Henrietta (Hogg) McQueen (abt. 1870 - abt. 1931)

Born about 26 Oct 1870 in West Derby, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Stewart McQueen — married 12 Dec 1894 in St. Paul's Church, Seacombe, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died about Apr 1931 at about age 60 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Henrietta was born about 1870 in Everton, Lancashire. She married James Stewart McQueen whose family were from Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland (her father John Hogg was from Dumfriesshire. They had five children. She passed away about 1931.

Henrietta always said her family were from Kilkenny - but in fact (according to the 1871 Census) her birth mother Catherine was from Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Her mother Catherine died of TB when Henrietta was only about 3 years of age, and her father John re-married to Elizabeth Whittaker.

Although Elizabeth was actually born in Madras, India, her father James Whittaker was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

Perhaps Henrietta never remembered her birth mother and thought Elizabeth was her mother, and/or only remembers her stepmother's family stories that they were originally from Kilkenny.

Coincidentally, there is actually a place named "Kilkenny Cross" on the outskirts of Castlebar, so another possibility is that her birth mother Catherine's family were from that district of Castlebar.

Sources

• Family member reported her birth date as October 26 1870. Parish records show her baptism at St. Augustines, Everton, Lancashire, England on December 11 1870. Re. date of death: her grandaughter Kathleen (Brookes) Hadikin was told that her Nana McQueen was knitting clothes for her but died before she was born in June 1931.
• Information on Elizabeth and James Whittaker from the Whittaker family tree. Researched and kindly shared by Maria Navarro