Name:  Philip Charles LaBerge

 Father:  Walter Barber LaBerge

 Mother:  Patricia Anne Sammon LaBerge

 Aunt:  Maureen Sammon Quinn

               Quinn  Family Line

The younger sister of my mother, Patricia Sammon LaBerge is Maureen Joan
Sammon Quinn.  Her husband, who passed away recently was James Edward
Quinn.  His father was William Martin Quinn who is shown in the photo below. 
His grandfather was Charles (Charlie) John Quinn who was born on 06 Nov 1849
in Garston, Liverpool, England.  He came to the the United States in 1849.
 

1819:  John Quinn is born in Galway, Ireland

1849:  On November 6th, Charlie Quinn is born in Garston, Liverpool, England.

Here is a brief biography:

BiographyOfCharlieQuinn

1869:  Charlie Quinn emigrates to the United States to
Chicago.

1873:  Strong competition between Galveston and Houston, Texas
cause the citizens of Galveston to charter the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe Railroad (GC&SF). The railroad line would reach across Texas into the
Panhandle, and across the state line to Santa Fe, NM.

1875:  On May 1, construction starts on the GC&SF commences in Galveston
and tracks were completed to Arcola by March, 1877.

1879:  On April 15, the company defaults on loans and the entire line was
sold at public auction and bought by George Sealy.

1880:  On October 24th, Charlie Quinn and Mary Jeffers are married in
Chicago, Ill.

1881:  In March, the GC&SF reaches a point 8 miles northwest of Belton. 
In June, the town of Temple, TX is founded there and named after GC&SF
Chief Engineer, Bernard Moore Temple.  Lots are put up for sale.  According to
the Quinn Family History, Charlie Quinn "accepted a grant of one-quarter
of the town site of Temple in payment in lieu of cash" for his firm's laying
of railroad beds.  He also purchased several thousand acres of land in
Galveston.

It is unknown what portion of the GC&SF Charlie Quinn's company laid
the railroad bed for, but if he was married in October 1880, one can assume
that it was the portion from Galveston to Arcola.  After the company was
bought in 1879 by George Sealy, it makes sense that the unpaid debt on
contracts like Charlie Quinn's would have been paid by granting like when
the GC&SF reached Belton (Temple) in 1881.

1889:  On August 21st, William Martin Quinn is born in Chicago, Ill.

William Martin Quinn & Henry (Harry) Michael Quinn

Henry (Harry) Michael Quinn was a child prodigy and architect in Chicago.

Here is his biography with some e-mails.  BiographyOfHarryMichaelQuinn

Shown to the right are Henry Martin Quinn and Henry (Harry) Michael Quinn.

1927:  On April 27th, James Edward Quinn is born in Chicago, Ill.

1955:  On October 1st, James Edward Quinn marries Maureen Joan Sammon.

Maureen & Jim Quinn at their winter home in Sun Lakes, AZ
in January, 2011.