The Akron Quines visit the Isle
of Man , 1909
In July and August of 1909 Harry S. Quine and his wife Sarah Jahant Quine
visited the Isle of Man. With them on
their journey were Bess Quine, Harry’s sister, and Robert S. Quine, father of
Harry and Bess.
Robert S. Quine was born in Kirk Bride, near Andreas,
Robert was the son of Robert Quine and Eleanor Stanford. He had seven brothers and sisters, all born
on the
Eliza Quine 1851 –1929 (Eliza O’Neil)
Joseph Robert Quine 1854-1899
John James Quine 1856-1939
Elizabeth Quine 1858-1927 (Betsy
Shimmin)
William Stanford Quine 1861-1927
Thomas Henry Quine 1864-1947
Harriet Ann Quine 1866-1934 (Harriet
Crellin)
The family was employed in tenant farming at the time Robert S. Quine left
home.
The letters below from Harry and Sarah in 1909 tell the story of their
visit. Robert Quine had left home before
the last 3 of his sibling were born, so the trip was a special family
reunion. The letters tell of all the
surviving brothers and sisters of Robert.
The two sisters, Betsy Shimmin and Harriet Crellin, hosted the Quines
and fed them copious amounts of tea and Manx seafood. Harry mentions in a
letter that except for John’s beard, the brothers John and Robert looked as
much alike as twins. At the August family
reunion in Peel there were three sisters and two brothers, William and John.
The sister Eliza came over from
Harry was a writer for the newspaper The
Letters
from the Isle of Man
Letters, July 5, 6, 1909. This letter tells of the voyage to
Letter July 10, 1909. This letter describes the ferry ride to the
Letter July 18, 1909 This
letter was sent to me by Suzanne Quine Maltin in Austin TX. It was
passed to her from a great aunt in
Letters August 2, 4, 1909 These letters tell of the return of Harry and
Sarah to Peel after visits to
Letter to Akron Times Probably Harry Quine helped finance the trip
by writing accounts of his travel for the newspaper he worked for, The Akron Times. This is a letter he wrote about the Isle of
Man.
Photos
from Isle of Man
These photos were taken by Harry S. Quine in 1909. They were copied from the scrapbook of my
father, John R. Quine. The annotations
are his.
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A view of Peel in 1909. The train
station where the Quines arrived can be seen on the right. The train no longer
runs from
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A photo of a
carriage ride take by Sarah Quine, Bess Quine, Harriet Quine Crellin, Betsy (
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One of Harry’s goals on this trip to the Isle of Man,
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A closeup view of
the Manx cottage where Robert Quine was born. Map
(online, interactive) to location of this cottage. Map
(offline). The building still stands with additions. It is called Oatland Bungalow. Current photo
of Oatland Bungalow with Jack Quine and Jennifer Quine standing in front of
it. The location was found thanks to a
tip from Nigel Crowe.
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This building
still stands near Andreas near where Robert Quine was born. Map
to location of this building (online, interactive). Map (offline)
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This is a picture of the family reunion in Peel mentioned in the August
letter. Many of the people were
identified by my father from discussion with relatives. All of Robert Quine’s
siblings except Joseph (deceased) and Thomas are in this photo.
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Bess Quine, Robert Quine, Joe
Crellin, Harry S. Quine Jr., Sarah
Quine, Harry S. Quine after their return from the Isle of Man in 1909.
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This material is from the keepsakes of Sarah Quine
recovered by her son John R. Quine. It was compiled by Jack Quine (John R.
Quine, Jr.), a grandson of Harry S. Quine.
See also the writing and photos of Harry
S. Quine from his visit to Ireland.
Jack Quine
2408
quine@math.fsu.edu