John O'neil

These are my great grandparents on the right, Frederick Charles Eppinger and Grace (nee Quinn) and their daughter, my great aunt Grace (nee Eppinger)O'Neil with her husband Jerry O'Neil in Chicago. Jerry and Grace had one child, also named Jerry. Frederick is the son of Frederick George Eppinger and Sophia Busch (per family hx. related to Busch brewing before merging with Anheuser-Busch), and Grace is the daughter of John Quinn and Katie (nee Naven) Quinn of Geneva, Il.

These are my great-grandparents on the left, Grace (nee Quinn)Eppinger and Frederick C. Eppinger, with Grace's mother Katie (nee Naven) Quinn next to them and followed by Grace's sister and Katie's other daughter, Bertha (nee Naven)Reed and her husband Homer Reed. The Quinn women were born and raised in Geneva, Il. Katie's husband, John Quinn died at a young age and Katie and her 3 girls, Gracie, Henrietta, and Bertha all lived with Katie's parents, Michael and Mary (nee Stewart) Naven in Geneva.

This is my grandfather, John J. Gasinski, father of my mother, Kazimiera "Kay" Gasinski, in his confectionary/tavern in Chicago. I believe my mom is standing next to him, and her sister Bee (nee Gasinski)Peterson in the background, or visa versa. (They look soooo much alike!) The 2 patrons are unknown, though one looks to be a policeman. This is where my parents (Ira G. Eppinger and Kay nee Gasinski Eppinger) met. As dad tells it, he came to meet her sister, Bee, but saw mom and fell in love and said to himself, "I am going to marry that girl!" And they did, Oct. 16, 1943. They would have celebrated 59 yrs. together in 2002, but the good LORD needed a special angel and took mom to Heaven.... My grandfather, John, was married to Teopita/Teofilia (nee Lenart) Gasinski and had 7 children: John, Ted, Kay (my mother), Bee, Stephanie, and the twins Delores and Jeanne.

This box belonged to my great aunt Grace (nee Eppinger) O'Neil and is now in my possession. I don't know how James is connected to the family, but could be the brother, father or other male relative of my g/g-grandfather, John Quinn, who is Grace's grandfather on her mother's side, Grace (nee Quinn) Eppinger. He may have been born in Wisconsin or Geneva, IL. I would love to know his connection to my John Quinn (1851-1880), who lived in Geneva, IL. and was married to Katie (nee Naven) Quinn in Nov. of 1874. The date on the box is Jan. 5, 1907 with the depiction of an elderly man and possibly Freud???
It also has horses and an elephant on it. If anyone has any info. on the box or on a James T. Quinn who probably died in Aurora or Chicago in the early 1900's, pls. let me know. Thanks.