SIXTH GENERATION
Alexander MacQueen and Jane Tredic
married Aug 24, 1855

Alexander MacQueen (later McQuinn) was born in Scotland on March 24, 1837. He immigrated to Nova Scotia as a child with his family and in 1853 came to the US as a young man. He was a day laborer, then teamster, then farmer. In 1877, he was naturalized as a citizen. According to the online archives from the Ellsworth American* he died at Bar Harbor on Aug. 25, 1889:
"Mr. ALEXANDER McQUINN, age 52 years, 5 months."

 Civil War Service Record:

Name: Alexander McQuinn ,  
Residence: Ellsworth, Maine
Enlistment Date: 12 December 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1047 1047
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 December 1861 at the age of 25
Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maine on 12 December 1861.
Dropped from the rolls Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maine on 03 October 1862

Civil War Pension Document
 Jane Tredic(k), daughter of William Tredick (1808?) and  Mary Thompson was born in Milo Maine Jun 16th, 1841, was married 2 months after her 15th birthday on 24 Aug 1855 in Milo to Alexander McQuinn. 

The 1900 census indicates that after Alex died, Jane went to live with her daughter Isabelle and Isabelle's husband.

She died 27 Jul 1909 in Hartland, ME, and  is
buried in Juniper Cemetary in Ellsworth Falls, Maine, with her husband.

At the time of the 1860 Census, Alex and Jane were living in Ellsworth, Maine.  Alex was 23 and Jane was 18 and they had a two year old daughter named Mary.  Oddly, Alex lists himself as having been born in Nova Scotia, though in the 1870 Census he changes to Scotland.  Alex's profession is described as Day Laborer.

On the 1870 Census, Jane is 28 and Alex is 31, which is interesting, because Jane has aged ten years and Alex only 8.  Alex is now a teamster by occupation and Jane keeps house.  The value of their real estate is $500 and their personal effects $150.  They now have 5 children ages 12, 9, 7, 4 and 6 months.


1880 Census Information from Familysearch.com:

Children were:

childMary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1858).
child John L. (1860-1860).
childCarrie L. "Lena" (1861).
childEdward A. (1863).
childIsabel A. "Annie"(1865).
child Nancy. (1868).
childAlice (1872).
childBaby
child11 i.  Arthur Leroy MacQuinn (1879).
childSarah (1881).

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