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From: John Canning <>
Subject: Re: [ALL] Denny family estate
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:55 +0000
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The Denny estate along with the Schenley estate were all part of the division of the great land holdings of James O Hara, who was probably the largest land owner in Allegheny County as well as in surrounding counties and states. O'Hara had two daughters --- the Denny line became the heirs. of the one daughter and Mary Schenley was the only heir of the other. The eventual division of estate of Elizabeth O'Hara Denny's among her many children takes up pages in the deeds books. Of course, the Denny family into which she married also had some significant land holdings but nothing in comparison to the prperties inherited from James O'Hara.

> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:00:20 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [ALL] Denny family estate
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> Libby,
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> What was the name of the Denny who was Pgh's first mayor?
>
> I'm surprised at how much land this man owned. I've seen "Mrs.
> Denny" on a lot of maps, including those in the South Hills.
>
> Al
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> At 07:22 PM 8/9/2009, you wrote:
> >Look for the address in the Pittsburgh area for Harmar Denny. This is his
> >family. His grandmother passed away a few years ago and she lived in the
> >Oakland section of Pittsburgh. They owned the Denny row of houses on the
> >North Side of Pittsburgh that now have been restored and are just beautiful.
> >They have a Spring & Christmas tour of this area.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Larry Thompson" <>
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> >Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:33 PM
> >Subject: [ALL] Denny family estate
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> >
> > > Hi group:
> > > The Denny family (Ebenezer/Harmar) had a large estate in Allegheny Co.
> > > Does anyone know off had where records of this family might be located?
> > >
> > > Larry
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