Martha Jane (Brennan) Clancy was born in Aug 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the daughter of James Brennan (1835- ) and Anne Maro (1835- ), both parents born in Ireland. She was christened 7 Sep 1871 at Old St. John Church in Chicago.[1]
Martha married William John Clancy, Sr. (1867-1943) on 28 Apr 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.[2][3] Their children were:
Edward John Clancy (1898-1944), a druggist, likely killed in WWII
Dr. James Francis "Jim" Clancy, MD (1900-1961)
William John Clancy, Jr., JD (1902-1944)
Anna K. (Clancy) Haskins (1904-1934), married Dr. William Haskins, Anna died by suicide
Martha E. Clancy (1907-1967)
Jane E. Clancy (1914-1976)
Martha passed away at age 76 in 1948 and was buried in St. Vincent Cemetery in LaSalle.[4]
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNN-SD5 : 15 September 2017), Martha Brennan in household of James Brennan, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 16, sheet 435C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,185.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWB-4CS : accessed 8 September 2020), Martha J Clancy in household of William J Clancy, La Salle Township La Salle city Ward 2, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 5B, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,316.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKDB-V7P : accessed 8 September 2020), Martha J Clancy in household of W J Clancy, La Salle Ward 6, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 9B, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 300; FHL microfilm 1,374,313.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ4V-KZR : accessed 7 September 2020), Martha Clancy in household of William J Clancy, La Salle Ward 6, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing ED 118, sheet 8A, line 5, family 166, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 378; FHL microfilm 1,820,378.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSB6-CL9 : accessed 8 September 2020), Martha J Clnncy in household of Wm Clnncy, LaSalle, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 13A, line 8, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 531; FHL microfilm 2,340,266.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCQ-FVD : 25 December 2019), Martha Clancy in household of William Clancy, Ward 5, Lasalle, Lasalle Township, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-52, sheet 21B, line 74, family 53, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 833.
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