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- 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.
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Clarke - Lester Families
1846 - 1904 (57 years)