Margaret T. Brennan was born in May 1863 to John and Sarah (Coleman) Brennan. After her first husband Alfred Roninger died in 1898, she married Charles Van Court in Jul 1908. They had no children together. He died in 1915.

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On 28 Apr 1910, Charles H. Van Court, 53, was residing with his wife of two years, Margaret T., 47, her single children, Francis A., 26, Louise M., 23, and Alfred E., 21, and single sister-in-law, Sarah Brennan, 49, in a rented house at 40 Columbia Street in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. This was the second marriage for both Charles and Margaret, and the household had all been born in New Jersey. Margaret and Sarah's parents were born in Ireland and the children's father was born in France. Charles was a butcher for a meat company, Francis a house painter, Louise a telephone co. operator, Alfred a house carpenter, and Sarah a private family cook. [1900 Federal Census]

In 1920, Margaret Van Court, 54, was residing with her sons, Frank Roninger, 35, and Alfred Roninger, 31, daughter-in-law, Marie, 26, and grandchildren, Marie, 6y 1m, and Joseph W., 2y 8m, in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. They had all been born in New Jersey. Margaret was a widow, a practical nurse, and parents were born in Ireland. Frank was single and a house painter, and Alfred was married and a house carpenter. Their father had been born in France. Marie's father had been born in New Jersey and mother in Ireland. [1920 Federal Census]

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St. John's Rectory, Orange, New Jersey, Burial Index Card:

Section: St. Agnes, M20

Owner: Mrs. Margaret Van Court

Burials:

Charles Van Court, Feb 1915

James Brennan (brother of Mrs. V.), Oct 10/36

Section: St. Gerard, D20

Owner: Estate M. Van Court

Burials: Margaret Van Court, Nov 8/38

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Maternal great-great-grandmother to Linda Applegate Brown.

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