This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: klovctr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.brannigan/213/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I AM LOOKING FOR MEMBERS OF RICHARD BRANNIGAN'S FAMILY. HE HAD COME TO THE U.S. IN 1853 WITH HIS FATHER, MICHAEL, MOTHER HELEN (NUGENT) AND SETTLED IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE MICHAEL WAS A SHOEMAKER IN SEVERAL CITY DIRECTORIES. THEY HAD COME FROM IRELAND THRU LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, WHERE THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, MARGARET (WHO MARRIED DOMINIC HART AND HAD A SON ALSO NAMED DOMINIC) AND ANOTHER SON, FRANCIS, WHO JOINED ANTONY AND JOSEPH. RICHARD WAS IN THE MILITARY SEVERAL TIMES AND ENDED UP IN LEAVENWORTH, KS., WHERE HE DIED IN 1910 AND IS BURIED IN THE FORT LEAVENWORTH CEMETARY. HE HAD MARRIED SISTERS, ANNIE AND ISABELLA, CAVANAUGH AND HAD 5 KIDS WITH ANNIE (WHO LEFT HIM AND WENT TO DENVER, COLO., AND 4 KIDS WITH ISABELLA: BESSIE IN 1896, LAWRENCE IN 1899, RICHARD IN 1901 AND MY FATHER, RODERICK IN 1904. ISABELLA DIED IN 1905. THE 3 BOYS ENDED UP WITH WM. FRANK BEAUCHAMP WHO TOOK THEM UNDER GUARDIANSHIP IN 1910 AND FINALLY ADOPTED THEM IN 1920. DON'T ASK ME WHY IT TOOK SO LONG. ! GRANDPA BEAUCHAMP WOULDN'T TAKE BESSIE AND WE GRANDKIDS NEVER KNEW HER OR WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THEM, I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION...KEN BEAUCHAMP Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.