Carol and Christopher Brabazon of Florida, United States of America
Carol - Chris Jnr - Cathy - Chris Snr
My
great grandfather, Michael J. Brabazon, was born in Dublin in 1840
and came to America in 1875 with his two brothers Thomas and James.
The three of them set-up a shoe manufacturing business in South Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Michael J was married to Francis and together they had four children: three boys and one girl, named Michael, James, Christopher Michael (my grandfather) and Annie. Christopher Michael Brabazon, known as the 'Lad', was born on June 15th, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but educated in England.
Michael J was married to Francis and together they had four children: three boys and one girl, named Michael, James, Christopher Michael (my grandfather) and Annie. Christopher Michael Brabazon, known as the 'Lad', was born on June 15th, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but educated in England.
He
and his wife Catherine had fifteen children - nine sons and five daughters:
Christopher, John, Michael, Harry, Charles Henry (my father), James,
Robert, Thomas, Richard, Catherine, Margaret, Francis, Lillian, and
Mary. The sons lived in South Philadelphia and worked at the waterfront
as stevedores and loading and unloading the large cargo ships that
took port at the Philadelphia (Delaware River) Port Authority. Harry
became a World War II hero as a member of the Rangers elite group
called Merrill's Marauders. He was one of a thousand men that volunteered
to fight the Japanese in Burma to open the Burma Road for General
Stillwell and Prime Minister Churchill. The British Army had halted
the Japanese advance although outnumbered 10 to 1, with little or
no air cover. Only a hundred men came out of the volunteer mission
alive and Harry was one of them.
Charles
Henry Brabazon Sr was my father and was born on February 20th, 1923,
died on October 29th, 1995 (???) and was married to Alice Winifred
Badey. They had five children, four boys and one girl: Charles, Henry
Jr., James, Thomas, Kenneth Charles, Alice Winifred, and me Christopher
Michael. My son is Christopher Michael Jr. Born 11/8/1972
