Mary A. Whalen

Notes by Terri Vance on 5/1/2012:

I found a letter that my grandmother, Florence Elizabeth (nee Williams) Vance and her cousin, Dr. Henry Clyde Werts, typed up on August 20, 1950 in Los Angeles. The letter was titled Quinlans. It was the key to discovering my Quinlan roots.

The letter begins...

"Jeremiah Quinlan and his wife and family left Ireland and settled in Canada near Walkerton about 1853. Then left Canada and settled in Kansas U.S.A, near St. Mary's, about 1867. Leaving part of the Family in Canada."

In the Quinlan letter the following are listed as Jeremiah and Bridget Quinlan's children:

Tom, Patrick, Bridget, Katie, William, Ellen, Julia, Mary

Paragraph of Florence Vance's letter pertaining to Tom Quinlan:

"Tom Quinlan married Mary Whalen. They also stayed in Canada and lived on a farm near Walkerton Canada. The youngest girl's name was Vanecia. They also had two or more boys."

In the 1901 Census of Canada for Greenock, Bruce, Ontario, Canada (Source Citation: Year: 1901; Census Place: Greenock, Bruce (east/est), Ontario; Page: 6; Family No: 42) Thomas Quinlan and family is found:

Quinlin Thomas, Male, Head, 1834, 66, Ireland, Year of Immigration to Canada - 1852, Roman Catholic, Farmer
Quinlin, Mary A., Female, Wife, 7 Mar 1836, 65, Ireland, Year of Immigration to Canada - 1850, Roman Catholic
Quinlin Joseph, Male, Son, 22 Dec 1872, 28, Ontario, Roman Catholic, Farmers Son
Quinlin James, Male, Son, 1 Feb 1876, 25, Ontario, Roman Catholic, Farmers Son
Quinlin Venetia, Female, Daughter, 7 Aug 1877, 23, Ontario, Roman Catholic

On the Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995 records Thomas Quinlan and Mary Whalen are listed as the groom's parents. The groom is William Quinlan.