Brennan, Florrie

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Brennan, Florrie

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b. 1889

History

Florence (Florrie) Brennan was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island in 1889, daughter of Nelson Alward. She trained as a nurse in New York and worked there for several years. She married Arthur Roland Brennan who assumed ownership of The Summerside Journal after his father's death in 1916. The couple raised three sons in the family home known as Parkside. The boys joined the RCAF during the Second World War. Flight Sergeant John Robert Brennan (b.1922) was reported missing during active duty on 27 May 1942. His brother Flight Lieutenant Charles Arthur Brennan (b.1922) was reported missing 7 November 1942. Only the oldest son, William Roland Brennan (b.1914), returned from overseas.

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RAD 22.3, 22.5

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26 March 2007. Copied from PEIAIN 29 April 2015.

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