QUINN, William ¹

   Cause of his death was miner's asthma over 8 months.⁴

   Other names for William were QUEEN, William ⁵ and QUIN, William.

  General Notes:

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. William Quin was aged in the 40 to 44 years age group.

The 1851 census for New Monkland recorded William Quin living with his wife and family at 28 Bairds Square Rawyards. William was an iron miner and recorded as 50 years of age. He had been born in Ireland.

When William Quin died in 1864 his death certificate recorded him as a collier, married to Mary Ann O'Brien. His recorded age at death was 64 years.

When his son William died in Airdrie in October 1869, William Quin was recorded in the death certificate of his son as a 'coal miner deceased'.

William Queen's widow Mary Ann died at Bridgeton in Glasgow in 1869. Her death certificate recorded him as 'William Queen coal miner'. ^{3 4 5 6}

  Medical Notes:

Patrick Rankin MD certified the cause of death.

Patrick Corigan, a neighbour from Meadowhead, gave notice of William's death before the registrar John Macarthur, at New Monkland on 18 February 1864. ⁴

William married Mary O'BRIAN, daughter of Michael O'BRIEN and Ellen BRANNAN. (Mary O'BRIAN was born in 1800 in Ireland ^{2 5} and died 10 December 1869 at 3.10 pm in 48 Brown Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland ⁵.). The cause of her death was asthma over a long time.⁴