Middletown transcript., 1916-07-01
REUNION
Notable Event At Home Of Mrs.
Rebecca Brady
ASSEMBLE FROM MANY POINTS

ASSEMbLE FkUM MANI EOlN1C q
At the beautiful old home of Mrs. Re-
becca W. Brady, on the outskirts of
this place, a very remarkable reunion
of two families was held Saturday.
Mrs. Brady, around whom the gather
ing centres, is the widow of George F.
Brady, during his lifetime man widely
known throughout the county and state.
She was the daughter of John and Ma
tilda McIntire, of Delaware City, and
was the tenth of a family of twelve
children, in which there were ten
brothers and two sisters. Her husband
was the son of James and Margaret
Brady, and was the fourteenth of six
teen children, twelve brothers and four
sisters. Of all this combined family of
twenty-eight children Mrs. Brady is the
sole survivor, and she is in her 10Th
year.
Only one of her brothers-in-law left
descendants and Of her own brothers
and sisters four have left children. Mrs.
Brady herself had SIX sons and daugh-
ters. All the descendants on both sides
were invited to be present at the re-
union Saturday. They came from many
widely separated points, including Chi
cago, Pittsburg, Trenton, Orange, N. j.,
and points in Pennsylvania, Maryland
and this State.
THE TWO FAMILIES
Mrs. Brady's brother-in-law who left
children was Henry H. Brady and her
own brothers and sisters to leave chill
dren were William McIntire, Edward
Williams McIntire, and Francis McIn-
tire.
The following is the roster of the
families at present:
Mrs. Rebecca McIntire Brady last of
the combined Brady McIntire families.
Children and grandchildren of George
F. and Rebecca McIntire Brady.
Mrs. Clara Brady Green, of Middle
town, DEL, Mrs. Francis B. MARY
Brady Watkins, of Odessa, and her
two children, Rebecca McIntire Wat
klns and Francis Whitby Watkins;
Frederick Brady, of Middletown, with
his children, Grace Elizabeth Day Bra
dy, Clara Rebecca Brady, Elizabeth
Pierson Brady and Margaret Stevenson
Brady; Ethel W. Brady, of Middletown;
Henry Stevenson Brady, of Mt. Pleas
ant, and his children, Virginia McIntire
Brady and Henry Stevenson Brady, Jr.,
Helen F. Brady, of Middetown.
Children and grandchildren of Henry
H. Brady, formerly Of Chesapeake |
City, Nd
Mrs. Charles Howell Uucy Brady i
Cook, of Trenton, N. j., and her daugh- !
ter, Mrs. Carter H. Lucy Cook Har7
rison, Jr, of Chicago, Ill.,, and her
daughter. Lucy Brady Harrison; Mrs. !
Henry H. Carrie Brady Mccullough, |
of ElktOn, Md; Henry H. Brady, of |
Scranton, Pa. and his children. Clarence |
Simpson Brady, Margaret Brady, Kath-
crime Brady and William Maxwell Brady |
OF the IL children of John and Matilda !
McIntire, three ms, William McIntire,
formerly Of Philadelphia, Edward Will
liams McIntire, and the one daughter, !
Mrs. Brady have left children, who with /
their fA.nl!ies were at the reunion On
Saturday.
Children and grandchildren William
k'cIntire; William Smith McIntire of
Moylan, Pa, and his daughter and son,
Mary McIntira and William McIntire;
Mrs. Harold Blake Sherwin (Nargaret
McIatire) of Rye, N. Y, and her chill !
dren, Margaret Sherwin and EIinor i
Sherwin.
Children and grandchildren of Edward
w. McIntire; E. Harding McIntire, of
Philadelphia, and his children, Allyn |
Brewster McIntire, Edward Williams
McIntire, Margaret Amelia McIntire,
Helen Bulkley McIntire, Donald McIn- !
tire and Thomas Beaver McIntire; A. |
Reed McIntire, of Haverford, Pa, and |
his children, Annette Hall McIntire and |
Francis McIntire; Henry Bulkley McIn-
tire, of Haverford, Pa, and his chill
dren, Gwendolen Bulkley McIntire and
Stanley McIntire.
Children of Mrs. Joseph adelaide |
McIntire) Lea; Joseph Tatnall Lea and |
Ann Lea.
Children and grandchildren of Frances
McIntire; Mrs. Mary McIntire Wander
slice and her son, John Vanderslice, of
George McIntire, of New
Castle, and his children, Francis McIn- !
tire and Nicholas Stahl McIntire.