Bernard Quinn

Male5 December 1893–16 October 1938

Brief Life History of Bernard

Bernard Quinn was born on 5 December 1893. He married Mary Manila Van Cott on 21 June 1924, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. He died on 16 October 1938, in Bogota, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 44.

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Bernard Quinn
1893–1938
Mary Manila Van Cott
1898–1989
Marriage: 21 June 1924

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  • Marriage
    21 June 1924Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
  • World Events (8)

    1894

    Age 1

    Historical Boundaries 1894: Bergen, New Jersey, United States

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 13

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Conor, Declan, Dermot, Fionnuala, Aidan, Aileen, Brigid, Donovan, Eamon, Jarlath.

    shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinn, earlier spelled Ó Cuinn, ‘descendant of Conn’, a personal name meaning ‘wisdom’ or ‘chief’ (see O'Quinn ). This is the name of several families in Ulster and counties Clare, Longford, and Mayo.

    shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinne ‘descendant of Coinne’, a personal name which may be a variant of Coinneach (see also McKenzie ). This is an Ulster surname, a sept deriving from Eoghan, son of Niall Naoighiallach, from whom Tyrone is named. In most cases the Anglicized forms cannot be distinguished from sense 1 above, although final -e may have been intended as syllabic.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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