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.
Death 1894 692/02 0110 Leith South
James QUINN married Ann SMITH in 1869
Marriage 1869 692/2 78 James QUINN and Ann SMITH
(Ann was very young at 18. She was born in 1851 and died in 1895, a year after James)
Death 1895 692/2/47 South Leith - Ann SMITH
The children born to James QUINN and Ann SMITH were documented as:
Mary-Jane QUINN 1870- 1942
Patrick QUINN 1872-1942
Rose-Ann QUINN 1874-1949
James QUINN 1877-1952
Ellen (Helen) QUINN 1878- ?
Margaret QUINN 1882- 1950
Hugh QUINN 1883-1967
Bernard QUINN 1885- 1904
Catherine QUINN 1891- 1976?
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.
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
Sadly, Ann was left with 8 children to support, and she died a year after James.
The next generation (Patrick QUINN 1872- 1942 and Rachel McLEOD 1873 - 1937)
They were married on the 30 Nov 1894, South Leith
They had the following children:
Helen QUINN 1896 - ?
James QUINN 1897 - 1960
Sarah McLeod QUINN 1899 - 1957
Patrick 1901 - 1957
Annie Smith QUINN 1903 - 1975
Rachel QUINN 1906 - 1914
Malcolm QUINN 1908 - 1908
Our line is descended from James QUINN 1897 -1960 who married Helen AITKEN 1902 - 1996.
They had three daughters:
Helen (Ella) QUINN 1923-2023. She celebrated her 100th birthday and died shortly after in 2023.
Rachel QUINN 1927 - 2010
Janet Aitken QUINN 1931 - 2003 - from whom our line is descended. She married Hugh Gordon SMITH in 1951, Edinburgh.
Family Photos:
James QUINN 1897 -1960
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Marriage SHARP and QUINN
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