Susan “Susie” Duffy, undoubtedly named for her mother, was born in Lockport, New York in February, 1877. She was the youngest child of John Duffy and Susannah Holland Duffy.

In about 1898, she married Herbert S DeLand, about whom I have little information. In that year’s City Directory, he was working in a green house. I have not yet located any other records about him.

In the 1900 census, Susie was living as a boarder with another family. She was listed as married, but her husband was not present in the household. She had her six-month-old son, Herbert De Land, living with her.

Apparently the DeLands divorced. On April 25, 1902, Susie married Edmund Quinn in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Edmund was a teamster, the son of Irish immigrants. The couple settled in Lockport, and her son was known thereafter as James Herbert Quinn. Edmund was a bartender in a saloon in 1910, and by 1920 became a fireman for the Lockport Gas Company.

In about 1927, they relocated to nearby Niagara Falls, New York.

In 1930, Edmund was working as a laborer in a machine shop. In 1940, at the age of 67, he was a laborer working for the city street repair department. He died in 1944 at the age of 69. He is buried in St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery in Lockport.

Later in life Susan listed her name in directories as Susana, so that may have been her given name.

I am not certain, but the Herbert Quinn buried in St. Patrick’s in 1919 may be her son.

I also don’t have definite information about her death at this point, but I believe she died in about 1952.

Patrick Duffy (b 1812) + Elizabeth Dillon (b 1818)
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John Duffy (b 1838) + Susanna Holland (b 1838)
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Susan Duffy (b 1877) + Herbert S DeLand
+ Edmund H Quinn (b 1875)

Image citation from Library of Congress collections:

Sources include:

Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2H-71MS : accessed 12 June 2016), Edmund H Quinn, ; Burial, Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States of America, Saint Patricks Cemetery; citing record ID 59244682, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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