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The research takes you to County Cork, Ireland in the late 1700's, when a young lady by the name of Bridget Flanagan who had an affair with a East Indian sailor who was serving on a Brittish Naval Ship. At the time of this affair it was mandatory that young girls be virginal at marriageable age.
The outcome of that encounter was a young girl in the 1820's frantically leaving her country to start a new life in America for herself and her approaching child. It is believed that she settled in the vicinity of Seventh and South Streets in Philadelphia, Pa. That is were she gave birth to a daughter, named Jane Flanagan. Very little is known about Jane Flanagan, except she met and married an East Indian, who had changed his name to Frank Allen. The English name was adopted as an easier means of identification than his native Indian name. Out of that marriage, Frank and Jane had several children, some of them settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, one daughter named Agnes Anastasia Allen remained in Philadelphia, Pa., were she met and married a Negro with the last name of Brown. That marriage produced two daughters, Laura Brown (1870-1929)and Evelyn Gertrude Brown (1873-1962), known as Gertie.
Laura Brown met and married Jerome Watson Montier and that marriage produced four children, Maude Anastasia Montier (1888-1983), Edna Montier, Helen Montier (1893-1984)and the youngest Hiram Montier. Upon the death of Mr. Brown, Agnes Anastasia Allen-Brown met and married Henry Martin, who was also an East Indian, and that marriage produced four children, Emelia, William,Walter Raleigh and Minerva Martin. The history goes on.....
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