Brief Life History of Hugh
When Hugh McQueen was born on 15 March 1804, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John McQueen, was 21 and his mother, Isabell Jamieson, was 22. He married Margaret Murdoch in 1826, in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. He died on 27 December 1865, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 61.
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- Hugh McQueen, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Mcqueen, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Hugh Mcquean, "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
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1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.
The Visit of King George IV was organized by Sir Walter Scott two years after the Radical War ended. For the celebration of the visit, the creation of the Tartan Kilts came about and were worn by all men attending the celebration. These types of kilts have become part of Scotland's national identity.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne ‘son of Suibhne’ a byname meaning ‘pleasant’. Compare McSweeney .
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuain, a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn ‘boy, servant’, which was also used as a personal name (see Swain ). This is given as the origin of the McQueen or McSwan family of Skye, although the spellings are hard to distinguish. Compare Whan .
Americanized form of French Moquin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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