Quinlan Family History & Genealogy

Mary (Quinlan) Kehr Donovan, 83, of Bristol, widow of Valentine W. Kehr and J. Dickert Donovan, died on Thursday (September 13, 2012) in Bristol. She was the daughter of the late Attorney Edward J. Quinlan and Nancy (Peck) Quinlan and lived in Bristol all her life except six years in Detroit, Michigan where her beloved daughters were born. She was a graduate of Bristol High School, class of 1947, Skidmore College, and received her Master’s in Education at CCSU, after which she taught first grade at the Greene-Hills School for 27 years. She loved to paint, read and travel, but her greatest joy in her later years was her grandchildren and she attended many ball games, track and gymnastic meets. She was a member of the Terpsichore Reading Club, the Bristol Area Retired Teachers with whom she held various offices, and was a regular volunteer at BARC, as well as a volunteer for the Friends of Bristol Library. She was also a volunteer for the former Bristol Symphony. She traveled every summer to Montana to visit daughter Liz and brought each of her grandchildren so they could enjoy the beauty of Glacier National Park, hiking and sledding in July. She is survived by her three daughters and sons-in-law: Patty and Ralph Farrah of West Hartford, Kathy and Gerald Bray of Duxbury, MA, and Liz Kehr and Kevin Feist of Kalispell, Montana; four siblings and their spouses: Nancy and Gary McCarthy of Bristol, Florence and the late Dick Cuenin of Safford, Arizona, John and Deanie Quinlan of West Hartford, and Dr. Edward Quinlan of Honolulu; and six grandchildren: Steven, Christopher, and Kevin Farrah, and Molly, Benjamin and Gregory Bray. She is also survived by nine step-children and their spouses: Deborah Donovan of New London, Jim and Cindy Donovan of Bristol, David and Sue Donovan of Wallingford, Paula and David Johnson, and Anne Donovan and John Lortie of Long Island, ME, Tony and Julie Donovan, John and Robin Donovan, Peter and Elysa Donovan, and Joe and Rennie Donovan, all of the Portland, ME area; 16 step-grandchildren: Jonathan, Patrick and Katie Donovan, Michael, Nathan and Moira Johnson, Alexandra and Laura Jayne Donovan, Mae and Rose Donovan Lortie, Jessica and Andrea Donovan, Meghan and Becky Donovan, Libby and Joseph Donovan; and 6 step great grandchildren. She is also survived by a dear friend, and former principal of Greene-Hills School, Gerald T. Kerr. Funeral services will be held on Monday (September 17, 2012) at 9 AM from Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, to St. Joseph Church, 33 Queen St., Bristol, for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday between 5 and 8 PM. Memorial donations may be made to BARC, 621 Jerome Ave, Bristol, CT 06010 or to the Bristol Area Retired Teachers Scholarship Fund, c/o Elizabeth Phelan, Treasurer, 59 Fox Den Rd., Bristol, CT 06010. Please visit Mary’s memorial web-site at www.FunkFuneralHome.com Tribute for Mary Q. Donovan | Funk Funeral Home, Bristol, CT

Doris Quinlan of Jamaica, Queens County, NY was born on November 20, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on June 13, 1998.

Thelma Edith (Mcqueen) Bath Quinlan of Parkville, VIC Australia was born circa 1909 in Carlton North, and died at age 74 years old in 1983 in Parkville.

James Leslie Quinlan of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born in 1896 in Malvern, City of Stonnington County, and died at age 76 years old in 1972 in Melbourne. James Quinlan was buried on October 25, 1972 at springvale botanical cemetery in Springvale.

Amelia Mary Agnes (Kelly) Quinlan of Chiltern, Indigo Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1901 in Springhurst, Wangaratta Rural City County, and died at age 80 years old in 1981 in Melbourne.

Frances May Quinlan of Dandenong, City of Greater Dandenong County, VIC Australia was born in 1901 in Melbourne, and died at age 78 years old in 1979 in Melbourne.

Dorothy Margaret (Quinlan) of Chiltern, Indigo Shire County, VIC Australia was born circa 1919 in Chiltern, and died at age 66 years old in 1985.

Raymond Percy Quinlan of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born in 1899 in Melbourne, and died at age 74 years old in 1973 in Melbourne.

Harold Aloysisus Quinlan of Merton, VIC Australia was born on September 2, 1905 in Melbourne, and died at age 47 years old in August 1953 in Sydney, NSW.

Rosie Agnes (Quinlan) Millane of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1894 in Melbourne, and died at age 46 years old in 1940 in Sydney, NSW.

Christina Lucy Quinlan of Malvern, City of Stonnington County, VIC Australia was born in 1892 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, and died at age 90 years old in 1982 in Malvern, City of Stonnington County.

Jane (Sullivan) Quinlan of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1861 in Taradale, and died at age 70 years old in 1931 in Melbourne.

Ellen Quinlan of Woodend, Macedon Ranges Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1867 in Woodend, and died at age 2 years old in 1869.

Mary Agnes Quinlan of Talbot, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1875 in Woodend, Macedon Ranges Shire County, and died at age 47 years old in 1922 in Talbot, Central Goldfields Shire County.

John Bernard Quinlan of Preston, City of Darebin County, VIC Australia was born circa 1913 in Trentham East, and died at age 63 years old in 1976 in Preston.

Carmel Veronica (Quinlan) Mulcahy of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born in 1918.

Anastasia Agnes (Fleming) Quinlan of Rural City of Wangaratta, Wangaratta Rural City County, VIC Australia was born in 1882 in Tylden. She was married to Thomas Edmund Quinlan, and had children John Bernard Quinlan, Kathleen Mary Quinlan, and Carmel Veronica Quinlan. Anastasia Quinlan died at age 55 years old in 1937 in Rural City of Wangaratta.

Thomas Edmund Quinlan of Maryborough, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1872 in Woodend, Macedon Ranges Shire County, and died at age 73 years old in 1945 in Maryborough, Central Goldfields Shire County.

Raymond Francis Quinlan of Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC Australia was born in 1908 in Brighton to John Francis Quinlan and Elizabeth Hogan. He had siblings Gladys Mary Quinlan, Veronica Quinlan, John Leopold Quinlan, Cyril Gerard Quinlan, and Clement Joseph Quinlan. Raymond Quinlan died at age 63 years old in 1971 in Sandford, Glenelg Shire County.

John Leopold Quinlan of Heidelberg, City of Banyule County, VIC Australia was born on January 8, 1905 in Brighton, City of Bayside County, and died at age 71 years old in 1976 in Heidelberg, City of Banyule County.