John Quinn1

(c 1851 - 1883)
FatherStephen Quinn1 (c 1814 - 1892)
MotherBridget Dempsey1 (c 1821 - a 1880)
Extended Family

Child of John Quinn and Elizabeth Lerige
  • Stephen Quinn6 (1879 - 1902)

Life Events

BirthJohn Quinn was born circa 1851 in New Jersey.2
 
(with Parents) 1860 CensusJohn appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, with his parents. He was 9 years old, attended school, and was born in New Jersey.2
(with Parents) 1870 CensusJohn Quin [sic] appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Adrian with his parents. He was 18, born in New Jersey, parents foreign-born, attended school that year, and worked for the railroad.1
MarriageHe married Elizabeth Lerige on 3 Jul 1877 in Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
Details from the registration: John Quinn, white, residence Adrian, age 25, born in Philadelphia Pa, mechanic;
Elizabeth Lerige, white, residence Erie, 21, born in Erie;
Married by Minister Chas Thomas [in the 1880 census he was noted to be a Priest, born in France] and witnessed by Benj Lavoy and Josephine Lapointe of Erie
[There is not a family in Monroe County with the surname Lerige, so her name might be misrecorded].3 
1880 CensusJohn and Elizabeth Quinn appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of 105 Church Street, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, enumerated 11 Jun 1880. John was 27, a Brakeman on the railroad, unemployed 5 months that year, was born in Pennsylvania [sic], and his parents were born in Ireland. Elizabeth was 25 and born in Michigan. They had a 10 month old son named Stephen.4 
DeathJohn died in Dec 1883 in Adrian.
Details from certificate: exact date not recorded, John Quinn, male white, married, age 32, born in New Jersey, Brakeman, parents Stephen & Bridget Quinn of Adrian.5 
Last Edited7 Aug 2009

Citations

  1. [S1739] 1870 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Adrian Ward 1, Roll M593_685, Page 39. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1740] 1860 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Adrian Ward 1, Roll M653_551. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S1540] Marriage Records of Michigan, 1868-1925. viewed at Family Search Historic Records & Images Online, John Quinn & Elizabeth Lerige, 1877, #163.
  4. [S938] 1880 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Adrian, Roll T9_590, ED 146, Page 33D. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  5. [S1767] Death Records of Michigan, 1897-1920. Library of Michigan collection viewed at http://seekingmichigan.org/, John Quinn, 1883, #, recorded 28 May 1884.
  6. [S1574] Birth Records of Michigan, 1867-1902. viewed at Family Search Historic Records & Images Online, Stephen Quinn, 1879, #18, registered 11 June 1880.