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Leonie Quinain, Basse-Normandie

Leonie Quinain, Basse-Normandie

anne murray (View posts)
Posted: 29 Nov 2000 8:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 28 Jun 2010 10:09PM GMT
Surnames: Quinain
I am a decendent of Leonie who was born in Calvados, France 1845. Anyone out there of the same name etc.

Leonie Quinain

Posted: 8 Dec 2000 4:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:39PM GMT
Surnames: Quinain
Hello Anne!
I am a direct descendant of Leonie's brother Louis! My Grandfather (his son) was Frederick William Quinain, born on Alderney in the Channel Islands in 1890. My father is also Louis (born 1915). I have a brother Peter (born 1946) who has 4 daughters. We are very excited to find other 'Quinains' as we thought the name was going to die out with my Dad and my brother, having never come across any before now! My niece Melissa (born 1983) has also recently researched for Quinains through the internet, and found some, mostly in Cebu, in the Phillippines....do you know anything about these? She is also in the process of exchanging family history information with a Ted Quinain in Ilinois.
This is so exciting and I would be thrilled if you would establish contact with me by Email so we can explore our ancestory together. By the way I was born in 1957. Looking forward to your anticipated reply.
Margaret Watson

Leonie Quinain

anne murray nee buckle (View posts)
Posted: 9 Dec 2000 1:11AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:40PM GMT
Surnames: Quinain
Hello Margaret - I was so thrilled to find your message this morning. My grannie, Annie Mary Stuart Rowe from Alderney married
Walter Ernest Buckle from Leeds who was in the army and posted to Alderney to Fort Albert. From what I can gather Leonie married a man called william 7th May 1871, his father was William from Somerset born 6th March 1813, who would have been my ancester.
The notes I have on Leonie are scanty but she was born 1845 at Bouzeval, Calvados, France and died 1st July 1918. They had three children William Alfred, Louisa May Ann and John Olive. Her decendant Henry must have been my grannies relative.

I did not know about my ancestry except there was French blood and my paternal ancesters came from Alderney. The family tree which I have sent from a lovely lady
in Alderney is a bit complex and she tells me that not a great deal is known about the Rowes. But it is leonie that fascinates me. What a lovely name.

Where do you live Margaret? I am in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire and was born 15.5.37. I just don't don't know anything else about the family but would love to find out.

Take care

Anne Louise Murray

nefernefer2000@aol.com

Leonie Quinain

anne murray (View posts)
Posted: 10 Dec 2000 1:15AM GMT
Hello Margaret

I posted you a message re: Leonie did you recive it? My email address:

nefernefer2000@aol.com

please reply

anne

Leonie Quinain

anne louise murray (View posts)
Posted: 11 Dec 2000 5:11AM GMT
Hello Margaret

Are you receiving my mail?

from

nefernefer2000@aol.com

Quinain Family - Alderney

Posted: 12 Dec 2000 3:36PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:40PM GMT
Surnames: Quinain
Hello Anne!
This is exciting to find another family member with the same roots!!
i.e. Alderney C.Island....'The Jewel of the English Channel'

Sorry for delay in reply, I have only just picked up your reply.

I found your pieces of family history re. Leonie's descendants extremely interesting. I was particularly intrigued to learn that Leonie's Father-in-law came from Somerset. My parents live in Somerset, so I know it is quite a common local name. There are, I believe, still Rowes on Alderney to this day.

As for me, I live near Reading, in the West Berkshire village of Burghfield. It is very pleasant here. We moved here 14 years ago from Plymouth. I have 3 daughters and I served in the W.R.N.S. for nearly 7 years from the age of 18.

There is so much information to exchange with a subject like this, that obviously it cannot all be done at once!! It is knowing where to start!!

But, briefly, my Dad and I did a lot of research in the early 70s when we holidayed quite often on Alderney, and were able to visit the parish church of St Anne, to look at the records and study the headstones. This is where we found most of the information about Jean Louis' sisters, including Leonie. As well as Leonie, we found reference to his other sisters, namely Francoise Marie Bernadine; Amande Marie Julie; and Louise Virginie Felicite. (Yes! What beautiful names!) We could not find reference to any brothers. We found out that the family had moved to Alderney from Bouzeval France, but don't know the reason. We were unable to confirm whether or not the family may have been larger and whether there were more brothers or sisters left in France.

Interestingly it seems a 'quirk' of nature that the 'Quinain' name was destined to dwindle, as the appearance of boys was very rare, or through some unlucky twist of fate, were destined not to produce sons and heirs!! A good example is my grandfather Frederick William, who very sadly died right at the end of the 1918 war of the puemonia epidemic, which killed millions, who had at least managed to survive the atrocities of the 1st World War. He is buried in the Military Cemetery at Rouen. We took my father (Louis), his only offspring, to visit his father's war grave for the first time only recently, in October 1999. It was a very emotional journey, as Dad was only 3 yrs old when his Dad died. He has only a very hazy recollection of him.

I can supply you, at some point, with full details of nearly all of my Great Grandfather Jean Louis'(i.e. Leonie's brother)family line.

You may be interested to note that I have joined 'Ancestry.com' with a view to compiling an online family tree for Quinain. I have not started yet, but think it sounds an interesting venture. I expect you know about this site if you have been looking at family history.

Anyway I really have to go now, but will be in touch again soon to decide on a 'plan of action' for tackling the family tree!!

My email is: maggiequinain@hotmail.com.

Please do feel free to contact me there.

Great to meet you.
Bye for now
Margaret.

Leonie Quinain

anne louise murray (View posts)
Posted: 14 Dec 2000 8:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:41PM GMT
Hello Margaret

I wonder what Leonie would think if she knew she was being thought and written about in the year 2000. I have mailed you today so look out for it.

heers

Anne
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Leonie Quinain

Posted: 15 Dec 2000 3:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:42PM GMT
Surnames: Mignot, Quinain
Hello Anne!

Thanks very much for your very interesting email. I am on very late today, but hope to send a reply sometime over the weekend, in between all the Christmas 'chores' !!

Yes indeed!! I am sure I would be pretty amazed if I knew I would be thought about in 150 years time!!!! Truly amazing!

Catch you soon.

Take care
Margaret

P.S. What was Mrs Mignot's christian name? I probably know of her. If it was Laura or Emily then I did know her. My Auntie Bertha Quinain, was a Mignot before marrying Jack Quinain (1914 - 1994). Jack was Alderney's pilot for a great number of years.

Leonie Quinain

anne murray (View posts)
Posted: 16 Dec 2000 1:04AM GMT
Hello Margaret

Thank you for your mail. The christian name of Mrs Mignot is Eileen. Do you know the lady? If you would like her address let me know. Hope to here some more news about our common ancestor over the week end.

Yes Christmas shopping is a chore. I bought my 2 year old grandaughter a pram and I have tried to build it up, but no go and am taking it back to Harrogate tomorrow (Sun)
to the shop it was purchased from to let them fix it for me.

Happy shopping

Take care

Anne Murray

LaFourcade, Murray

linda Swilling (View posts)
Posted: 13 Feb 2001 12:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2010 8:44PM GMT
Surnames: LaFourcade, Murray
My Grandmother's maiden name was Marie Eva Lafourcade
her mother's maiden name was Anne Murray(Boniface)
My gandmother named her daughter Marie Leonie

does any of this sound familiar

Personal email sswil55394@aol.com

Linda Marie Swilling
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