Regina Alice Quinn

F, (18 November 1918 - 17 March 1960)
Father-Biological*Mark Franciscus Quinn b. 14 May 1886, d. 4 Oct 1934
Mother-Biological*Regina M. Schultz b. 31 Jan 1893, d. 11 Aug 1933
Family Lines
Myers Line
Last Edited=13 Apr 2022
Gravestone of James and Regina (Quinn) Myers
     Regina Alice Quinn was born on 18 November 1918 at Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.1 She was the daughter of Mark Franciscus Quinn and Regina M. Schultz. Regina Alice Quinnappeared on the US Census of 1920 in the household of Mark Franciscus Quinn and Regina M. Schultz at 427 Fourth Street, Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.2 Regina Alice Quinnappeared on the US Census of 1930 in the household of Mark Franciscus Quinn and Regina M. Schultz at 116 Washington Street, Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.3

Regina Alice Quinn, age 17, married James Hilary Myers, age 23 , son of Joseph Lucas Myers and Anna Isabelle Geiger, on 28 November 1935.4,5 Regina, age 21 years, and James, age 27 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 on 106 Ridge Street, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.6 In 1960, the year Regina died, she lived at 414 St. Clair Street, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.7 She died on 17 March 1960 at the West Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age 41 from hypertensive encephalopathy.1,8,9,7 Regina's obituary of 17 March 1960, reads:

Mrs. Regina Quinn Myers

Mrs. Regina Quinn Myers, 41, of 414 St. Clair St., died at 3 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 1960, in the West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh.

Born. November 6, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Regina Schultz Quinn and Mark Quinn. She was a member of Holy Family Church and the Altar and Rosary Societies.

She is survived by her husband, James H. Myers, and the following children: Sister Mary Corrine of Pittsburgh; James H. Jr., Kenneth Francis, Richard ' Paul, Thomas Joseph, Rosemary, Frederick L. Regina Alice, Kathleen, Joseph and John, all at home. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. Frank Elizabeth) Schisler, Mt. Washington.

Friends will be received at the Stader Funeral Home beginning Friday. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. A requiem high mass will be conducted at 9 a.m. Monday in Holy Family Church. Interment will be in St. Vincent Cemetery.9


She was buried on 21 March 1960 at Saint Vincent Cemetery, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1,7

Compeller's Notes:
Birth: Her obituary lists her birthdate as 6 November 1918, but her death certificate lists it as 18 November. I have used the official document.

Children of Regina Alice Quinn and James Hilary Myers

Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. Census Bureau. 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  3. Census Bureau. 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2002.
  4. Myers, Jen "Jen Myer's Family." E-mail message to Robert A. Roy, 28 May 1999.
  5. Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 29 November 1935.
  6. Census Bureau. 1940 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2012.
  7. Department of Health, Record Group. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014.
  8. Latrobe Bulletin, "James H. "Jocko" Myers" Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 15 March 1990.
  9. Latrobe Bulletin, "Mrs. Regina Quinn Myers" Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 17 March 1960.