It could be either. Check the DC's of her siblings. Check the passenger list also and her obit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kathy hamby" <kathy556@webtv.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-OBITUARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:16 PM Subject: [IRISH-AM-OBITS] stupid question maybe hi again, may i ask a possibly stupid question please? my gr,grandmother the one i spoke of earlier, on her death record it says her maiden name was BRENNAN but my uncle swears it was BRANNIGAN. now are these names kind of the same??? but he remembers talking to her and she telling him about growing up in Gortacar County Tyrone and she had 13 brothers and sisters and her one sister, SARA came over with her and they landed in Phila PA April 1st 1881. and on the 1910 census it does say she came over in 1881. so i don't know if i should start really checking out both names. thank you again kathy Researching; Dougherty, McLaughlin, Gordon, MacDonald McDonald, Brennan and Shephard in Canada, Ireland, and Phila PA Vollmer (Fulmer), Renz (Rentz), Brauch, Schumacher (Shoemaker), Muller, Blinn and Hofmann in Germany, Ohio and Indiana Baer (Beyer), Paszotta, Carney (Craney), Shutt, Meyers and Jones in Germany, Delaware, Indiana and Philadelphia ----------------------------------------- list "mom" for; Vollmer-L@rootsweb.com Paszotta-L@rootsweb.com Brauch-L@rootsweb.com Germans-to-Phila-L@rootsweb.com Blinn-L@rootsweb.com GERMANS-OH-STARKCO-L@rootsweb.com ----------------------------------------- my home page: http://community.webtv.net/kathy556/DoughertyGordonBaer ==== IRISH-AMERICAN-OBITUARIES Mailing List ==== You may e-mail your list admin any time by addressing your message to <Irish-American-Obituaries-admin@Rootsweb.com>. Your communication will be kept private and confidential. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237