QUIN, Adelaide Agnus

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Adelaide Agnes Quin. I don't have a lot of memories of Nana Cox because she died when I was 12. She was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from Scotch-Irish parents. Her father, Patrick, was a tool and die maker and they saved their money and bought saltwater flats which they rented out and did very well. Her mother, Margaret, brought two items from Ireland - a christening shawl and a statue of St. Joseph. She gave birth to 12 children but only 5 survived by 1900. Adelaide was the third child, according to the 1880 census. Edward, Robert and William died young.

Emma was the oldest and lived in a nunnery after 2 failed marriages. My sister, Nancy, was taken to visit her once and she grabbed Nancy and said "See everyone; she looks just like me."
Francis was the 2nd born who ended up being an Army Ambulance Driver and my sister said she was buried in her uniform.
Walter Sarsfield became a dentist in New Haven. There was also an Uncle Doc, Vincent Edward, who was a physician in New York City.

My sister shared a number of stories that I did not know about. Nana was known for her hats, so much so that, years later, older women would stop Nancy and comment on Nana's hats. She always dressed well, even at home, and always wore a girdle.

All of the Quin children were educated well and Nana worked as a bookkeeper for D. M. Read Department Store in Bridgeport. She was given an ornate sugar bowl when she left to get married. It is not clear how they met but Charlie Pop would ride his bicycle from New Haven to Bridgeport and read her Shakespeare.

Nana did not have a driver's license for many years as she saw no reason for it. One day, at their summer home in Woodmont that he had built, Charlie Pop gashed his arm splitting wood. Nana wrapped it and drove him from Woodmont to St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven. After that, she decided she should get her license so her daughter, my mother, took her in to be tested on Prince St.which was a dead end street. At the end of the test the examiner asked her to turn the car around. "You turn the car around; I'd never come into a place like this" She got her license. Nancy also remembers her driving Nancy home to Middletown, normally a 45 minute trip. It took 3 hrs! She stopped whenever there was a truck!

I do have a few memories of Nana Cox on McKinley Avenue as I stayed there for a week one summer when I was 6 or 7 while my parents went on vacation to Vinalhaven, Maine. I recall sleeping in the back bedroom in a high poster mahogany bed with a white chenille bedspread. I think we went there for Thanksgiving because I have a vague memory of a ceramic dog or clown cookie jar in the pantry that always had ginger snaps in it and she would allow me to have one if I asked. Nana and I also had a fondness for black olives which were a treat for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
During the week I stayed there, I recall playing on the front porch while she sat and relaxed or read a book. Then when the right time came, she would allow me to walk the two blocks down the street to the bus stop and wait for Charlie Pop. Once in a while, he would take me to the butcher's which was owned by Joe Marlow, his nephew. Nana and Charlie Pop helped out these relatives and Joe made sure they had meat during WW II when it was rationed. Charlie Pop liked to tinker with things behind the house and he would sometimes let me help.

1880 census - Stratford; page 12 [12/43]
Patrick 35
Margaret 33
Emma 10
Francis 9
Adaline 7
Vincent E 4
Sarsfield W. 1

1900 - Bridgeport Sheet 3A [5/43]
Just Patrick and Margaret; shows her as having 12 births and 5 are living.

Adelaide married COX, Thomas Henry 1899. Thomas (son of COX, James F. and KELLY, Elizabeth) was born 31 Jan 1876, Scotland; died 07 Feb 1956; was buried 11 Feb 1956, St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.. [Group Sheet]

1. COX, Mildred Virginia was born 23 Apr 1900, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died 23 Jun 1981, Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was buried 26 Jun 1981, St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut..

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Ran cold water flats on a large tract of land on the Long Island shore in Bridgeport per Nancy L. Spang Becque.
There is a letter in Mrs. Becque's possession written by a distant cousin who claimed that Patrick's father was Thadeus Quin who was an engineer on the Paris to Calais Railroad. He had 12 sons and 1 daughter. The daughter was Mary Ann Quin who married the tutor, John Gray.
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Oral Family History claimed Patrick was related to the Wyndham-Quins (Earls of Dunraven). This is yet to be proven and is unlikely given he was raised in Belfast.
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P. W. QUINN RETIRES

Has been with U.M.C. Co. for past 40 years as Expert Toolmaker

P.W. Quin of Revere street has tendered his resignation as an employee of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company*, to take effect at once. Mr. Quin for the past 40 years has been a valued employee of the toolmaking department of the company; and his resignation is regretted by his associates. Prior to his engagement with the Cartridge Company he was employed in the capacity of master mechanic of the Sprague company of Central Falls, R.I.
Mr. Quin has accumulated considerable real estate in this city, and will now devote his time to his holdings. During his long period of employment Mr. Quin has taken but few vacations, the most extensive of which was in the summer of 1903, when he made a tour of the continent.

(published in the Bridgeport, Connecticut paper in about 1905.)
*later to become part of Remington Arms.

Patrick married BARR, Margaret Jane 09 Jul 1864, St. Malachy's, Belfast, Ireland. Margaret (daughter of BARR, David and BRONSON, Sarah) was born 10 Apr 1844, Ireland; died 04 Aug 1930, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was buried 06 Aug 1930, St. Michael's Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

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Note: The headstone at St. Michael's claims Margaret was born in 1860. Since her marriage was confirmed as 1864, this is highly unlikely. Her obituary does not list an age. It is possible that she was born around 1850 or before. The 1930 census lists her age as 86 which would mean she was born in 1844.

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Search for Marriage License-
March 5, 2001 - No record between 1862 through 1866 inclusive; per Northern Ireland Statistics and
Research Agency, Belfast, No. Ireland. {Their reference - T13814)

November 29, 2001 - Copy of Marriage License received. Obtained from St. Malachy's Church, Belfast, No. Ireland (assisted by Jim Hyslop, Belfast)

David — BRONSON, Sarah. Sarah was born Abt 1820. [Group Sheet]