Brief Life History of John A
When John A Quinn was born on 31 May 1884, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Francis Quinn, was 31 and his mother, Anna Cecilia Floyd, was 28. He died in 1957, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, South Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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- John Quinn in household of Rosanna Floyd, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Quinn, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- John A Quinn, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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