William McQueen

1846 - 1904  (57 years)

• Name	William McQueen
  Birth	1 May 1846	Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1904	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I115	Lester
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	James McQueen,   b. 3 Jan 1807, Dumfries, Scotland d. 14 May 1887, Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Catherine Goldie Hewitson,   b. 12 Nov 1807, Moniave, Dumfries, Scotland d. 21 Nov 1882, Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1832	Balmaclellan, New Gallowayshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Uncle Bill was a blacksmith at Kirkwall When the railway was built from the mainline down into the Okanogan, he was put in charge of sharpening the steel. He moved his wife and family there also. His nephew, John Lindsay went to work for him showing horses, after the railway was finished. Name: William McQueen Spouse Name: Alice Mulholland Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1870 Marriage Place: Wentworth County Registration Number: 8-307 Note: By matching sources, marriage locations, and marriage dates, we have determined that Alice Mulholland is the potential spouse of William McQueen Info 1901 Census McQueen William M Head M May 1 1847 McQueen Alice F Wife M Apr 3 1848 McQueen Thomas M Son S Mar 17 1881 McQueen Minnie F Daughter S Feb 12 1883 Name: William McQueen Birth Place: Beverly Ont Canda Age: 24 Father Name: James McQueen Mother Name: Catharine McQueen Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Spouse Name: Alice Mulholland Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Birth Place: Flamboro Ont Canada Spouse Father Name: William Mulholland Spouse Mother Name : Sarah J Mulholland Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1870 Marriage Place: Wentworth Marriage County: Wentworth McQueen, ? William, no dates, Sec A, [SW] Hi Kay, I found them! The lady at the cemetery office was very helpful. She printed off colour maps and used highlighter to show the best way to find the plots and even found out the names of the people in adjacent plots. I took photos which I will get to you when I'm home. Warren got the GPS co-ordinates for you, too. One plot has William and his wife Alice and his son Thomas. ERECTED BY CANADIAN ORDER WOODMEN OF THE WORLD [logo] In memory of SOV. WILLIAM McQUEEN BORN 1849 - DIED 1904 MRS. ALICE McQUEEN BORN APRIL 15TH 1847 DIED SEPT. 4TH 1901 THOMAS HEWITSON MacQUEEN (sic) 1881-1977 (Section A B/3 R6, L22; notes in their computer said WILLIAM WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH ON RAILWAY IN ONT, MARRIED TO ALICE, CAME TO BC APROX 1888 WITH SONS JAMES & WILLIAM JR. BUILDING IN THE SHUSWAP & OK RAILWAY, HAD BLACKSMITH SHOP IN KELOWNA 1893. 1899 THOMAS WORKED IN 1ST TOBACCO FACTORY. OWNED 1ST BICYCLE & GRAMMOPHONE IN KELOWNA AND HELPED PICK 1ST FRUIT EXPORTED OUT OF VALLEY. ALSO DGHT SARAH JANE. ORIGINAL RESV#/RECEIPTSNOT ENTERED DURING DATA ENTRY.) (GPS N49.8896 W119.44568) Another plot was for a child named Billy. BILLY McQUEEN OUR DARLING 1950-1952 (Section B B/6 R60 L79; notes said William Michael McQueen 1 yr 11 m 15 d) (GPS N49.8879 W119.4496) I did an internet search and think this is probably his mother: <http://classifieds.pentictonherald.ca/kelowna/obituaries/mcqueen-mary-e.-june-27-1929/C0A80180080f42E65CVTPVK38D06> I stopped in the library briefly. The microfilm of the Kelowna paper starts in July 1904. I found some information about them in a couple of local history books. Would you like me to copy these or would you already have found them? I didn't have time to note their titles as I had to run to meet Warren for coffee. I will go back tomorrow when he is in meetings. Our hotel is just up the street from where their blacksmith shop originally stood. Marion