John Brennan Delaney

Brief Life History of John Brennan

John Brennan Delaney was born on 18 September 1864, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the son of John J Delaney and Catherine Brennan. He married Bertha Maude Ziegler on 24 November 1896, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lansing Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 6 January 1936, in Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States.

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John Brennan Delaney
1864–1936
Bertha Maude Ziegler
1878–1935
Marriage: 24 November 1896
Delaney
1899–
Delaney
1900–1900
Priska D Delaney
1900–1955
James A Delaney
1902–1942
Maude A. Delaney
1904–1988
Frederick John Delaney
1906–1958
Katherine B Delaney
1909–1994
Lillian Adeline Delaney
1909–1982
Bertha Rosalind Delaney
1912–2000
Martin E Delaney
1916–1978
John J Delaney
1917–1977
William Adolph Delaney
1919–1992

Sources (32)

  • John B Delaney, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John B Delaney, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995"
  • John B. Delaney, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Cormac, Clancy, Colm, Conley, Conor, Dermot, Donal, Eamon, Eamonn, Finbar.

English (of Norman origin): variant of Laney with fused preposition de.

Irish: Anglicized form, influenced by the Norman name, of Gaelic Ó Dubhshláine ‘descendant of Dubhshláine’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + slán ‘challenge, defiance’. MacLysaght, however, suggests that this element may be from the Sláinge river.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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