Michael John Quin(n )
Born: 04 May 1807
Baptised: St John's Church, Limerick, Limerick
Parents: Thomas Quin and Ellen Cleary
Died:07 Sep 1876....Perth
Buried: ?
Occupation: Soldier/Drummer.......later had Carting business in Perth
Enlisted: 1825 place unknown
Rank: Drummer
Arrived
: Hobart Town via Sydney 1833
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Arrived : Perth Feb 1835 aboard Caroline at Swan Colony via Hobart
Charged: Aug 1835 with theft 3 planks of native mahogany - sentenced to 1 months imprisonment.
Demoted: 03 sept 1840 to Private...unknown reasons
Discharged: 31st July 1840 Swan Colony Perth
Was named as a defaulter in the WA Mining Company August 1850.
Owned 10 acres in the Avon district 1855.
Between Wagin and Narrogin
To Beverley and York as a blacksmith.
Spouse: Margaret (Mary) O'Brien
Born 1804
Married: 20 Aug 1829.....
Died Perth 22 Oct 1838...from ear abscess
Buried : Guildford I think
Arrival dates same as husband
Children
1832...Sarah and Ellen...twins who died as babies in ?Ireland
1833...Michael John Chatham Barracks Kent
1834..Bridget Margaret...b...Tasmania
1836..Ellen Margaret..b Perth
1837...James William..b Perth
Michael John Jnr married Mary Hale in 1856
They were a pioneer family of the Williams,Arthur River and Narrogin area
They had 10 children
Bridget married Alexander McGregor in 1851,a soldier with the 99th Regiment and they returned to Ireland with his regiment.After his death she returned to W.A. and married John Robert Bruce.All told she had 5 Children
Ellen married Thomas Alexander Gray ( a Parkhurst Boy) in 1854
After her mothers death in 1838 she was raised by the
Colonial Chaplain John B Wittenoom
Settled York /Beverley/Pingelly areas
Changed Spelling of name from GRAY to GREAY
8 children
Buried Pingelly
James William
a vagabond...appears to have followed the gold fields
1865 is in New Zealand,
Marries and fathers 3 children
1889..Townsville, Queensland - prospector at Ravenswood
had a defacto relationship with Delia Edwards nee Heaney
3 children
2nd daughter Mary Margaret Quinn is my grandmother
Most descendants living Queensland
History and Achievements
Michael Quinn Jnr was a pioneering pastoralist in the Williams River area and his name can be found on the foundation stone of the Agricultural Hall at Williams. He served on the Roads Board in 1871.
Had large pastoral lease on upper Williams River known as Glenfield and another called Ballagin near the junction of the Buchanan and Arthur River where he ran sheep.
His wife Mary Hale b 1843 comes from another prominent pioneering WA family
They were married when she was 14,had 13 children and she died from Typhoid fever in 1891 when she was 46 yo
