Dr. Edward J. Brennan, actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in New Haven since 1915, has his office at 202 Crown street and is making steady progress in the profession which he has chosen as his life work. He was born in New Haven, August 14, 1890, and is a son of Joseph F. Brennan, who was a native of this city and a son of James and Julia (Crowley) Brennan, who were natives of Ireland and were among the early Irish settlers of New Haven. Joseph V. Brennan was a carpenter by trade and won a fair measure of success. The paternal grandfather was a Civil war veteran and served with a Connecticut company throughout the period of hostilities. The death of Joseph F. Brennan occurred in the summer of 1912, when he had reached the age of fifty years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Mahoney, is a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and a daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Wall) Mahoney, both of whom were natives of Ireland and were among the early Irish settlers of Hartford. The mother is still living and by her marriage she had a family of nine children, of whom Dr. Brennan was the fifth and a twin.
     He was educated in St. Mary's parochial school and in St. Mary's Academy of New Haven before entering the St. Louis University Preparatory School, situated at Grand and Lindell avenues in St. Louis, Missouri. He afterward became a student in Georgetown University at Washington, D. C., where he pursued his professional course and won his D. D. S. degree in 1915. Not long after his graduation Dr. Brennan located for practice in New Haven, whore he opened an office and has since followed his chosen profession. He ia well qualified by thorough training for the duties which devolve upon him and is winning success because of his efficiency and skill in the care of the teeth. He is ever courteous and obliging in his relations to his patrons and the excellence of his work insures the continuance of a liberal patronage. He is a member of the New Haven board of health on dental work for the public schools of the city. He belongs to the New Haven Dental Society and the Connecticut State Dental Society and also has membership with the American Dental Association. He is likewise a member of the Delta Sigma Delta, a college fraternity. His membership relations extend to the Maccabees and to Russell Council of the Knights of Columbus, and he is a faithful communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. He owes his education in part to his own efforts, or in other words, he earned part of the money necessary to meet the expenses of his tuition. Therefore it seems but fair that he is now meeting with such well deserved success, being at the head of a large and satisfactory practice.