Saturday, October 7th was the annual meeting of shareholders of Harry Quinn, Inc. Harry Quinn was my great grandfather and he was born in 1843 in Kilkeel Keel, County Down, Ireland. He grew up helping his father raise sheep and at the age of 16 he left Ireland for Australia. In 1868 he left Australia for San Francisco and eventually made his way into the Central San Joaquin Valley. He partnered with Archibald Leitch in the sheep business, married Mr Leitch's niece Katherine Robertson and settled on Rag Gulch, near Richgrove, CA.
Rag Gulch, 1988 Watercolour on paper by David Richardson
Harry and Katy Quinn had 7 children, Margaret, John, Thomas, Archibald, Cletus, Mary and Mildred. Mildred is my grandmother. 
Mildred married Bernard (Pink) Richardson and they had 2 sons:
Bernard Foster (Barney) 
and Kenneth Harry (my Dad).
Barney married Mary Jones and they had 5 children: Kenny, Patrick, Sheela, Tom and Katy. Kenny married Barbara Snider and they had 3 children: David, Beth and Sarah (Teedee). In one of those strange twists of small town life, Barney's wife Mary's sister Betty married Kenny's wife Barbara's 1st cousin Loren but that's a whole other story entirely...
Anyway, to make a long story short, when Harry Quinn died, his children formed a corporation to manage his estate. The shareholders are decendants of the seven children and we meet once a year. It's really a yearly family reunion. Here are some photos from this year's get together:
Harry Falconer and his son Tom. Harry is the son of Art and Mary (Quinn) Falconer.
Robert, Michele, Rocco and Janet (Falconer) Marrongelli (seated). Janet is the daughter of Harry Falconer, granddaughter of Mary (Quinn) Falconer.
Pam Falconer and her son Shawn and his daughters. Pam is the daughter of Murray Falconer, son of Art and Mary (Quinn) Falconer.
Ken Hurt, Betty Moreland, Larry Moreland, Mary Jo Deathridge, Dona Hurt (seated). Betty, Mary Jo and Dona are the granddaughters of Tom and Irma Quinn. Their mothers were "The Quinn Girls", Katherine, Margaret, Lois and Patricia.
Ramona Phillips and her brother John Nelson Smith. They are the grandchildren of Nelson and Margaret (Quinn) Smith. Their parents were John Nelson (Jack) and Idella Smith.
Anne Ward and Julie Bannerman. Anne and Julie are the daughters of Charlotte Quinn Bomke and the granddaughters of John R Quinn, who was the Tax Collector of LA County and ran for Governor of California
Anne's daughter Colleen
Anne's daughter Katie and Katie's son
Colleen's son with Katie's daughter
Michele, Rocco and Colleen
Here is a photo of Katheryn Quinn Richardson, daughter of Barney and Mary Richardson, granddaughter of Pink and Midge (Quinn) Richardson. I didn't get a photo of her at the meeting.
