Researching William Brennan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3128 people with the Brennan surname? In that year Brennan was ranked number 1307 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Brennan on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Brennan and the Brennan Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 15516 people with the Brennan surname in the UK? Brennan is now ranked number 359 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Brennan surname in the USA? Brennan is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
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William Brennan (baseball)
William Raymond Brennan (born January 15, 1963) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Brennan spent his high school years in Nashville, Tennessee and played for Bellevue and Hillwood High Schools.
Brennan attended Mercer University and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 1, 1984. He played for the Vero Beach Dodgers (1985), San Antonio Dodgers (1986) and Albuquerque Dukes (1987–1988) before making his major league debut with the Dodgers on July 19, 1988 as a starting pitcher against the St. Louis Cardinals. He worked 4.2 innings, gave up 3 runs and took the loss. He appeared in four games for the Dodgers during their championship year of 1988, making two starts.
He was back with the Dukes for 1989 and then moved around, playing for the Tucson Toros (Houston Astros), Harrisburg Senators (Montreal Expos), Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit Tigers) and Iowa Cubs, before getting another chance in the bigs with the Chicago Cubs in 1993. He pitched in 8 games, making 1 start in '93.
After one more season with Iowa, he was out of baseball after the 1994 season.
Source: William Brennan (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Brennan (Australian politician)
William Edward Brennan (10 September 1863 – 8 October 1937) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1925 and 1934 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 until 1935. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP) .
Brennan was born and educated to elementary level in Wallsend, New South Wales. At age 14, he commenced work as a coal-miner at Wallsend Colliery. He was an office-holder in the Colliery Employees Federation from 1903 and in 1909, after leading a strike, he was convicted of conspiracy under the Master and Servant Act and goaled at Bathurst for 3 months. In 1925, after a number of unsuccessful attempts to win the seat of Maitland, Brennan was granted a life appointment to the New South Wales Legislative Council. Brennan resigned this appointment to contest the seat of Hamilton at a by-election caused by the death of Hugh Connell in 1934. At the 1935 election he stood aside to allow the ALP to endorse Joshua Arthur. He did not hold ministerial or party office.
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