Ellen Brislin

  Noted events in her life were:

• Name: Uncertain first and last name. Brislin is given on J. Frank Lynch's baptism record. Other spellings include Brisslin, Brislen, Breslin, Brieslin

She is listed as Helen Lynch on Mary Lynch's baptism record.

Bresnahan is given in Mary Lynch's death certificate.

Search of Griffith's Valuation of 1849 only showed hits for spelling of Breslin not Brislen or Brisslen.

From Roots Ireland org baptism search:
Church Baptism Brislane Ellen 1836 Co. Cork
Church Baptism Bresslin Ellen 1839 Co. Fermanagh
Church Baptism Brisnihan Ellen 1837 Co. Cork
Church Baptism Brosnihan Ellen 1837 Co. Cork
Church Baptism Bresnahan Ellen 1836 Co. Waterford
Church Baptism Bresnahan Ellen 1836 Co. Limerick
Church Baptism Bresnahan Ellen 1839 Co. Cork
Church Baptism Bresnan Ellen 1835 Co. Limerick
Church Baptism Brosnihan Ellen 1835 Co. Cork

Records for baptisms in 1836 and 1837 are below.

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Name: Ellen Brislane
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 03-Jul-1836
Address: Anna
Parish/District: CHURCHTOWN
Gender: Female
County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: John Brislane
Mother: Mary Sullivan
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: James Brislane
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Mary Keogh
Notes:
PRIEST: D O LEARY

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Name: Ellen Brisnihan
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 03-Sep-1837
Address:
Parish/District: KANTURK
Gender: Female
County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Thomas Brisnihan
Mother: Catherine Stokes
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: John Stoke
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Johanna Murphy
Notes:
PRIEST: REV P D

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Name: Ellen Brosnihan
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 01-Nov-1837
Address:
Parish/District: KANTURK
Gender: Female
County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Daniel Brosnihan
Mother: Elizabeth Finn
Occupation: Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: Owen Finn
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Margaret Tuomey
Notes:
PRIEST: REV P D
E

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Name: Ellen Bresnahan
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 22-Jan-1836
Address:
Parish/District: KNOCKANORE
Gender:
County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Bresnahan
Mother: Brigid Coleman
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: John Murry
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Mary Sullavan

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Name: Ellen Bresnahan
Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1836
Date of Baptism: 1-Jan-0
Address:
Parish/District: ASKEATON
Gender: Unknown
County Co. Limerick
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Cornelius Bresnahan
Mother: Mary Connors
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: Patk. Connors
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Ellen Riordan

• Education: From 1960 Census, 1860, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Question 13 Persons over 20 years of age who can not read and write? Entry = blank, indicating that she knows how to read and write.

• Children: Mother of seven, three are living, 15 Jun 1865, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From 1865 New York State Census.

• Photograph. The personal photograph shown for Ellen was obtained from a descendent of John H. Cassidy, a brother of Mary Louisa Cassidy who married Ellen's son, J. Frank Lynch. The photograph was passed down through the Cassidy family along with a copy of the photograph of Ellen's husband, John Lynch. Both photographs had been colorized as some point.

The photograph for Ellen is believed to have been taken in the 1865 to 1870 time period based on the woman's hair style and clothing. The web page sheknows.com provided representative photographs of hair styles and clothing for the period. Key features were the center part in her hair, the fact that her hair was pulled back, the short collar above the blouse, and the button work at the front of the blouse. The print pattern on the blouse was not seen in any of period photographs but this may have been added during the colorization.

While the provenance of the photograph is relatively weak, comparison of the woman's face to a photograph of Ellen's daughter, Julia Lynch Bucher shows good correlation in the eyebrows, lips, and chin. In addition, the woman in the photograph bears no resemblance to either Mark Cassidy or his wife, Margaret.

• Death: Based on census records. She is listed in the 1870 Census but not the 1875 New York State Census.

Ellen married John Lynch, son of Unknown and Unknown. (John Lynch was born about 1836 in Dublin, Ireland and died about 1892 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Family: Decendants of John Lynch and Ellen Bresslen.