Introduction
The records of Brenan
The records of Brenan’s Select™
Community Funeral Homes & Crematorium capture the descendants of many of the
immigrant families that arrived in Saint John and the surrounding area in the
mid nineteenth century. In particular through complete transcription of the
records from 1901-1960 it became evident that many of these records consisted of
individuals with Irish origins. It should
also be noted that in its early years Brenan’s Funeral Home dealt largely with
Protestant clients.
For the purposes of this site
the only individuals included are those confirmed as Irish through the presence
of the terms “Irish” and/or “Ireland” within one or more of the following
fields: comment, place of birth, birth place of
father, and birth place of mother.
It should be noted that record keepers at the funeral home did not always
include the terms “Irish” or “Ireland” in an Irish individual’s record. The
subset presented in this website represents only 1,136 of 32,221 entries in the
full database. Therefore, to view the records of other possible Irish
individuals, whose origin was not denoted in any field but whose surname may
denote the Emerald Isle, and everyone else buried through Brenan’s, users should
access the full database.
For a history of Brenan’s
Funeral Home, more information about the records or to visit the full database
click here.