Here is a good site for general background on Clan MacQueen. Type in Clan MacQueen on any search engine and you can read for days. http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macquee2.html Don Queen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Peduzzi" <joan.peduzzi@lineone.net> To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 10:48 PM Subject: [QUEEN] Agnes Queen > Hello everyone, > > I am a new member of this list and I would like to ask for some help please. > > My g.g.grandfather, Richard Griffin, was married in Neilston, Renfrewshire, > Scotland in 1849. > > According to the 1871 census he was born in Ireland abt.1830. > > His death certificate showed his parents as Michael Griffin (Farmer)and > Agnes Griffin ms.Queen. > > The death certificate of his brother Michael, who died on 22nd September > 1856 aged 21yrs., gave the parents as Michael Griffin(Farm labourer) and > Mary Ann Griffin ms.Queen. > > This is all the information I have. > > Someone on the list mentioned recently that the name was originally McQueen > and that they came from the Isle of Skye. I was told by a distant cousin > that my Grandfather's family came originally from Skye but I had found no > evidence of this. > > Could anybody let me have a "potted history" of the Queen/McQueen Clan or > tell me where I can find one please? > > I note that there are only three 'Queens' on the "index to Griffith's' > Valuation". > > Many thanks > > Joan Peduzzi > Manchester, England > > > ==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== > Visit Carol's homepg to view old Queen documents: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6587/Qdoc.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >