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M Peregrine William McQueen

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History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

Index to birth record, Amherstburg, Essex Co., ON: Peregrine McQueen born 12 Sept 1900.

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.

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

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)... Interment Rose Hill Cemetery.

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.

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William McQueen ca 1833-   Mary Wigle ca 1833-   Peregrine McCormick 1831-1902   Jane Cornwall 1835-1927
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John Sylvestor McQueen 1858-1943   Ida Melinda McCormick 1868-1960
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Peregrine William McQueen 1900-1922