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ELIZABETH BRENNAN

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lizanne

lizanne Report 7 Sep 2007 03:03

HELP PLEASE.
TRYING TO FIND BIRTH FOR MY GT GT GRANDMOTHER ELIZABETH BRENNAN.0N CENSUS 1861/71/91 & 1901 SHOWING BORN BIRKENHEAD 1852-9.
ON MARRIAGE CERT IN 1883 STATES SHE IS 30 MAKING IT 1853.
HAVE TRIED CHESHIRE BDM,BIRKENHEAD REG OFFICE,THEY PUT ME INTO CREWE REG OFFICE WHO THEN PUT ME ONTO MACCLESFIELD.ALL WITH NO JOY.
ALSO TRIED AN ELIZA BRENNAN BORN BIRKENHEAD 1853.NOT HER.
ON HER MARRIAGE CERT HER FATHER IS LISTED AS THOMAS BRENNAN DECEASED PILOT AT SEA.THAT IS THE ONLY RECORD I CAN FIND FOR HIM.
I'VE RUN OUT OF IDEAS CAN ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME AS I'M SLOWLY GOING MAD..
HERE'S HOPING
THANKS

Carol

Carol Report 7 Sep 2007 03:27

Have you tried this one
Brennan Elizabeth Liverpool 8b 67 Jun 1852

If you write to Liverpool Register Office enclosing a stamped addressed envelope and a cheque for £7, giving her fathers name as a checking point, they will only send certificate if it matches. If not, they will return your cheque.

The address is
The Register Office
Liverpool City Council
The Register Office
The Cotton Exchange
Old Hall Street
LIVERPOOL
L3 9UF

Tel (0)151 233 4973/4975

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 7 Sep 2007 04:44

1851 Census


I think that this IS your family on the 1851!

Name: Ann Branning
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland

Civil Parish: Birkenhead
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Birkenhead
ED, institution, or vessel: 1p
Household schedule number: 78
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Branning 27
Cicila Branning 1 b.ca 1850, Birkenhead
Jane Branning 5 b.ca 1846, Liverpool, Lancashire
Thomas Branning 37 b.ca 1814, Ireland, Dock Labourer

Address:- 2 Poole Street North, Birkenhead


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Compare the above with the infromation on the 1861 Census


Name Age
Agnes Brennan 3
Ann Brennan 36 b.ca 1825, Ireland, Plain Sewer, Widow
Ceciley Brennan 11 b.ca 1850, Birkenhead, Plain Sewer
Elizabeth Brennan 9
Frega Brennan 7
Jane Brennan 15 b.ca 1846, Birkenhead, Plain Sewer
Peter Brennan 8 Mo
Thomas Brennan 5


Address:- 30 Pool St, Birkenhead

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There is this marriage registration on freebmd that could possibly be yours:-


Marriages Jun 1846 (>99%)
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Brennan Thomas Prescot 20 768
Bullen Ann Prescot 20 768



and possibly Jane's birth registration:-

Births Mar 1847 (>99%)
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Brennan Jane Liverpool 20 379

???Agnes'

Births Sep 1858 (>99%)
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Brennan Agnes Wirral 8a 372


which makes this one for Elizabeth a possibility

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Jun 1852 (>99%)
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Brennan Elizabeth Liverpool 8b 67




Sylvia (in Canada)

lizanne

lizanne Report 7 Sep 2007 11:06

THANKS CAROL MY CHEQUE IS GETTING DIZZY GOING TO DIFFERNT REG OFFICES.MUST BE YHE MOST TRAVELED CHEQUE IN ENGLAND.

lizanne

lizanne Report 7 Sep 2007 13:29

I THINK YOU MAY BE RIGHT SYLVIA.WILL DO SOME MORE DIGGING AND LET YOU KNOW.
THANKS
JANE