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...
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... The children born to William McQueen and wife were: Alexander Burns...
Alexander Burns McQueen was born Aug. 13, 1855, at Ruthven, and was two years of age when the family settled on Lot 259, T.R.S., and upon this property he grew to manhood. At the age of sixteen years, the death of his father forced him to take charge of affairs, and he completed the clearing of the property, doing about fifty acres himself. Later, he rented the farm, and removing to the Pike in Malden, he engaged in hotel keeping. This business he continued for about fourteen years, and he was also engaged in the same line of business at Harrow, Ont. In 1888 he returned to his farm, a property which has been in the family since it was drawn from the government by his grandfather, John W. Wigle, who took out the patent. Since returning to it Mr. McQueen has carried on general farming, and in 1899 he built a handsome brick house. In addition to carrying on his farming operation he runs a threshing machine.
In 1877 Mr. McQueen married Miss Mary Grondin, who was born on Grosse Ile, daughter of Edward and Madeline (Allean) Grondin. Mr. Grondin was a native of Montreal, and came with his parents to Amherstburg many years ago. His wife died May 14, 1885. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. McQueen were: Laura Belle born Oct. 11, 1877, died Jan. 16, 1878, aged three months; William Edward, born March 27, 1879, died Dec. 17, 1880, aged twenty-one months; Ada May, born Oct. 16, 1882; Mary Madeline, born Nov. 9, 1884; Stella, born March 6, 1887; Myrtle Eva, born Sept. 27, 1889; Nora Louisa, born Nov. 6, 1891; Wilfred Balfour, born Aug. 27, 1894; Ella Gertrude, born Dec. 25, 1897.
Mr. McQueen is one of the most highly respected and enterprising farmers and business men of this locality, and has won the full confidences of those who have had relations with him by his upright manner of dealing. His family is one of which any man may well feel proud, and his young people are prominent socially.
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William Edward
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Laura Belle McQueen 1877-1878
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