Patricia & Dawn, Thanks for all the information you have shared. My husband's McQueen family does connect to Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield. This came as quite a surprise as I thought my husband's line was generations of coal miners. As it turns out, they had quite a different lineage. There is another researcher, Margaret, living in California and Betty living in Cheshire. We have managed to connect our various branches back to a Robert McQueen who married his first cousin Elizabeth McQueen. They were both cousins of Lord Braxfield. Eunice -----Original Message----- From: Patricia McQueen [mailto:pattymcq@comcast.net] Sent: February 20, 2006 11:39 AM To: McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McQUEEN] The family history Hello Dawn, Its nice that you have tracked your family back to 1760, I cannot do mine that far because my Grandad Owen migrated to Dublin from Liverpool late 1900s.where my Dad John was born and then me and our family. I was the only one to emigrate to the US in 1958. I was not an unfortunate famine survivor but a highly trained secretary who was offered a job in NY State. I would have gone back to Dublin but I found my husband Michel on a trip to California and we got married stayed and had a family of 3 sons. I still love Ireland but my husband is not Irish and prefers his own country of birth~ Switzerland and he goes back to visit often. I have tracked my McQueens back to Wigtown where my gggrandfather Owen was married in 1837 in Mochrum to a Copeland. I have tracked them down to Liverpool where they migrated in 1850s and my line James McQueen, electrician lived married and died in Liverpool so I have the dates places and where they lived. To go back farther before 1815 is hard. I will try Ireland but I have to know the town and county were he was born. I might try Ireland again as he may have had a father Owen as well age 60 who was in the 1841 Mochrum census. We were always told we were Scots not English so as Irish and Scots moved back and forth its hard to say where they originally came from. I know its somewhere in the Highlands but the links between are hard to find. Sorry for repeating my whole life story but necessary. Sorry I cant help with the earlier McQueens, maybe my gggggrandfather Owen was born in Ireland ca.1780 or earlier. Bty I heard about the Judge Macqueen called the Hanging Judge. At least you have him in the family heheh get it Tree hehehe..... . It should be easy to go back to the McQueens of Corrybrough as you have. Me not knowing England or Scotland well makes it harder for me to understand the place names. I have a sister living in Cheshsire long time married to a Bisset born in Scotland, I dont know places well there. Good luck Dawn. There are probably thousands of McQueens here in US but I dont even try to connect as I am the only one emigrated in my family, maybe some of the ones from Preston were related to us who knows??? Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: DAWNMACQUEEN@aol.com To: McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [McQUEEN] The family history I have been reading this developing history with great interest. I can trace my Macqueens back to about 1760 in the lowlands (Eaglesham) and I have been trying to ascertain how and why they settled there. I wondered if this followed the battle at Preston. Does anyone know? My Macqueens are tightly linked to the Stewarts and the Hamiltons who were from the lowlands. It is possible that they link to the Macqueens of Braxfield (who unfortunately prospered extremely well in the judiciary at that time) - and who were, in turn, directly linked to the Corrybrough clan chattan. I would be really interested in any help in understanding how and when Macqueens settled in the lowlands. sincerely Dawn Dawn (married to John Stewart Macqueen) ==== 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. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. 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