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AVOCA LUZERNE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
USA
A Catherine McNalty was witness to the marriage of Wiliam McHale and Honor McHale in WilkesBarre, 1886. According to my Uncle William Gilroy Ms. McNalty was a cousin of Honor McHale.
According to information passed down in our family, Bridget McHale Quinn was the sister of Honor McHale, my greatgrandmother. Bridget was known as Auntie Quinn. The Quinn family lived on Spring Street in Avoca PA. Bridget died April 26, 1932 and was buried at St. Mary's in Avoca on April 29, 1932.
According to Bridget's death certificate, which was signed by her son Thomas Quinn, her parents were Thomas McHale and Bridget McHale. I have not yet identified the family in Addergoole parish. There were no McHale's in Cuilkillew but they could have lived in one of the other townlands that all used the same church in Lahardaun, St. Patrick's.
Bridget married James Quinn of Cuilnakillew, County Mayo while still living in Ireland. Bridget and James and their children moved to Avoca, Luzerne County, PA, USA. Cuilkillew is a small townland in Addergoole Parish along the shores of Lough Conn outside of Lahardane.
The 1901 County Mayo census lists the following individuals at the Quinn residence in Cuilkillew:
Patrick 70 farmer
Bridget 63 wife
Ann daughter 32 not married
Bridget daughter 30 not married
Bridget Leonard granddaughter 6
The 1911 census in County Mayo shows the following family members living at the Quinn farm in Cuilkillew:
Thomas Bourke head 37 years farm servant married
Anne Bourke wife 47 married 9 years 2 children, 2 living
Patrick Bourke son 7
Thomas Bourke son 6
Bridget Leonard niece 16
Patrick Quinn father-in-law 80 farmer married
Bridget Quinn mother-in-law 73 married 53 years 4 children, 3 living
Children of Bridget McHale and James Quinn:
12/14/1870 Patrick Quinn Sponsors Richard McNulty and Anne Madden Lahardaun Co. Mayo Church records
3/21/1873 Michael Quinn Sponsors Thomas McHale and Honor McHale Lahardaun Co. Mayo Church records
7/15/1875 Mary Quinn Sponsors ? Quinn and Ellen Quinn Lahardaun Co. Mayo Church records
2/21/1878 Anne Quinn Sponsors Patrick Quinn and Bridget McAndrew Lahardaun Co. Mayo Church records
May 1881 Ellan Quinn 1900 US Census Born in Ireland
April 1884 Thomas Quinn 1900 US Census Born in Pennsylvania
In the 1900 census in Avoca, PA Bridget McHale Quinn was a widow living with her children Michael, Anne, Ellan and Thomas. Thomas was born in PA.
Daughters of the Quinns married Sheridans and McAndrews in Avoca. In 1900, Mary Quinn Sheridan, Bridget's daughter was living with her husband John Sheridan and their daughter Mary. Father Jim Sheridan was a grandson of the Quinns. Father Jim and many other members of this family are buried at St.Mary's Cemetery, Avoca.