Pearce O'Brien
1885 - 1951 (~ 65 years)1. Pearce O'Brien was born Feb 1885, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA (son of Richard O'Brien and Mary Ann Kennedy); died 1951, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA. Pearce married Elizabeth Noseworthy. Elizabeth (daughter of Lawrence Noseworthy and Sarah Ann Rideout) was born 1889, Long Pond, Newfoundland, Canada; died 23 Dec 1920, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; was buried , Saint Thomas of Villanova Roman Catholic Cemetery Topsail, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Norah O'Brien was born 1920, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; died 1997, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; was buried , Saint Thomas of Villanova Roman Catholic Cemetery Topsail, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada .
- Mary Ester O'Brien was born 1917, n Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland; died 23 Apr 2004, L.a. Miller Center, St. John's, Newfoundland. .
- Kathleen O'Brien died Deceased.
- Thomas O'Brien was born 1914, Topsail, CBS, Newfoundland, Canada; died 21 May 1991, St. Thomas', C.B, Newfoundland..
Pearce married Mary Margaret Metcalfe. Mary (daughter of John Joseph Metcalfe and Catherine Besso (Bessau)) was born 22 May 1899, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; died 1992, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Gerald O'Brien was born 1931; died 2010, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
- Richard Francis O'Brien was born 27 Nov 1923, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; died 14 Mar 1989, Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States; was buried , Walpole Village Cemetery Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA.
2. Richard O'Brien was born Oct 1879, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada (son of Thomas O'Brien and Catherine Druken); died d Bef. 1921. Richard married Mary Ann Kennedy. [Group Sheet]
3. Mary Ann Kennedy Children:
- 1. Pearce O'Brien was born Feb 1885, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; died 1951, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA.
- Mary Bridget O'Brien
- Allan Francis O'Brien was born 5 Oct 1897, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; died 5 May 1955, Plaster Rock, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried , Red Rapids, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada.
- Richard O'Brien
- Leo Joseph O'Brien
- Michael O'Brien
- Rose O'Brien
- Edward O'Brien
- Catherine O'Brien
Generation: 3
4. Thomas O'Brien was born Abt. 1846, Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada (son of John O'Brien and Mary McDonell); died Deceased. Thomas married Catherine Druken 28 Dec 1873, Holy Rosary Parish, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. . Catherine was born Nov 1847, Topsail, C. B. NL.; died Abt. 1916, Topsail, C. B. NL.. [Group Sheet]
5. Catherine Druken was born Nov 1847, Topsail, C. B. NL.; died Abt. 1916, Topsail, C. B. NL.. Children:
- John M. O'Brien was born 1873, Topsail, Newfoundland, CA; died 1942, Topsail, Newfoundland, CA.
- William O'Brien
- Edward Thomas O'Brien was born 1851, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; died 20 Jul 1895, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, CA; was buried , Saint Thomas of Villanova Roman Catholic Cemetery Topsail, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Thomas O'Brien
- 2. Richard O'Brien was born Oct 1879, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; died d Bef. 1921.
- Ellen O'Brien
- Mary O'Brien
- Bridget O'Brien was born Jan 1883, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland; died 16 Jun 1919.
- James O'Brien was born 1879, Canada; died 1935, Bell Island.
6. Richard Kennedy was born 17 Feb 1851, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; died 6 Jun 1914, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; was buried 1914, Spaniards Bay, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Richard married Rachel Bowering Rachel was born 1855, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; died 1926. [Group Sheet]
7. Rachel Bowering was born 1855, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; died 1926. Children:
Generation: 4
8. John O'Brien was born 1803, County Wexford, Ireland; died 4 Feb 1875, Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Notes:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163258671/john-o'brien
John married Mary McDonell. Mary was born , Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland; died 1916, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [Group Sheet]
9. Mary McDonell was born , Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland; died 1916, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Notes:
Mary McDonell. She died Abt. 1916 in Topsail, C. B. NL. She was born in Wexford, Ireland.
Notes for Mary McDonell:
General Notes:
In re: MARY BRIEN. DECEASED. Newfoundland will books volume 10 pages 451-452 probate
year 1916
In the name of God Amen. I Mary Brien, relict of the late John Brien of Topsail, Conception Bay,
Newfoundland, being in perfect mind and memory but very weak in body do make and ordain this my
last wi ll and testament, that is to say first I commend my soul into the hand of Almighty God who gave
it and my body to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial according to the rites of the Roman
Catholic Church; and as touching such worldly estate by which I am possessed, or have at my
disposal, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I will and ordain that each of my sons James, William, Thomas and Edward Brien shall each hold
and enjoy the portion of land they at present enjoy and no more; and my son Richard shall hold and
possess all the land he at present holds; and the said Richard Brien shall be bound to support his
sister Mary Brien now living with me and him as long as she lives and keep her as comfortable as his
means will allow. Also I give to my daughter Mary my bed and bedding, and after her death it shall be
the property of my son Richard Brien. Also that the Gully shall be common property for all my sons .
Mary her X mark Brien (LS)
Signed sealed and delivered as my last will and testament this thirteenth day of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety two, in the presence of us and of each other have su
bscribed our names as witnesses. Witnesses W. Swansborough Samuel Gleeson. Correct, Charles H.
Emerson
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
(Listed in the margin of this will)
Fiat Aug 18/12 C.J. Admn c.t.a. Octr 18/16 granted to Mary Brien Sureties: Joseph Young
Cornelius ONeillEstate sworn at
$500.00 Probate year 1916
John O'Brien and Mary McDonell. They had 8 children.Children:
- Richard O'Brien was born 1852, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; died 25 Aug 1911, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Mary Bridget O'Brien was born 1900; died Deceased.
- 4. Thomas O'Brien was born Abt. 1846, Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada; died Deceased.
- James O'Brien was born Abt. 1836, Topsail, C. B. NL.; died 9 Jul 1918, Topsail, CBS, Newfoundland, Canada.
- Ellen O’Brien
- Edward O'Brien
- William O'Brien