When Tilman Summers Quinn was born on 31 March 1829, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Ashford Leander Quinn, was 32 and his mother, Mary Ann Hulsey, was 34. He married Sophia Cline on 18 September 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shoal Creek Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 July 1889, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Vests, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
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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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