Hugh Quinn possibly from Longford or Leitrim

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My Quinn relatives in the United States know little about Hugh Quinn, but it has been alleged that he claimed that both of his parents were already deceased by the time that he came to the US, and that he served for a time on ships.

By trade Hugh Quinn was a carpentar.

1826/4 Quinn, Michael Hugh M. McDonnell
1828/8 Quinn, Michael Hugh M. McDonnell
1830/4 Quinn, Thomas Hugh M. McDonnell
1832/2 Quin, Ann Hugh M. McDonnell
1836/1 Quin, Peter Hugh M. McDonnell
1839/10 Quin, Hugh Hugh M. McDonnell

Birth records for Killoe parish.Longford http://www.igp-web.com/longford/killoebaptq.htm Hope this helps.

I copied and pasted the above info but it printed out of order.

It should read 1826/4 Quinn,Michael,parents Hugh (Quinn) and M. McDonnell etc.It's likely that the first child died before the age of 2 and so the second boy was also christened Michael. This is common and gives an indication that the paternal grandfather's name was Michael as the eldest boy was traditionally called after his father's father. I may have helped you get back another generation. Unfortunately church records don't go back much beyond these dates. Killoe was a huge parish and included the Cloone area of Co. Leitrim if memory serves me correctly. So none the wiser as to whether he was from Longford or Leitrim.

I am glad that you mentioned that. Earlier today I found a Hugh Quinn on the 1901 and 1911 census who was born around the right time, but is not my ggg grandfather, as he would have already been in the United States. However, what did get my attention was that this Hugh Quinn in the Irish census was a carpenter as was all of his male children. I wonder if this particular Hugh Quinn in the census is a cousin to my Hugh Quinn? I assume the trade would be something they would have learned from their own father the generation previous. 

I didn't realize that Ireland also used that naming scheme. I have some experience with Italian genealogy, and the Italians likewise named their children that way.

I have been told that I am related to Wards of Ballinamuck but so far haven't been able to figure out the connection. The name Bernard was also carried down that line. It might be a starting point as regards cemeteries but very early graves often don't have head-stones with names or they can be eroded by time and weather.Ballinamuck is very near Drumlish.

Given the carpenter history it's no surprise that the family doesn't show in the Tithe Applotments.They may not have farmed.Have you tried to find more on Hugh's naughty past ? Newspaper articles or the Assize or Quarter Sessions (a type of court ) ? Longford County Library should be able to help you.

Nope, his troubles with the law occured in the United States. I have contacted the court that would have had jurisdicition over him in those matters, and they essentially told me that his crimes were so petty that records pertaining to them probably no longer exist. The newspaper articles in 1904 in Kentucky are really the only documents that I have that tie him to Kentucky after he abandoned the family in the late 1870s.

I cannot prove it, but some in my family believe that a man named Hugh Quinn who was a carpenter, that was living on an indian reservation in Oklahoma may be my ggg grandfather after he abandoned the family. I have not discounted it, but a single census isn't much in the way of proof.

Right now I have decided that the best thing that I can do is continue to reach out to my distant Quinn relatives in the US to see if anyone can tell me more useful details about Hugh Quinn.

If Hugh Quinn really did serve on ships before coming to the United States, where would I look to find a record of that?

That's a tough question.Maybe see if there are records of merchant sea-men in the UK. As regards his disappearance, I presume you have tried the Canadian census ? Was there any type of gold-rush or something along that line that might have tempted him ? Have you posted a message on rootsweb  mentioning what you know ? I find it's a very good way to find possible relatives.

Try www.nationalarchives.gov.uk -They have records of merchant seamen.