Verna Cecelia Quinn

Female27 December 1916–7 October 1978

Brief Life History of Verna Cecelia

When Verna Cecelia Quinn was born on 27 December 1916, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, James Quinn, was 46 and her mother, Mary Ann Harriett Millay, was 37. She married Russell Edward Nichols on 11 April 1940. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Norman, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1978, in Eau Claire, French Guiana, at the age of 61, and was buried in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Edward Nichols
1915–1985
Verna Cecelia Quinn
1916–1978
Marriage: 11 April 1940
Marilyn Nichols
1948–1948

Sources (8)

  • Verna Nichols in household of Russell Nichols, "United States Census, 1940"
  • "Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997," index, FamilySearch
  • Legacy NFS Source: Verna Cecelia Quinn - burial: ; Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 April 1940

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1917

    Age 1

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

    Age 15

    The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

    1933 · The Browns Valley Man

    Age 17

    Just like the Minnesota Woman, The Browns Valley Man are deemed the oldest human remains found in Minnesota. They were found by W. H. Jenson, while he was laying gravel for his driveway, in the Traverse gap in western Minnesota. The remains are believed to be around 9,000 years old.

    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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