This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/308.1 Message Board Post: FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Spring Water, Rock, MN: BRENNAN, Nick E., 31, he & parents b. Ireland; wf. Margrat, 25, WI, parents b. Ireland; daus. b. MN: Beulah, 4; Bertha, 2. [See further data on RootsWeb Family Tree.] Chatfield, Fillmore, MN, BRENNAN, b. Irl., 1880: Marlin, 1832; Mary, 1838; Thomas, 1809; Patrick, 1840; Margaret, 1846. That seems to verify the RootsWeb Family Tree indicating that Thomas BRENNAN, b. ca. 1809/10, Ireland, of Chatfield, Fillmore Co., MN, 1860, p. 24, Dw. 206, was father of Martin, John, Patrick, Julia, Bridget, & Nicholas. Patrick BRENNAN (25 Dec. 1840 - 12 May 1915, Dickey Co., ND) m. 26 Nov. 1865, Fillmore Co., MN, Margaret NOONAN. You can remember how to spell Sioux because the vowels are in alphabetical order or by giving an IOU.