207 Mary Aug Sept 30 Andrew John Long "
Dowd 20 - - 1888
1888 Catherine Marg't
Morton Norton
208 Mary Sept Sept 30 James William "
Anna 14 - - 1888 Lee
Eakin 1888 Mary Lee
Marg't
Carroll
209 Catherine Oct 6 Oct 7 - Thomas Peter "
Brennan - 1888 1888 Lavelle
Cath.
Lavelle Anna
McCabe
210 Herman Aug Oct 7 - Joseph Herman "
Ottinger 31 - 1888 Hartung
1888 Minnie
Hartung Julia
Keating
211 Leo Brady Sept Oct 7 - Terence John "
23 - 1888 Brady
1888 Sara
Smith Jane
Brady
212 Matilda Sept Oct 7 - John Engelbert "
Brandt 28 - 1888 Olt
1888 Marg't
Heffner Matilda
HeffnerWhat 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
- When and where was Thomas Brennan born and when did he die?
- Can a marriage or children's birth and baptism records confirm Catherine Lavelle as his wife and identify his residence and occupation?