Robert Emmett Quinn (1888 - 1958)

Born 4 May 1888 in Connecticut, USA

Died 26 Nov 1958 at age 70 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Robert Emmett Quinn was born in Connecticut on 4 May 1888. He married Austrian immigrant Anna A Zotter and had 4 sons. The family was living in Easton, PA in 1910. ^[1] By 1917 the family was back in New Britain, CT and Robert wrote on the WWI draft registration that he was married and had 4 children. ^[2] But by 1920, he had left his wife and four children and was living as a border in Joseph Clark's house.^[3] He soon moved to San Francisco, California ^[4] where he resided until his death in 1958. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG41-TVG : accessed 21 December 2016), Robert Quin, Easton Ward 6, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 78, sheet 10A, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1381; FHL microfilm 1,375,394.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFZ-BMZ : 12 December 2014), Robert Emmett Quinn, 1917-1918; citing New Britain City no 2, Connecticut, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,561,908.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCNS-ZZ4 : accessed 21 December 2016), Robert E Quinn in household of Joseph H Clark, New Britain Ward 6, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing ED 176, sheet 28B, line 95, family 507, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 185; FHL microfilm 1,820,185.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6G-VWJ : accessed 21 December 2016), Robert Quinn in household of Alfred Buffington, San Francisco (Districts 1-250), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5B, line 82, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 194; FHL microfilm 2,339,929.
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPWJ-3Y8 : 26 November 2014), Robert Quinn, 26 Nov 1958; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.