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1-2-2) Neil Brennan & Margaret Keyes

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1-2-2. Neil Brennan. was born on the 17th of February in 1850 in Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland. He died on the 9th of August in1915 at O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska. When Neil first came to Holt County he worked hauling goods for Patrick Haggerty. L ater he partnered up with JJ McCafferty and engaged in the hardware business. JJ McCafferty later became a prominent judge. Neil Brennan went independent  in the hardware retail business in October of 1882.
Neil married Margaret Keyes, a daughter of Thomas Keyes & Ellen O'Donnell, on November 20th, 1881 at O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska. Marriage sponsers "both ex loco" per records at St. Patricks Catholic Church in O'Neill, Nebraska : Jacobo Croghan and Anna Brennan
Margaret was born on the 10th of  February, 1860 at Parkhill, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Margaret died on the 10th of  Janaury, 1940 at O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska.

Margaret and Neil had the following children:

1-2-2-1 Sarah Brennan married James B. Ryan

1-2-2-2 John Thomas Brennan

1-2-2-3 Mary Ellen Brennan

1-2-2-4 Margaret Brennan

1-2-2-5 Neil Patrick Brennan

1-2-2-6 Francis Michael Brennan

1-2-2-7 Thomas Joseph Brennan

1-2-2-8 Bernadette Brennan

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