Leo James Grannan

Leo James Grannan was the oldest of Patrick E and Bridget Grannan's 13 children (11 that survived infancy). He 25 Mar 1884 and died 7 Feb 1970. He received his confirmation from Bishop Chatard according to "History of The Catholic Church in Indiana", page 653-654. He married Mary W. Kroeger on 17 May 1910 and they had nine children.
Mary Kroeger passed away 17 May 1933 (another source says 8 June 1933) at the age of 43, and Leo married Elizabeth Donahue 15 Feb 1936.
Vincent (Leo
's
younger brother) and Leo J. Grannan
Pictured below is the gravestone of Mary Kroeger and her son Leo Patrick, who passed away at the age of 24.


Leo Grannan and Mary Kroeger had six children (plus six who died in infancy):
Elizabeth Grannan. According to Donald W. Grannan, she graduated from WCHS in 1951 and was a nun at St. Paul retirement community in South Bend, IN
Esther M. Grannan 21 May 1911 - 1990. She married Henry J. Stumpp in 1933. Henry Stumpp died in 1959 and Esther died in 1990.

Leo Patrick Grannan 11 Dec 1913 - 11 Jan 1938. Died at the age of 24.
Robert H. Grannan 16 Mar 1916 - 9 Nov 1995. He married Marjorie K. Wilson, and they had 4 children.
Paul Edward Grannan 18 Jul 1918 - 25 May 1990. He married Charlotte Marian Banks (29 Dec 1919 - 21 Jun 1980) on 18 Nov 1938, and they had 5 children. Paul was injured in the Army Air Corps in WW II and served in the Civil Service in Georgia afterwards. (Pictures below courtesy of Peggy Grannan).

Regina Catherine Grannan 8 Nov 1920 - 1 May 2003, Washington Catholic HS Class of 1938. She married Steve Lech.
In addition to these children, Leo and Mary also had 6 children that did not survive infancy. With information from Peggy Grannan, I searched St John's Cemetery in Washington, Indiana for quite some time and eventually found three of the graves of:
Agnes L. Grannan 1922
Dorothy Grannan 1926
Eileen Grannan 1931

Pictured here is "The Grannan Men". The only identifications made so far are that they are all Grannans, and the second from the left is LEO JAMES GRANNAN.



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1. Patrick D. Grannan (Individual Family page)
2. John A. Grannan (Individual Family page)
D. George Grannan (Individual Family page)
F. Patrick E. Grannan (Individual Family page)
1. Leo J. Grannan (Individual Family page)
G. Peter J. Grannan (Individual Family page)
1. Walter Grannan (Individual Family page)
H. Anna Grannan
II. Mary Grannan
III. James Grinnon
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