This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McQueen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XI0.2ACEB/33.72.1 Message Board Post: Hello: I beleive I am decended from the Alexander McQueen you are talking about. Here is some of the information I have. The McQueen family whose letters are posted on this site lived on a farm in Sutherland's River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Daniel McQueen (1818-1894), the father of this Presbyterian family, was descended from Alexander McQueen, an illiterate labourer from the Isle of Skye. In 1778 Alexander enlisted in the 82nd Regiment of Foot raised in Scotland to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. When the war ended in 1783, his regiment was disbanded at Halifax and the soldiers were offered land in what would become Pictou County, where Scots had already begun to sink down roots. The early settlers in Pictou would be joined by more Scottish immigrants, most of them, like Alexander, Presbyterian by faith. Alexander's son Angus had 12 children, one of whom was Daniel.

Hi, My Alexander McQueen lived in PEI, Canada until 1880 and mioved to the US and died there in 1917. His grandfather was from Skye and arrived in PEI, Canada in 1803. My research requires info of those in Skye and his grandfathers's parents and siblings.that stayed there. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: <little_red_wagon@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: [McQUEEN] Re: Daniel McQueen Ruth Jenkins > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McQueen > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XI0.2ACEB/33.72.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello: I beleive I am decended from the Alexander McQueen you are talking > about. Here is some of the information I have. > > The McQueen family whose letters are posted on this site lived on a farm > in Sutherland's River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Daniel McQueen > (1818-1894), the father of this Presbyterian family, was descended from > Alexander McQueen, an illiterate labourer from the Isle of Skye. In 1778 > Alexander enlisted in the 82nd Regiment of Foot raised in Scotland to > fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. When the war > ended in 1783, his regiment was disbanded at Halifax and the soldiers were > offered land in what would become Pictou County, where Scots had already > begun to sink down roots. The early settlers in Pictou would be joined by > more Scottish immigrants, most of them, like Alexander, Presbyterian by > faith. Alexander's son Angus had 12 children, one of whom was Daniel. > > > ==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people > without permission. All posts are archived. Search by keyword: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=MCQUEEN > Browse (threaded): http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MCQUEEN > > Because messages are archived, please send personal messages, (thank > yous, etc.) to the person you are addressing, rather than to the List. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >