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Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« on: Saturday 23 January 21 19:21 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,

I'm originally from Adelaide but currently living in Spain and have been trying to look into our family history, mainly via ancestry, and have hit a few roadblocks.
My Great Grand parents on my mothers side being one of them and Thomas Quinn being the one we know the least about.
No one can tell me his DOB or DOD and ancestry offers something but that may not even be him.

So what I do know...
My Grandfather Thomas James Quinn was born in Rose Park on 1/3/1918 to Thomas QUINN and Beryl Pepper(more on her later)
He had two sisters Sylvia Quinn and Eileen Monica Quinn.

I am confident he is mentioned a couple of times in the police Gazette for unpaid fees, possibly related to my Grandfathers delinquency from a boys home.

There is also mention of an arrest in Broken Hill for indecent language in I think 1907 which says his age to be 26. So DOB possibly 1881 although it has what I think is a date underneath that possibly says 16-7-80. I can't really read what is in the remarks section, something about a scar perhaps and it lists his where born as Adelaide.
I have no way to know if this was actually him but  things like height and eye colour are helpful.
 Ancestry also offers up an 1884 DOB date.

A family story would have him working at the dockyards in Port Adelaide in the late 30's to 40's.

My Great Grand Mother whom he was married to we kind of know more but in some cases less about.
My family remember her as Beryl Pepper.
However searching that name proved impossible but what does come up is a Beatrice Quinn Pepper and Beatrice Eileen Quinn which makes sense as both Eileen and Beatrice have been family names. But beyond this no more is known about her either, she took my Mum on a trip to Tasmania once which maybe suggests her family lived there but again searching that proved difficult. I wonder if the name Pepper wasn't changed from Pfeiffer or similar. Pure conjecture on my part.

Ancestry also offers up a document I can't access that mentions this marriage and gives Thomas' fathers name as Edward. That's it though, just Edward could be a Quinn could be who knows.

I think that is most of what I know and have no idea if it is useful enough, if there are any things that may prove useful that I have missed please ask and I'll do my best to find an answer.

I guess I'm after any info anyone has or a way I may be able to find it to place who Thomas was and I guess Edward too as I would love to trace this side of the family back further. Who was his mother and their side.

Any ideas or direction would be greatly appreciated, I hope this is ok as a first post. I do have other queries as I find we have some earlish Aussie settler family history and it's fascinating but maybe at a later time.

Cheers
J

Thank you all for reading.
Australia: Quinn, Chant, Ferguson, Bennett
France: Buard

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 January 21 21:35 GMT (UK) »


"..Thomas James QUINN was born in Rose Park on 1/3/1918 "

Can you please list all the information on this birth certificate.  It will have good information about the parents.

What other BDM certificates do you have for the people you are researching?

Where and when did your grandfather Thomas James QUINN, born 1918, marry?

Where and when did he die?

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 January 21 23:12 GMT (UK) »
From Genealogy SA
https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search

Sth Aust Births
QUINN   Eileen Monica   F     Thomas QUINN   Norwood   960/259   1915
QUINN   Thomas James   M     Thomas QUINN   Norwood   14A/285   1918



Sth Aust Marriages
QUINN   Thomas        Beatrice   Adelaide   262/597   1915
 
     This marriage certificate should give you more information.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 24 January 21 23:17 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat.

My resources have four QUINN children with the same mother named Beatrice Cecilia QUINN and only two recorded with the father's name.

Dorothy Beryl b. 31 May 1911 Adelaide
Father: [unrecorded]

Sylvia Imelda b. 20 Mar 1913 Adelaide
Father: [unrecorded]

Eileen Monica QUINN b. 4 Jun 1915 Rose Park
Father: Thomas QUINN

Thomas James QUINN b. 1 Mar 1918 Rose Park
Father: Thomas QUINN


South Australian Marriages
Groom: QUINN Thomas age 26, Father Edward.
Bride: QUINN Beatrice age 22, Father not recorded
Date: 9 Mar 1915
Place: St Patricks Church Adelaide
District: Ade / Book/Page: 262/597


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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 January 21 23:50 GMT (UK) »
From “Hospital, Asylum and Lying-in-homes”
https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?
You need to register to see the details – I don’t know what info it will contain.
I imagine the entries are for the birth of daughters Dorothy and Sylvia

Surname   Given Names   Age   Admission Year
QUINN   Beatrice Cecilia   18   1911
QUINN   Beatrice Cecilia   19   1912
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 24 January 21 23:58 GMT (UK) »
Beatrice Cecilia QUINN death date 6 March 1969
Burial here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156529670/beatrice-cecilia-quinn
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 25 January 21 00:10 GMT (UK) »
Beatrice Cecilia Quinn, of Port Lincoln, against Thomas Quinn of Rundle street, City, on the ground of desertion.

1934 'Undefended Divorce Actions', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), 19 December, p. 18. , viewed 25 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35026700

ADD: Maintenance case
1928 'IN THE COURTS.', The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), 11 August, p. 12. , viewed 25 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57053823

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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 25 January 21 00:17 GMT (UK) »
Burials at West Terrace Cemetery
Thomas Michael QUINN aged 56 buried 2 Aug 1942   Catholic Western Ground, Row V, Site Number 143
Beatrice Cecilia QUINN aged 77 buried 10 Mar 1969   Catholic Western Ground, Row V, Site Number 143


South Australian Deaths, Registrations 1916 to 1972

QUINN Thomas Michael
Date: 30 Jul 1942
Age: 56y
Status: Div.
Relative:
Death Place: Adelaide
District Code: Ade / Book: 653 / Page: 4073

QUINN Beatrice Cecilia
Date: 6 Mar 1969
Age: 77y
Status: Widow
Relative: Thomas QUINN [DH]
Death Place: North Adelaide


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Re: Thomas QUINN, South Australia?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 25 January 21 00:46 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat.

There was an inquest into the death of Thomas Michael Quinn, 6th column:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128363263

Death notice, 2nd page, 3rd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92380881

He died due to a burst duodenal ulcer, 2nd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96318638

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