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John Brennan

Iron Photographer #26

Among the items my aunt left to the family when she died in 1982 was a small, leather bound ringed notebook simply titled “Family Data”. Over the years she had researched and recorded much of her mother’s family history including dates of birth, death and marriage. She also included change of residence and other significant life events all the way back to my maternal great great great grandmother. (Born in England, died in Brooklyn, buried in Brooklyn’s Calvary Cemetery.)

When my mom passed away in 1996 I rediscovered this little treasure trove locked away in a strongbox. Dolly, the woman on this page, is my great grandmother.

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