QUINN

 James QUINN and Ann SMITH

I'll start this QUINN tree with the QUINNs who came over from Ireland and settled in Leith, Edinburgh (in Smith's Land).    According to various census returns, they appeared to live in close proximity with one another and had very large families.

The earliest of our line (proven by documentation) is James QUINN b.1850 in Ireland and died 6 Feb 1894 in Leith, Edinburgh.  His parents were reported as Hugh QUINN and Mary Branigan (various spelling exists for Branigan).  No documentation has been found for Hugh QUINN and Mary Branigan, other than their names on James' death certificate.

James QUINN married Ann SMITH in 1869

Marriage 1869 692/2 78

(Ann was very young at 18.  She was born in 1851)

The children born to James QUINN and Ann SMITH were documented as:

Mary-Jane QUINN    1870-

Patrick QUINN            1872-1942

Rose-Ann QUINN        1874-

James QUINN                1877-1952

Ellen (Helen) QUINN    1878-

Margaret QUINN    1882-

Hugh QUINN    1883-1967

Bernard QUINN    1885-

Catherine QUINN    1891-

Our line is descended from Patrick QUINN and although his marriage, death and census records suggest he was the child of James and Ann, birth documentation has not been found to support this.  He and his elder sister (Mary Jane QUINN) are often found on census returns living with their grandparents.  It is possible that Patrick was the child of another QUINN sibling and he was brought into the QUINN/SMITH fold for some reason.

Birth 1870 641/20 Parish of Douglas, Lanark

On the 1871 census, Ann QUINN is living with her in-laws:

1871 Census: 9 Vinegar Close, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 692/2
Name and Surname	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age	Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where Born
James SMITH	Head	Married	40	Labourer	Ireland
Jane SMITH	Wife	Married	42 – born abt 1829	-	Ireland
Ann QUINN	daughter-in-law		18 – born Leith abt 1851
Thomas SMITH	son		17 born abt 1854		Leith
Mary-Jane QUINN	grand-daughter		1 - Born 1870		Douglas, Lanarkshire

Rose Ann QUINN was born 6 March 1874.

1881 Census: 4 Smiths Land, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 692/2
Name and Surname	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age	Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where Born
James SMITH	Head	Married	50	Fireman in factory	Ireland
Jane SMITH	Wife	Married	50	Weaver in factory	Ireland
Thomas SMITH	son		24	Labourer in factory	Leith
Mary SMITH	daughter-in-law			Winder in factory	England
Michael SMITH	Son (son to Thomas SMITH and Mary SEAL)		3		Leith
Thomas SMITH	Son (son to Thomas SMITH and Mary SEAL)		1		Leith
Patrick QUIN	grandson		9	scholar	Leith
Mary Jane Quin	grandson		11	scholar	Douglas, Lanarkshire

Edinburgh Evening News 28 June 1894