Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Quine was born in 1768, in Lonan, Isle of Man, his father, Thomas Quine, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Kissack, was 25.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Thos Quine, "Isle of Man Parish Registers, 1598-2009"
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World Events (5)
1797
"""The Statute Laws of the Isle of Man"" by C. Briscoe are published."
1821
Census gave Island population of 40,081.
1825
Potato riots caused by imposition of tithes.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Quinn .
Manx: from Mac Vian or Mac Wian ‘son of Mian’, from a Manx form of the Biblical names Matthew and Matthias, preceded by Gaelic Mac ‘son’. Initial Q represents the final -c of mac. Alternatively, the name may also be from Gaelic Mac ‘son’ and the Old Norse personal name Sveinn (see Swain ), or from Gaelic Mac Cuinn ‘son of Conn’ (compare Irish McQuinn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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