Hi,
If anyone finds this Thomas Quinn to be related, I will be most happy to forward the Pension file.
Reference: Application for Widow's Pension
Claimant: Margaret QUINN__________Soldier.....Thomas QUINN
Aurora,Cayuga, New York___________Rank... Private.... Co A
___________Regiment...1st NY Vol. Engrs.
26 June 1901 Margaret Quinn age 52, declared she was the widow of Thomas Quinn ,who enlisted on the 15th August 1861 and was discharged October 9th 1864 and died 23 May 1901.
No children under the age of sixteen
Marriage:
Hugh Murphy of Castletown Cooley in the County of Louth in Ireland being parish priest___________ make oath and say as follows:
I am the custodian of the Marriage Register for the said Parish of Cooley,since the year 1878.
Marriage register: Marriage of Thomas QUINN and Margaret FEENAN was solemnized on the 28th day of January 1868.
Officiating clergyman: Rev Robert Murphy
Affidavit signed: Newry County Down
_________________-8th day of August 1901
Witness: Margaret Murphy_ Castletown cooley
________John H. Collins_Newry
________John S. H. Bragg_Newry
Children:
Affidavit : Copy of Baptismal register St. Patrick's Church, Aurora N.Y.
27 January 1877 Thomas Quinn was baptized. Born 17 January 1877 of Thomas Quinn and Margaret Feenan.
Sponsers:____Thomas TIERNEY and Rose HICKEY
Patrick Quinn _January 1869
Thomas Quinn in reply to question dated 4 July 1898: The only record of marriage is in Ireland, Grange Church
Stated on one page; Age 24 (Unclear if this was at time of enlistment) ht 5ft 6 3/4 in_complexion dark_ Eyes blue,_ hair dk brown
Born: hard to decipher_ Dundoek,Ireland
Margaret Feenan Quinn died 11 October 1902.
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