This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANNIGAN, BRANIGAN, MONAHAN, SHERIDEN, WALLACE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RdF.2ACIB/60.1 Message Board Post: Myra, There was a Felix Branigan, age 21, and his wife Maud, age 21 in the 1920 Census living in Louisville, KY, with his stepfather and mother. Stepfather was James W. Monahan, age 42, his mother Annie, also age 42. Believe this Branigan is related to the John Branigan, b. abt 1830, in Pa, living in Stewart Co., TN for the 1880 Census as follows: John Branigan, age 50, farmer, b. PA, both parents b. Ireland Elizabeth Branigan, age 30, wife, b. VA, both parents b. VA Ellen, age 11, b. Ohio, Julia, age 6, b. TN Mathew, age 4, b. TN Nancy, age 2, b. TN William, age 3 months, born Jan 1880 James Matthew Brannigan (the above 4 year old) died in 1914. The newspaper mentioned his sisters Helen Brannigan of Clarksville, TN, and Julia Wallace & Annie Monahan of Louisville, Ky. [Julia Brannigan married George L. Wallace.] There was a Margaret Brannigan who married Robert Sheridan [Sheriden[ in Stewart Co., TN in 1882. It doesn't appear that your Felix is connected to my family, but the Ohio and Felix-name could make them cousins. Please email me if you are interested in more details, & good luck, Paula