Ellen was born in 1877 to William Brazil and Ellen Ryan in Killeen, Nenagh County Tipperary, Ireland. [1]
Ellen came to Australia her parents were both in their 60s[2] and joined the Presentation Convent in Victoria on 23 February 1906 and took the name Sr Mary Brendan.[3]
Sr M Brendan was a teacher at Bungaree, Victoria.[4]
Ellen died 5 August 1956 in St Kilda, Victoria[5]
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