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Friday, February 7, 2014

Friday's Photo: Is this a Quinn?

I love her clothes, jewelry and hair. Can anyone date this picture?

I received this scan of a photograph from a descendant of Mary Ann Quinn Meaney, daughter of William Quinn and Bridget Brannally of Kinvara, Galway, Ireland. It is suspected that this is a daughter or granddaughter of William and Bridget.

The couple had four daughters

Mary Anne Quinn (born 1888) married Lawrence Dominic Meaney who lived in Louisville, KY.
Margaret Mary "Peggy" Quinn (born 1892) married Edward Quinn Dawson and lived in New York.
Celia Agnes Quinn (born 1898) married Richard J. Houlihan and lived in NYC.
Bridget “Delia” Quinn (born 1901) married Joseph Stanton. Bridget remained in Ireland.

And two sons

Peter Quinn (born 1896) remained in Ireland and never married.
William Joseph Quinn (born 1894) and married Susanna Murray. They lived in NYC.

Was this Delia Quinn who remained in Ireland or the daughter of Margaret Mary Quinn? Or, a cousin or family friend? We may never know; however, I have identified many photos by putting them on-line. Someone may have the same photograph. And, their's may have a name on the back.

Diana

Friday, August 30, 2013

Friday's Photo: The Driscoll Sisters

On the left - Helen Driscoll Staubach with her daughter Doris and future-son-in-law, William Quinn.
On the right - Bertha "Birdie" or "Aunt Sis" Driscoll Caccavo with daughter, Kathleen and son-in-law, Connie Sullivan.

This picture belonged to my mother-in-law, Doris. On the back was written

Mother Bill I

Aunt Sis Connie Kay

September 1951

Helen and Bertha Driscoll, were born in Cohoes, NY. They were two of 14 brothers and sisters. Their father, John, was born in Ireland. He was the son of Simon and Mary Driscoll. Born in New York, their mother, Mary McTighe, was the daughter of Thomas McTighe and Mary Golden.

By 1900, only eight of the 14 children were living. Most family members spent some time working in textile mills. Two of the boys, James and Patrick, were in the United States Army in the very early 1900s, but cannot be found after that time. Helen and Bertha moved to New York City in the 1920s. Helen married Charles Staubach and Bertha married Michael Caccovo.

Please contact me if you have more information about this Driscoll family from Cohoes.

Diana

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Sources

Marriage records found at the Vital Records Data Bases - Italian Genealogical Group. Retrieved July 1, 2013, from http://www.italiangen.org/vitalreclist.stm

Year: 1900; Census Place: Cohoes, Albany, New York; Roll: 1006; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1241006..

Year: 1910; Census Place: Cohoes Ward 1, Albany, New York; Roll: T624_922; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374935.metery in the Bronx.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Friday's Photo: Five Mystery Photos from the Quinn Family Collection

These are photos of persons that I would like to identify. They belonged to my husbands family. I suspect that they are Quinn or Murray family pictures. However, there is a small chance that these are my mother-in-law's Driscoll / Staubach family pictures. To see more about these families, click on the "My Families" tab at the top of this page.

If you have similar pictures or information about these pictures, please contact me.

These are not labeled, but this might have been taken in Ireland. Look at the stone wall in the background. Tell me what you think. I believe that this is a Quinn / Murray photo as many other Quinn / Murray photos from Ireland had tape across the top.

This looks like the Quinn home outside of Kinvara.

Does anyone have a picture of this child?

Unlabeled Photo

Glenn - 9 weeks

Diana

Friday, September 14, 2012

Friday's Photo: A Special Occasion

William (with the pipe) and Susan behind the seated man.

This picture was one found with my husband's many family pictures. I never thought that anyone in the group could have been identified. However, a visit to my husband's Aunt Kitty was all that it took. William Joseph Quinn II is on the far left with the pipe in his mouth and his wife, Susan Murray Quinn is next to him directly facing the camera.

When and where was this taken? Was it the 1940s or 1950s? Are these neighbors, friends, family or a combination? What was the occasion? Although I would be very surprised to find the answers to those questions, I do know that it was definitely a special occasion as everyone is dressed nicely. Note that there is only one child in the picture and to the very left, you can see a chair or couch and someone holding the flash.

Diana

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Friday's Photo: Julia Murray Moylan

Julia Murray was born on March 25, 1893, Ballyvelaghan in the old Parish of Abby, now New-Quay, County Clare, Ireland. She was the only child to remain in her home town and only one of two to remain in Ireland. She married Patrick Joseph Moylan. He died in 1956 and Julia died in New Quay on November 30, 1988.

Do you know where Julia is buried? Is she buried near her parents?

Does anyone have additional pictures of Julia?

Diana

Sunday, July 29, 2012

How Tall Were Your Ancestors?

This tall young man is labeled unknown in my picture files;
however, I wouldn't be surprised if he was a Hammett.

How tall was
Redic Bryan?

I've just returned from a research trip with my distant cousin, Sharon. We were discussing the height of some of our family members. My father was 6'2" and, his first cousin (Sharon's grandfather), Monte Hammett, was 6'4"

My uncle, Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, was described as tall in his high school year book. My father told me that his father was very tall and from this picture, taken in the Baylor County Courthouse, it appears to be true.

So, how tall were other family members? What did they look like? We don't have photographs of many of our ancestors, but can find information about height, weight, eye color, hair color, and even skin tone at a variety of free and paid resources. Below are some of my family finds and a few of the resources that you can use to find more about your family members.

U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 are free to browse at FamilySearch.org or search by name if you have a subscription to Ancestry.com. Some cards contain the actual height while others give the classification of short, medium, or tall. These cards may also tell weight, skin tone, and hair and eye color.

Howell Albritton Hammett - 6'2"
Prentis Day Hammett - Tall
Thomas Milton Wylie - Medium
Grover Cleveland Wylie - Medium
Terrell Bryan Biggs - Medium
Joseph Oscar Noah - Medium
Mitchell Alonzo Giddens - 5'8"
Claud Clarence Thompson - Tall
Edgar R. Thompson - Tall
Aaron Whitmel Thompson -Tall

U.S. Passport Applications can be found at Ancestry.com

John Joseph Quinn - 5'8"

U.S. WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942 can be found at both FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com

William Joseph Quinn - 5'8"
Monroe Carson Giddens - 6'0''
Charles Staubach - 5'5"

At EllisIsland.org, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. allows you to search New York passenger records at no charge. The subscription site, Ancestry.com, also has passenger records from New York and other ports.

Celia Agnes Quinn Houlihan - 5'1"
Kate Murray McGing - 5'5"
Ellen Murray (Sister Mary Columbkill) - 5'7"
Susan Murray Quinn - 5'7"

Don't forget to look at other records that you may have. Health, school, pension, military, and other personal records may give a descriptions of your ancestors.

Diana

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sunday's Obituary: Celia Agnes Quinn Houlihan

Signature found on the Index to Petitions for Naturalizations filed in NYC in 1928

Cecelia Houlihan

Funeral services for Cecelia Houlihan, 85, 2307 W. Jefferson St., were conducted Tuesday by the Rev. Leroy Kinnamon. Interment will be in New York Veterans National Cemetery at Pinelawn, N.Y. Murray Funeral Home, Kokomo Chapel was in charge of local arrangements.

Mrs. Houlihan died at 11:36 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 1984, in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. She was born in County Galway, Ireland, April 23, 1898, a daughter of Bridgett (Branley) Quinn.

In 1935 she married Richard Houlihan who died Oct. 9, 1962. She had worked for New York Central Railroad as a clerical person.

Surviving is a sister, Margaret Dawson of New York City. Three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.

KoKomo Tribune, Wednesday, February 8, 1984

There are many inaccuracies in this obituary including the spelling of her name. Celia did not have children and died after most close family members which may account for the errors. In all previously found documents, her name is spelled Celia, not Cecelia. Church records indicate that Celia Quinn was born on April 13, 1898; the daughter of William Quinn and Bridget Brannelly. She came to the United States in 1920 and married Richard J. Houlihan on September 3, 1927. According to death records, Celia died on February 6, 1984. Her cemetery stone has an incorrect date of February 7. She is buried in Long Island National Cemetery which is adjacent to the Pinelawn Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.

More about Celia Quinn Houlihan can be found on my web pages.

Bride, Celia Quinn with groom, Richard Houlihan. Also pictured are
Susan Murray Quinn, sister-in-law of the bride and Harold Edward Dawson, brother-in-law of the bride. Celia appears to be wearing the same dress that Susan Murray Quinn wore in 1926.

Diana

Friday, June 22, 2012

Friday’s Photo: The Setting

Doris wrote, "Larry McLaughlin
and John Swanton - Winter 1946"

Doris Staubach - Jan. 1, 1946

Doris wrote, "Mary McMullan - Easter 1946"

This one is not labeled, but the
young man in the front looks like William
"Bill" Quinn in the 1940s.

Three weeks ago, I posted some of the Quinn family pictures taken on the roof oftheir apartment building. I found even more in front of this iron and brick fence; both Quinn and Staubach family pictures. As there were so many I assumed that it was in front of the school that they both attended.

Well, I was wrong!

Both the Quinn and Staubach families lived on West 153^rd Street ; just across the street from the Trinity Church Cemetery Mausoleum. Look closely and you will see many headstones.

Diana

Friday, June 15, 2012

Friday's Photos: Honoring the Fathers in my Family Tree

Happy Father's Day to my husband - pictured
with his father William Joseph Quinn 1930-2005

Happy Father's Day to my brother, Rick.

My Father
Whit Criswell Bryan 1920 - 2001

My grandfather, Redic Eli Bryan
1870-1929

My grandfather, Claude Louis Davis
1893-1967

My great-grandfather, Charles Allen Giddens
1865-1958

My great-grandfather, Phillip A. Hairston
1852-1917

My great-grandfather, Terrell Bryan
1836-1920

My great-great-grandfather, Reddick Bryan
1793-1864

My great-great grandfather, William Moore Criswell
1822-1881

Diana

Friday, June 1, 2012

Friday’s Photo: On the Rooftop

William and Helen Quinn - graduation from St. Catherine's Academy - 1944

I like this photograph of my father-in-law, William Quinn and his twin sister, Helen. It’s easily determined that it is some type of graduation picture and that it was taken on a roof of a building – has to be in NYC. Looking at additional family pictures, there are more taken in the same location. Why the roof? This was easily explained by my husband’s aunt last month – the family lived on the fifth floor of the building and it was easier to go to the roof than down five flights of stairs.

William Quinn - 1940s

William Quinn and Doris Staubach - about 1952

Diana

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Sunday's Obituary: Honoring Mothers

My beautiful mother-in-law, Doris Quinn, passed away earlier this year. Below is her obituary and some of her wonderful photographs.

Doris Mary Quinn - 1979

Doris M. Quinn

NEWPORT NEWS - Doris Mary Quinn, 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at her home.

Doris was the wife of the late Lt. Col. U.S. Army (Ret.) William Joseph Quinn Sr., and the daughter of the late Charles Staubach and Helen Driscoll Staubach. Born in New York City July 21, 1929, she graduated from St. Catherine of Genoa School and The Assisium and attended Hunter College, all in New York City. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 368.

She is survived by her children, Terry Quinn and her husband, Joseph Chomas, of Newport News, William J. Quinn and his wife, Diana, of Virginia Beach, Deborah Witt and her husband, Alan, of Newport News, Maureen Parker and her husband, Joseph, of Richmond, and Brian Quinn of Newport News; and eight grandchildren.

The family would like to thank Riverside Adult Daycare and Riverside Hospice for their compassion and care throughout her illness. A celebration of life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Peninsula Funeral Home officiated by Father Kenneth Wood. A reception will be held following the service at the home of Deborah and Alan Witt. Burial will be performed in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Doris Quinn's honor to the Alzheimer's Association, 6350 Center Drive #102, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Peninsula Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.