QUINN, John ¹

   Other names for John were McQUEEN, John,³ QUEEN, John ⁴ and QUIN, John.²

  General Notes:

A 'John and Hellen Quin' with a child 'John Quin' were recorded by the 1841 census in the parish of New Monkland at Rawyards. In 1841 the census for Airdrie in Lanarkshire recorded two men aged 40 years and over, two men aged 20 years or over, one woman aged 21 years and a baby of 1 year of age. All except the baby were born in Ireland. The men were all ironstone miners. It being the 1841 census no relationships were given. The household lived in the Rawyards district of Airdrie, and were very probably this family. John Quin was aged in the 20 to 24 years age group.

John Queen and Ellen Vallaley were the baptismal sponsors at the baptism of Thomas Queen, lawful son of William Queen and Mary Vallaley by Fr Daniel Gallagher at St Margaret's RC Chapel Airdrie in 5 September 1841. Thomas was born on 21 August 1841.

John Quin and Helen Vallely were married in 1844; it was a regularisation of a de facto marriage. ^{2 4}

John married Helen VALLELY, daughter of William VALLELY and Bridget FLYNN, in February 1839 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (Helen VALLELY was born in 1819 in Ireland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

February 1839

The marriage was contracted between Helen Valloly and John McQueen in New Monkland parish.


July 1844

This marriage was a regularisation within the Roman Catholic rites of the marriage performed earlier. It was recorded in Latin by Fr William Walsh, who performed the ceremony, in the papers of St Margaret's RC Church which was not created until after 1839 .