This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: QUINLAN HALEY GALVIN CROWLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zg.2ADI/812 Message Board Post: We are researching this line and would appreciate any information someone has to share - especially about both lines before they came to America or pictures. We do have a photocopy of an etching of Jeremiah Quinlan as well as an orginal atlas page with an artist's rendering of his farm. 1. John Quinlan _+ Ellen Crowley _2. Cornelius ___+ Mary Murphey _2. John c.1815 ___+ Catherine Higgins c.1825 ___3. Catherine c.1852 ___3. Mary c.1854 ___3. William c. 1856 ___3. Cornelius c.1858 _2. Humphry c.1803 ___+ Ellen O'Hearn (or Helen O'Hand?) ___3. John c.1856 ___3. Elizabeth c.1859 ___3. Dennis c.1861 ___3. Catherine ___3. Nellie ___3. Cornelius ___3. Mary ___3. Maggie _2. Dennis c.1818 ___+ Catherine Galvin c.1820 ___3. Ellen E. 9/23/1842 - 2/5/1901 ___+ William H. Haley 2/22/1828 - 9/12/1915 (m. 4/22/1859) _____4. John Humphrey c.1861 _______+ Mary Ann Hayes _____4. William 5/9/1865 _____4. Mary A. c.1867 _______+ Robert E. O'Connor _____4. George B. 4/23/1869 _____4. Katherine Theresa c.1871 _______+ Jeremiah P. Sullivan _____4. Maurice Thomas "Morris" 8/10/1872 _______+ Mary Agnes Hereley _____4. Josephine c.1874 _______+ William C. Cook _____4. Julia 5/28/1876 _____4. Patrick c.1877 _______+ Margaret Healy _____4. Elizabeth E. 4/12/1880 _____4. Edward Everett 2/1882 _______+ Margeurite "Madge" McAllen _______5. Mary Helen Haley 12/25/1916-1/30/1996 _________+ William Joseph Bretton 9/5/1902-4/7/1983 _______5. Edna Elizabeth c. 1919 _______5. Richard c. 1922 _______5. Patricia A. c.1925 _______5. William P. c. 1927 _______5. Walter M. c.1929 _____4. Cornelius A. c.1883 _______+ Martha Clancy _____4. Dennis ___3. Cornelius c.1856 ___3. H. Thomas _2. Jeremiah Quinlan ___+ Mary A. Scully ___3. Ellen A. c1864 ___3. John J. c.1866 ___3. Mary D. c.1868 ___3. Daniel F. c.1870 _____+ Mary Grayce Roberts c.1880 _____4. Eileen Eugenia d. 1942 ___3. Katherine E. c.1871 ___3. Jeremiah F. c.1873 ___3. Cecelia M. c.1875 ___3. Lucy c.1878 ___3. Alphonsus c.1880 _2. Catherine Quinlan _2. Ellen Quinlan c. 1822 ___+ Joseph Raycraft ___3. Mary c.1843 ___3. Ellen c.1845 ___3. John c.1846 ___3. Joseph c.1847 ___3. Jeremiah c.1849 If one searches the BLM Land Patents database at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/, there are lots of the early Quinlans there. Below are two exerpts from "The 1885 History of McHenry County". Please note that the facts are not to be 100% trusted. For instance, the two exerpts from the same book give a different name for Humphrey's wife. (Yet the name is close enough that there probably aren't two different wives represented.) Also, if you do the math on Humphrey's given birth year and age at his father's death, John Quinlan died before the last three of his children were born - four years before the last! From "The 1885 History of McHenry County" pp. 702-703 William Haley, one of the most successful farmers of Hartland Township, was born in Ireland, Feb. 22, 1828, the eldest son of Dennis and Johannah Haley. His parents came to America in 1833, and in 1836 moved to Chicago, Ill.; thence in 1844 to McHenry County an dsettled on a farm in Hartland Township, where the father died in October, 1851, and where the mother still resides. Six of a family of eleven children are living. William spent his boyhood in Cook and De Kalb counties, Ill. After his father's death the care of the family and the settling up of the estate devolved on him. He performed tihs duty faithfully, and in 1852 went to California and remained six years, engaged in mining. He was very successful, and after his return to McHenry County bought a farm and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He owns 320 acres of choice land on section 32, the greater part being under cultivation. He has a good residence and commodious farm buildings. At one time he wa! s extensively engaged in sheep-raising, but of late has given his attention more to cattle and hogs. He runs a dairy of over thirty cows. When Mr. Haley commenced life he was a poor boy, but he has been industrious and economical an dhas acquired a large property. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of the county and township an dhas held various offices of trust and responsibility. He was marrie din 1859 to Ellen, daughter of Dennis and Catherine Quinlan. They have twelve children, seven sons and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Haley are members of the Catholic church. From "The 1885 History of McHenry County" pp 686-687. Note: between the two pages is an etching of Jeremiah Quinlan Jeremiah Quinlan was born in County Cork, Ireland, a son of John and Ellen Quinlan, both long since deceased. He came to the United States in May, 1838, and located in McHenry County. In 1841 he bought a part of the land where he now lives, and has by additions from time to time increased his possessions till he now owns 544 acres. He has 120 acres under cultivation. He has made a specialty of dairying, and has a fine pasture. He mils thirty-seven cows, but at present sells his milk at the factory. He has been industrious and has accumulated a good property. He is one of the most enterprising and public-spirited men of hte twnship. He was married July 16, 1862, to Mary A. Scully, of Hartland Township, a daughter of John and May (Dougin) Scully. They have had nine cihldren -- Nellia A., born Jan. 25, 1864; John J., born Jan. 23, 1866; Mary D., Feb. 14, 1868; Daniel F., Oct. 14, 1870; Catherine E., Nov. 19, 1871; Jeremiah F., Dec. 10, 1873; Cecilia M., Nov. 2, 1875; L! ucy, Jun 20, 1878; Alpohsus, Nov. 7, 1880. Mr. Quinlan had four brothers and two sisters, viz.: Catherine is deceased; Humphrey married Helen O'Hand; Cornelius married Mary Murphey; John married Catherine Higgins; Dennis, now of Chicago, married Catherine Galvin; Ellen married Joseph Raycraft. From "The 1885 History of McHenry County" pp. 704-705 Humphrey Quinlan, one of the pioneers of Hartland Township, was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1803. When he was thirteen years of age his father died. In 1823 he came with his mother and the rest of the family to America, landed at Quebec, Canada, and from there came to the United STates and settled in Oswego, N.Y. In 1842 he came to Illinois an dworked three years on the Illinois Canal. In 1845 he moved to McHenry County an dsettled in Hartland Township, where he has a fine farm of 160 acres. He also owns 110 acres in Greenwood Twonship. Mr. Quinlan's mother died in 1874, aged ninety-two years. He was married in 1843 to Ellen O'Hern, a native of Ireland. They have had eight Children -- Catherine, wife of James Short; Nellie, deceased; Cornelius; John; Mary, wife of John Sweeney; Maggive, wife of John Cramer; Lizzie and Dennis.