I am sending this again since it did NOT seem to go thru first time! Hi Alice I also looked at Ancestry...are you sure Alexander didn't arrive in 1850? There is an Alexander McClelland age 16 , who left Londonderry and arrived in NY May 18th 1850. His place of origin-Ireland. He sailed on the British Queen.... If you think this may be him...email me off list! Otherwise...it all depends on how you are searching. The name could definitly be miss-spelled OR mis-interpreted. He might have also lied about his age. Sue in NY