The Killion, Quinn and Hand Families of Port Macquarie and Kempsey and their Feeney Family

Charles was born on 29 June 1890 in Kempsey, NSW.  He was the oldest of the twelve children of Annie Quinn (nee Seward) and her husband, Thomas was the grandson of Jane Feeney and Thomas Seward.  You can read more about Annie and her family HERE .  Charles followed in his father's footsteps and became a tailor.   In 1924, Charles married Elizabeth Bella Sanders.  They had four children.  This photo is from the collection of their daughter, Betty, who still lives in Kempsey.   Their three sons were Charles (1925 to 1994), Bede (1926 to 1991) and Thomas (1934 to 2015). Elizabeth died in 1940 when their youngest child, Thomas, was just 6.  Charles died on 21 October 1960 and is buried with Elizabeth at West Kempsey Cemetery. There must have been a special connection between Charles and my grandmother, Essie, and her brother and sister, Frank and Rene, who lived in Sydney.  Here's his signature from a card sent to Rene at the start of World War 1. W

Last October, we were approached to write an article on our many times great-grandmother and great-aunt, Jane Feeney.  Jane's story is the ninth in a Famine Orphan Series to be published.  Click  HERE  to read the article.