^^

M John Sylvestor McQueen

Padres

Casamientos e hijos

Hermanos y hermanas

Notas

Nota individual

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 3-5:
McQueen William, M, Married, 28, born U Canada, Universalist, Yeoman;
Mary, F, Married, 28, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Alexander B., M, Single, 6, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Zella, F, Single, 4, born U Canada, Methodist W;
John S., M, Single, 3, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Saloma D., F, Single, 1, born U Canada, Methodist W.

1901 personal census, Amherstburg, Essex Co., ON, A1-3:
McQueen John S?, M, Married, 8 Oct 1868, 42, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Canadian, Epis, Mariner;
Ida A, F, wife, Married, 4 May 1878, 32, born Ont, origin: Irish, Canadian, Epis;
John E., M, son, Single, 17 Jan 1892, 9, born Ont, Canadian, attended school 9 months;
Gladys L., F, daughter, Single, 21 July 1894, 6, born Ont, Canadian;
Russel S., M, son, Single, 6 Aug 1896, 4, born Ont, Canadian;
Peregrine, M, son, Single, 12 Sept 1900, born Ont, Canadian.

Amherstburg Echo - 4 August 1905
Births: McQueen - In Amherstburg, on Tuesday August 1st the wife of Capt. John S. McQueen, of a daughter.

Amherstburg Echo - 21 May 1909, p.4
Births: McQueen - In Amherstburg, Tues May 18 the wife of Capt. J. S. McQueen, of a son.

Obituary, Essex Branch of OGS files:
McQueen - Ida A. (nee McCormick), 91 years, February 21, 1960 at Hotel Dieu. Late of 795 Victoria Ave, formerly of Amherstburg. Widow of John S. McQueen (1943). Dear mother of Mrs. Gladys Milligan, Riverside Dr., Riverside; Mrs. Donald Leitch (Mary), Indiana; Russell S. McQueen (Calgary); Walter H. McQueen, Toronto; and the late Capt. Earl McQueen (1957) and Peregrine McQueen (1922). 12 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren. Resting at the James H. Sutton Funeral Home, Sandwich and Gore Sts., Amherstburg. Funeral services in Christ Anglican Church, Tuesday February 23 at 2 p.m. Rev. D. S. Henry officiating. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery.

Obituary, 25 February 1960, Essex Branch of OGS files:
Mrs. John S. McQueen, a former resident of Amherstburg, died in Hotel Dieu early Sunday morning. Mrs. McQueen has been living in Windsor since 1948, broke her arm recently, the shock which followed proved fatal. She, the former Ida A. McCormick, was born on Pelee Island 92 years ago, the daughter of Peregrine and Jane Cornwall McCormick. Her husband died in 1943 at their home on Park Street, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Gray. Survivors include two sons, Russell of Calgary and Walter of Toronto; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Milligan of Riverside and Mrs. Donald Leitch (Mary) of Valparaiso, Indiana; 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. A son, Captain J. Earl McQueen died in October, 1957 and another son, Peregrine in 1922. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Christ Church, Amherstburg. Rev. D. S. Henry officiating, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Headstone Rose Hill Cemetery, Amherstburg, Essex Co., ON:
McQueen Mother Ida A. 1869 - 1960.
Father John S. 1857 - 1941.
Brother Peregrine 1900 - 1922.

Amherstburg 1796-1996, p.106-107:
Big-time professionals in the trade [bootlegging liquor] included the Captains McQueen - father John Sylvestor and sons John Earl ('Cap') and Peregrine. Better-known ships of their fleet included the old passenger steamer City of Dresden, the tug Leroy Brooks and the motor cruiser Sonora...Their big lumber tug Progresso was chartered as power for the refitted ocean freighters of Windsor liquor baron Harry Low who exported from these floating bases stationed around the Great Lakes and on the East Coast. The Lakes are famous for their November storms and in the year 1922 two such tempests on November 17th and 18th devastated the McQueeen family.
     On the evening of the 17th, the Sonora, under the command of Capt. A.L. Wilson, was returning to Belleville from a delivery to New York State. Dense fog had settled and caused the captain to lose his bearings, a problem that quickly compounded when a freak storm broke waves over the cabin and wrecked the ship against a huge boulder. The crew jumped overboard and, not knowing where the shore was, were fortunate to miss the rocks around them and reach safety.
     On November 18, 1922 the City of Dresden was near Long Point on Lake Erie, upbound for Port Huron, Michigan with a cargo of whisky when fate turned foul as pounding waves worked the oakum out of its 50-year-old seams and the pumps could not handle the inrushing water. A difficult decision had to be made by Capt. J. S. McQueen and his crew consisting of his son Peregrine, Amherstburg natives Jack McBride and engineer Ray 'Nichy' Sawyer (who had lost a leg in an earlier factory accident), James Hurst of Belleville and Harry Kerr of Detroit. The ship had to be beached in order to save the cargo but shifting reefs interspersed with deep water were a hazard in the area. Captain McQueen turned the ship landward but struck a sandbar 400 feet from shore and called for all hands to abandon ship. Twice the rough waves capsized the lifeboat of Peregrine and Sawyer. The third time it capsized, Peregrine drowned while gallantly saving the life of his friend. The others made shore and Peregrine's body was found the next day six miles down the beach. The 60-year-old Captain McQueen hung between life and death for five hours owing to exhaustion; the experience forced him into retirement. As his ship broke up, rescuers turned into scavengers claiming the cargo from the sea. The following spring, the engine and equipment were salvaged by a crew from Amherstburg comprised of Lewis Goodchild, 'Nichy' Sawyer and a young Oromond 'Ormie' Hamilton.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 215-216:
Alexander Burns McQueen, a prosperous farmer of Gosfield South, County of Essex, represents the fourth generation of the family of that name who have resided in the Dominion. The great-grandfather McQueen was a native of Scotland, and as a young man he emigrated to Canada, and was one of the first settlers of Long Point, County of Norfolk, Ont.
     Among his children was Jacob McQueen, who was born at Long Point, and there married Dorothy Mitchell... The children born to Jacob McQueen and wife were: .. William, the father of our subject...
     William McQueen was born at Fingal, County of Elgin, and was twenty years of age when his parents moved to the County of Essex. He married Mary, daughter of John W. Wigle. At the time of his marriage he first settled on the Cyrus Wigle farm near Ruthven, but at the end of the second year moved to the farm on Lot 259, occupied by our subject, but which was then a perfect jungle. Upon it he built a log house, hewed inside and rough outside, and at once began the work of clearing. In 1868 a comfortable frame dwelling succeeded the original log house. He died on this place in 1869, aged thirty-five years. The children born to William McQueen and wife were: Alexander Burns; Rosella, who married John McKinney, of Amherstburg; Saloma married James Scratch, of Kingsville; Elizabeth is the widow of Charles Whittle of Detroit, and has one son, John; William died young; James William, D.D.S., of Detroit, married Nell McCormick, and has one daughter, Irene.
...

Ver ärbol

Jacob McQueen ca 1797-   Dorothy Mitchell ca 1807-   John Wendel Wigle 1806-   Salome Fox 1806-1878
| | | |
| |
William McQueen ca 1833-   Mary Wigle ca 1833-
| |
|
John Sylvestor McQueen 1858-1943