Brennan Family History
Brennan Name Meaning
(predominantly southern) Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Braonáin ‘descendant of Braonán’, a personal
name from a diminutive of braon ‘moisture’, ‘drop’. Compare
Breen.(predominantly northern) Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Branáin ‘descendant of Branán’, a personal
name meaning ‘little raven’ (see Brannigan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brennan
Name Distribution of Brennan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brennan families
 475 - 948  159 - 474 |
 1 - 158  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brennan families
|
90 - 177 31 - 89 |
1 - 30 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brennan census records
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Brennan Family Origin
Brennan Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Brennan Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Brennan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brennan census records
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Military Service by Brennan
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