Ethel Quin

[IgorStrav]

All this is very exciting.

I remain interested in what the Adoption records will show for Ethel/Iris Quin.

I've gone back over all the relatives I can think of for the Wills/Quin family, including those of Ethel's grandfather William George Quin (the engineering fitter of the 1939 Register).

I've also followed through the relatives of William's 2nd wife Florence Barrow.

However, I've not managed to find any of the associated relatives living with Ethel in the 1939, or indeed any redacted entries which might be her.  Or any links, so far, to the Salford address Ethel quoted in her 1946 Land Army records.

It would be interesting to see whether - as has been subsequently reported in Carole's private research - that Ethel was adopted by her Quin grandparents.

But if we don't find out much more, it's been a great privilege to be part of this thread 

[brigidmac]

Coincidence

an adoptee daughter of another adoptee who  im helping has connections to the Quin ,/,quinn surname

How unusual is it with one n?

connections to Whitehaven Cumberland.Ireland and Canada

The QUINN spelling seems more prominent ;
connections to Liverpool

Shes given me access to her dna so im.busy making a cluster

Igor I think I will have to ask for access to the Ethel tree on the offchance that there's a link
but also it would be interesting to see the tree you built for this thread

[CaroleW]

Hi Brigidmac

Does your Quin research involve a 1952 marriage in Whitehaven between an AQ & NT?

[IgorStrav]

I'll PM you Brigid

As far as I've got back is

William George Quin, born c 1845 in Dublin
married in January 1865 in Birkenhead:
Mary Ann Jones, born c 1837 in Wepre (which is close to Connah's Quay, Flintshire)


Their first child (that I know of, haven't searched GRO) Caroline Winifred Quin was born in December 1870 in Sparkbrook, Worcestershire, but by the 1871 Census the family were back in  Birkenhead where William George was a 'marker at the docks'.

Second child William George Quin (grandfather of Ethel/Iris Quin) was born in 1874 in Birkenhead.


I believe he was in Essex on a ship, the Countess of Durham out of Sunderland, as a fireman in the 1881.

In the 1891 he's back in Birkenhead, a mariner, shopkeeper.

And I believe he died in 1900.

I've not researched William George senior any further in Ireland, the Dublin reference is the only one I found to the location of his origin. 

Don't know if that helps at all with your Quin/Quinn family

[brigidmac]

Ive not done any research on Quin s yet was researching connection to my Birkenhead SMITH side her birth fsther

Not sure how Whitehaven Quins connect to her except that must be on birth mothers side
The name cones up as surname of some of her matches and when I put it into dna search several of her matched dna trees have the name on it

Will pm.Igor

Carole ..havent seen anyones trees with the single n spelling that come down to recent times
There was illiteracy in the family apparently

[brigidmac]

The QUINN family I saw were 0riginally from Ireland
based in preston from 1840
Liverpool from 1860 to present day
Could be nothing to do with Ethel
it would be a big coincidence

[CaroleW]

Forget that 1952 marriage - different A** Quin.  Thought she may be Ethel’s sister

[IgorStrav]

Invite to the tree sent to Brigid.

Brigid, please alert me to any errors/omissions and also if you find someone in the 1939 Register who could be Ethel that I've missed, please do say!!!

[IgorStrav]

Forget that 1952 marriage - different A** Quin.  Thought she may be Ethel’s sister

I've had a further look, Carole - there's an Agnes Quin born Jan qtr 1926 in Whitehaven, who is likely I think to be the person marrying there in 1952, so not the Agnes Quin, younger sister of Ethel, who we've been looking for, who was born in 1929.