QUINNs in WAIMATE.

[f261064]

 Looking for any information or any advice on tracking down:

Nicholas QUINN. Co Down single; a labourer aged 21 and his brothe William QUINN aged 18, arrived in Dunedin , New Zealand on board 'S.S.Arawa ' on 24 Dec 1884; left Plymouth 8 Nov 1884 PL/DP
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Nicholas & William were originally from Kilkeel, Co. Down.
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They  first went to Australia to a place called Bendigo,  made some money and then moved on to New Zealand where they bought 5000 acres on the South Canterbury Plains at a place called WAIMATE.

Any help greatfully appreciated,

Fiona,
IGP County Down Coordinator

[piedstilt]

Hi Fiona,

A great place for you to start looking for your Quinns is:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant

Type Quinn into their search engine and you'll get dozens of hits. I've already spotted Nicholas and William but I'll leave the fun up to you.

Cheers,

Ros

[f261064]

Wonderful....I'm going to have fun.

THANKS,

[DotBrennan]

Hi Fiona

Here's something to start with....

1893 Electoral Roll:

QUINN, Nicholas
Number: 2691
Electorate: Waitaki
Voting Qual: Freehold
Res Address: Makikihi
Occupation: Farmer
Property Detail: Part Sec 6548, Waimate

QUINN, William
Number: 2692
Electorate: Waitaki
Voting Qual: Freehold
Res Address: Makikihi
Occupation: Farmer
Property Detail: Part Sec 6548, Waimate

QUINN, William Henry
Number: 2694
Electorate: Waitaki
Voting Qual: Residential
Res Address: Makikihi
Occupation: Farmer

QUINN, William Junr
Number: 2688
Electorate: Waitaki
Voting Qual: Freehold
Res Address: Makikihi
Occupation: Labourer

Too many William QUINN marriages....

Bren

[f261064]

Wonderful!!! I didn't expect so much help and so quickly!!!!!

[piedstilt]

I hope I didn't get a bit carried away. A closer look at the Nicholas and William I saw shows that are a bit earlier than your ones.

NZ Archives site http://archway.archives.govt.nz has files for Nicholas Quinn of Makikihi, but I think he could be the other one as well. Ditto William Quinn. Look for files at Timaru and possibly Dunedin and/Christchurch.

Ros

[f261064]

I am also beginning to think that they may have had an uncle Henry Quinn with them.  So all the Quinns and all the dates are worth looking at.  Nicholas wasn't too common a name (compared with William) so there may be a link to the older Nicholas as well.  Here's hoping......

[annieok]

Hi Fiona

try this site for the Waimate Cemetery
www.waimatedc.govt.nz

lots of Quinns here, including Williams and William Henry.

[annieok]

me again

if it proves to be the right family in the Waimate Cemetery, let me know, as i visit Waimate regularly and am happy to take headstone or plot photos for fellow gene's.