While sorting through another box of family belongings, I came across an old photo album. The pictures had been collected by my husband Bill's father, William V. "Bill" Hickey (born in Minneapolis in 1907).

At right Bill (Sr.) is pictured with his sister, Julia Rose (born 1909).

Some later photos came from a trip Bill (Sr.) took with his mother to visit relatives in Montana in June 1932. Thank goodness he had the good sense to write captions describing the photos! wish I'd seen this photo several years ago when I started researching the Quinn siblings. 

   When you look closely, you can read what he wrote:

         WILL    MA     ROSIE     MARY  

           BILL     FRANK    EUNICE

The picture was taken while "MA" (Catherine Quinn Hickey, born 1873) was visiting her sisters. Mary (born 1870) and Rose (born 1874), who both lived near Ronan, Montana. Mary was married to William Scott; they had no children of their own but adopted William's great-niece, Eunice (born 1918), when she was very young. Rose's husband, Tom Fisher, may have snapped the picture; the Fishers were also childless. In fact, although ten Quinn siblings survived to adulthood, Catherine's children (Bill and Julia Rose Hickey) had only two cousins on the Quinn side. One was the adopted Eunice Scott.

I eventually figured it all out, but this picture with names documented would have been a wonderful hint about who they were. Standing from left: William Scott, Catherine Quinn Hickey, Rose Quinn Fisher, and Mary Quinn Scott; front from left: Bill Hickey (Sr.), (the dog) Frank, and Eunice Scott

Bill and Julia Rose's only true biological Quinn cousin was James, son and namesake of Catherine's oldest brother. If you've been following this blog,  you've heard about my fervent search for James Quinn and his descendants.