Discover the Breheny Family

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MORRIS THOMAS BREHENY

(B: 23/6/1875, D: 21/7/1955 age 80)

1. Silverstream Brewery, Toowoomba, Queensland (Breheny’sBrewery)
2. Castlemaine Brewing Co., Fremantle, W. A.
3. Emu Brewery, Perth
4. Boags, Tasmania

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

MICHAEL B. BREHENY

(B: 26/11/1859, D: 2/6/1942 age 83)

. Gippsland Brewing Co., Sale, (Breheny’s Brewery
2. Volum Brewery, Geelong with John James

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

JOHN LESLIE BREHENY

(B: 29/5/1867, D: 13/11/1944 age 77)

1. Silverstream Brewery, (Breheny Bros Toowoomba)
2. Queensland Brewery, Toowoomba, Queensland
3. Cairns Brewing Company

JOHN BREHENY

(B: 1/3/1833, D: 9/5/1876 age 43)

1. Williamstown Brewery, (Marine Stockade Brewery)
2. Old Burton Brewery, Collingwood

JOHN JAMES BREHENY

(B: 16/4/1867, D: 27/9/1961 age 68)

1. Warrenheip Brewery, (Breheny-Bros. & Kenna’s)
2. Volum Brewery, Geelong (Assist brewer)

JOHN LOUIS BREHENY

(B: 3/8/1871, D: 6/12/1953 age 82)

1. Gippsland Brewing Co., Sale, (Breheny’s Brewery)
2. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery
3. Purchased Silverstream Brewery, (Breheny Bros Toowoomba) with John Leslie and Gerald 1908-1915
4. Cairns Brewery

BRIAN JOSEPH BREHENY

(B: 16/4/1912, D: 24/12/1972 age 60)

1. Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria - Head BrewerManaging Director CUB

It all started with
John and Bridget Breheny

In 1854 John and Bridget arrived in Geelong from Tynagh Ireland along with their 5 sons and 2 daughters

One of John and Bridget’s sons also known as John was the first Breheny to become a brewer when he started up the Marine Stockade Brewery in Williamstown in 1864

JAMES PATRICK BREHENY

(B: 13/1/1871, D: 24/2/1931 age 59)

1. Barley Sheaf Brewery
2. Gippsland Brewing Co.
3. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery, Head Brewer
4. Carlton & United Breweries

PETER MARTIN BREHENY

(B: 4/6/1869, D: 27/9/1930 age 61)

1. Victoria Brewery
2. Volum Brewery,
3. Barley Sheaf Brewery
4. Fitzgerald’s Brewing & Malting Co., Castlemaine
5. Warrenheip Brewery
6. City Brewing Co.
7. Bendigo United Co-operative Breweries
8. Gippsland Brewing Co., Sale, (Breheny’s Brewery)
9. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery, Abbotsford

THOMAS BREHENY

(B: 1/8/1865, D: 22/10/1944 age 79)

1. Victoria Brewery
2. Volum Brewery
3. Royal Standard Brewery
4. Warrenheip Brewery
5. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery, Abbotsford
6. Gippsland Brewing Co
7. Tooth & Co., Sydney, Head brewer - KB lager
8. Co-operative Breweries of Tasmania

EDWARD THOMAS BREHENY

(B: 6/10/1857, D: 1/7/1929 age 71)

1. Victoria Brewery
2. Volum Brewery
3. City Brewery,
4. Gippsland Brewing Co.

MICHAEL B. BREHENY

(B: 26/11/1859, D: 2/6/1942 age 83)

1. Gippsland Brewing Co. (Breheny’s Brewery)
2. Volum Brewery

JOHN LOUIS BREHENY

(B: 3/8/1871, D: 6/12/1953 age 82)

1. Gippsland Brewing Co. (Breheny’s Brewery)
2. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery
3. Purchased Silverstream Brewery, (Breheny Bros Toowoomba)
4. Cairns Brewery

JOHN LESLIE BREHENY

(B: 29/5/1867, D: 13/11/1944 age 77)

1. Silverstream Brewery, (Breheny Bros Toowoomba)
2. Queensland Brewery
3. Cairns Brewing Company

JOHN JAMES BREHENY

(B: 14/2/1856, D: 11/12/1932 age 76)

1. Old Burton Brewery
2. Victoria Brewery
3. Volum Brewery
4. Walkerville Co-operative Brewery, South Australia
5. Gippsland Brewing (Director)

MORRIS THOMAS BREHENY

(B: 23/6/1875, D: 21/7/1955 age 80)

1. Silverstream Brewery, Toowoomba, Queensland (Breheny’sBrewery)
2. Castlemaine Brewing Co., Fremantle, W. A.
3. Emu Brewery, Perth
4. Boags, Tasmania

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BRIAN JOSEPH BREHENY

(B: 16/4/1912, D: 24/12/1972 age 60)

1. Carlton & United Breweries - Head Brewer
Managing Director CUB

GERALD THOMAS BREHENY

(B: -/-/1906, D: 27/9/1950 age 77)

1. Bendigo United Co-operative Breweries
2 Melbourne Co-operative Brewery

BARRY BREHENY

(B: -/-/1897, D: 16/4/1941 age 44)

1. Volum Brewery

MICHAEL JOHN BREHENY

(B: 8/6/1889, D: 12/4/1973 age 84)

1. Melbourne Co-operative Brewery
2. Lincoln & Co.
3. Walkerville Co-operative Brewery
4. Toohey’s Brewery
- Head brewer
5. Co-operative Breweries of Tasmania
6. Gippsland Brewing Co. (Breheny’s Brewery)
7. Tooth & Co.

EARNEST PATRICK BREHENY

(B: 3/8/1883, D: 6/4/1972 age 79)

1. Warrenheip Brewery, (Breheny-Bros. & Kenna’s)
2. Old Court Distillery, Warrenheip/Federal Distillery

THOMAS BREHENY

(B: 25/2/1897, D: 25/10/1976 age 79)

1. Gippsland Brewing Co.
(Breheny’s Brewery)
2. Swan Brewery
3. Walkerville Co-operative Brewery
4. Co-operative Breweries of Tasmania 1911
6. Geraldton Globe Brewery

LEO PAUL BREHENY

(B: 27/10/1891, D: 21/2/1911 age 19)

1. Walkerville Co-operative Brewery
2. Warrenheip Brewery
(Breheny-Bros. & Kenna’s)
2. Volum Brewery

JOHN JAMES BREHENY

(B: 16/4/1867, D: 27/9/1961 age 68)

1. Warrenheip Brewery (Breheny-Bros. & Kenna’s)
2. Volum Brewery

The Timeline

1864

Marine Stockade/
Artillery Brewery

John Breheny leases a old marine stockade and creates a brewery

1891

Warrenheip
Brewery

The Breheny Brothers joined the firm, which then traded as Breheny Bros & Kenna.

1897

Gippsland
Brewery Pty Ltd

Breheny brothers purchase ‘The Victoria’ and turn it into the Gippsland brewery. Edward Breheny was the brewer-manager.

1898

Walkerville
Co-operative Brewing co, (Adelaide SA)

John James Breheny was head brewer from 1901 - 1920

1904

City
Brewery Co. (Bendigo)

Breheny brothers took control.

1904

Melbourne
Co-operative
Brewery Co. Ltd

A meeting of free hotelkeepers decided to start a new co-operative brewery. The first brewer was James Breheny; followed by Thomas Breheny then Peter Breheny.

1908

Silverstream
Brewery (Toowoomba)

John and J. Leslie Breheny purchased the brewery in 1908, and traded as Breheny’s Brewery until 1923.