Patricia you will not find my John James on the 1881 census. He was bn in 1887 in Birmingham and went to Liverpool as an adult following some some spent in Llanberis (Wales). My John tells me that John James (Jim) lived in Stanley Avenue, Liverpool - certainly in the early 1920s. He does not think that there were relatives there. He believes that Jim was deployed there by the firm he worked for. But you never know! A chap called Percy Macqueen did a lot of genealogy research on the 'english' Macqueens. His work spans early history through to the end of the 1950s. When he passed on, his work was deposited at the Genealogy Society offices in London. There are about 5 big boxes there plus two bound books - one of his own family tree which starts off in Doune, and the other holding detailed notes of different groups of Macqueens in England. I have some old notes which I copied from that collection years ago (like you, it has taken me years to get this far) and have just checked through them but cannot see a Liverpool group. I will let you know if I see anything of remote interest. sincerely Dawn
Thanks Dawn, please keep in touch. I dont want to be a quitter but maybe near something new and interesting, hey theres always hope right? Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: DAWNMACQUEEN@aol.com To: McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [McQUEEN] The family history Patricia you will not find my John James on the 1881 census. He was bn in 1887 in Birmingham and went to Liverpool as an adult following some some spent in Llanberis (Wales). My John tells me that John James (Jim) lived in Stanley Avenue, Liverpool - certainly in the early 1920s. He does not think that there were relatives there. He believes that Jim was deployed there by the firm he worked for. But you never know! A chap called Percy Macqueen did a lot of genealogy research on the 'english' Macqueens. His work spans early history through to the end of the 1950s. When he passed on, his work was deposited at the Genealogy Society offices in London. There are about 5 big boxes there plus two bound books - one of his own family tree which starts off in Doune, and the other holding detailed notes of different groups of Macqueens in England. I have some old notes which I copied from that collection years ago (like you, it has taken me years to get this far) and have just checked through them but cannot see a Liverpool group. I will let you know if I see anything of remote interest. sincerely Dawn ==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== List Information: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McQueen-L.htm ============================== 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