June 7, 2003:

There were several Bresnahan families in the Ottawa area beginning with some
Peter Robinson settlers. See another Bresnahan page.

A John Bresnahan owned 200 acres in Osgoode Township in 1863. He owned Lot 5, Concession 3.
Some of the Bresnahans became related by marriage to the Cahill family. A Cahill farm was
across the road from the Bresnahan farm in 1863. There was no house on the Bresnahan property 
and by 1879, the farm had been severed into two lots of 100 acres each and belonged to
the Piper / Pyper family and the family of Hugh Morrison.

The Bresnahan's are not in the 1881 census for Osgoode. A William Bresnahan, probable son of
John died in 1864 at age 4 years. He is buried at Our Lady of the Visitation at South Gloucester.

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