Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Quinn was born on 18 January 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Quinn, was 28 and his mother, Alice Carroll, was 21. He married Katherine Hawley in 1926. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1969. He died on 5 September 1969, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- John Quinn in household of Thomas Quinn, "United States Census, 1920"
- John Thomas Quinn, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- John T Quinn, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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