Notes for: Anna D. Guynan

Anna (called Annie) Guynan (name also spelled Geenan, Guinan, deGuinan), came to the United States in 1884, arrived at New York from Queenstown, Ireland. It was thought that at one time she had worked at the Guinness family home in Ireland. She married Will Quinn, St. John's Church, Stamford, Conn., June 20, 1899. Annie came to America to be near to her sisters Mary (the first to arrive?) Margaret, and Deidre (Aunt DeeDee) who were in the employ of Mrs. Horace Havemeyer in Stamford, CT. They worked at the Havemeyer summer home "Windy Hill" there located on Palmer Hill.

Nothing is known of Annie's formal education although it was though she worked as a houseperson at the Guiness home in Ireland where she would have acquired considerable skill as a housekeeper.

See other references in the biography of William Quinn., also scrapbook. Contemporary descendendants of the Guynans under the name of Patrick and Geraldine Purcell live at Templemore, IRE and are in contact with kinfolk in the USA.