Private Michael McQueeney
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Private 5769742 Michael McQueeney
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died May 26-27th
Aged 33
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died May 26-27th
Aged 33
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The following details have been provided by Christine Wheeler who is Michael McQueeney's Great Niece
Michael was born in Sunderland to Michael and Margret McQueeney. His father Michael was a Stoker at the Gas Works who had been born in Ireland and his mother was born in Scotland. He had two brothers and three sisters, my grandfather Peter being his older brother and quite a bit older than him. Peter had left the family home by the 1911 census when Michael was four. His widowed mother was then running a confectionary shop probably at 22 Booth Street, Sunderland. His father Michael had died in 1909 of cancer of the liver. His mother died in 1923 of cardiac disease.
As I have been told, Michael was a regular soldier, but of course this could be incorrect.
I can remember visiting my great aunts in the late 1950s when Michael's widow lived with them. They then lived in Baker Street, London.
Michael was born in Sunderland to Michael and Margret McQueeney. His father Michael was a Stoker at the Gas Works who had been born in Ireland and his mother was born in Scotland. He had two brothers and three sisters, my grandfather Peter being his older brother and quite a bit older than him. Peter had left the family home by the 1911 census when Michael was four. His widowed mother was then running a confectionary shop probably at 22 Booth Street, Sunderland. His father Michael had died in 1909 of cancer of the liver. His mother died in 1923 of cardiac disease.
As I have been told, Michael was a regular soldier, but of course this could be incorrect.
I can remember visiting my great aunts in the late 1950s when Michael's widow lived with them. They then lived in Baker Street, London.