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Elizabeth May <I>Brennen</I> Cochran

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Elizabeth May Brennen Cochran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
24 Oct 1918 (aged 33)
Hays, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Gastonville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Brennen, Sr. and Elizabeth Casey. She married William Cochran in 1909 and had two children that lived to adulthood: William John Cochran, Jr. and Anna May Cochran. William was born in 1912 and Anna in 1914. Elizabeth and her husband, William, also had one daughter who was born a "stillborn" child on February 7, 1910.

Elizabeth died of the spanish flu in 1918, at the age of 34, and her surviving children, William John Cochran, Jr. and Anna May Cochran, were taken in by her sister, Mary Brennen Adams and her husband, Walter T. Adams, Sr., in 1919. After Elizabeth's untimely death, the children's father, William Cochran Sr., left for Atlantic City, New Jersey and worked as a painter. He died there in 1959.

Elizabeth is buried at St. Frances of Assisi Catholic Cemetery in Gastonville, Washington County, Pa., which is located about one mile from Finleyville Catholic Church.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Brennen, Sr. and Elizabeth Casey. She married William Cochran in 1909 and had two children that lived to adulthood: William John Cochran, Jr. and Anna May Cochran. William was born in 1912 and Anna in 1914. Elizabeth and her husband, William, also had one daughter who was born a "stillborn" child on February 7, 1910.

Elizabeth died of the spanish flu in 1918, at the age of 34, and her surviving children, William John Cochran, Jr. and Anna May Cochran, were taken in by her sister, Mary Brennen Adams and her husband, Walter T. Adams, Sr., in 1919. After Elizabeth's untimely death, the children's father, William Cochran Sr., left for Atlantic City, New Jersey and worked as a painter. He died there in 1959.

Elizabeth is buried at St. Frances of Assisi Catholic Cemetery in Gastonville, Washington County, Pa., which is located about one mile from Finleyville Catholic Church.

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IN GOD'S CARE

Mother of Anna Carnahan &
William Cochran Jr.



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  • Maintained by: W.R.C.
  • Originally Created by: Rod Carnahan
  • Added: Feb 5, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17816510/elizabeth_may-cochran: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth May Brennen Cochran (2 Dec 1884–24 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17816510, citing Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Cemetery, Gastonville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by W.R.C. (contributor 47119282).