The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led.
Welcome to your CORY bed,
Or to victorie!'

fotOlS, NidIll bilCt has hlNtii w.
Welcome to your CORY bed,
Or to victorie'
In the annals of the worlds history
there is no more romantic or soul stirring
story than that of the Scottish clans.
There is nothing so picturesque as the
tartan kilt and plaid of the Scottish High
lander; nothing more inspiring than the
strains of the bagpipes whether used to
encourage disspirited troops, or to invite
the festive dance. To the Highlander
there is no name so dear as that of his
clan; no garb so grandly beautiful as
that in which his ancestors fought so
bravely and so we'll. In fancy he marches
under the banner of his chief the pipes
ring out their wild and thrilling music;
the OLD battle cry makes the mountain
tremble and the tartan is perhaps stepped
in the blood of the brave.
The origin of the Scottish clans are
somewhat shrouded in mystery, but we'll
recognized authorities state that the orig =
inal population of the Scottish Highlands
consisted of tribes occupying extensive
districts and governed by powerful chiefs.
Every member of the same tribe or clan,
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mon surname and united homage and
answering service in peace or war were
freely given to the chief. A clan was
thus a family which might have its
branches called septs or dependents. who,
though of the humblest rank claimed an
cestry with the chef.
Each Clan Has Distinctive Plaid
oil tla apIx ,.Ia
land dress in common, they had each
their distinctive tartan or plaid; their
distinctive badge-some native plant or
flower-their war cries were chosen from
some notable feature of nature in the
landscape in which they dwelt. So it
was that clansman could be readily rec
ognized by his tartans, his badge, or war
cry
Today the tartan is not symbolic of the
Highlanders alone but of Scotland as a
whole. Many are the Scottish men and
women who wear it for love of the long
gone days. 1t is a gladdening glimpse
of clan-gory that has departed, but to
the descendant of the various clans
wherever they may be, the kilt and the
plaid, the bonnet and feather, the flower
badge, or motto are proudly cherished and
revered
OF recent years the descendants of the
original clans have met from time to
time for the purpose of becoming mutu-
ally acquainted with each other and to
preserve the traditions of the elan. Espe-
cially is this true in foreign lands for
though ties to the motherland may extend
back several generations there is i'm
planted in the heart of every descendant
of the hardy Scotch pioneers that made
so much of the early history of our coun-
try a pride to ancestry and birth.
There are many native born Scotchmen
in the Birmingham district. there are
many splendid citizens born of Scottish
parents, and many men and women prom
inent in every walk of life whose name
denotes their Scottish origin claim llns hin
with the bravest and best of the war
like cheiftains of the early Scottish clans.
Trace Ancestry to Robert Bruce
Among the many notable citizens of
birmingham who can trace their gene
ology to distinguished ancestry are j. w.
Mcqueen, vice president of the Sloss-
Sheffield Steel and Iron company, and his
brother, John Mcqueen, one of the lead
ing members of the Birmingham bar.
Even further back than the chef of the
clan Mcqueen can these two gentlemen
trace their ancestry for according to rec
ognized authorities, the first chieftain of
the clan Mcqueen was a lineal descend
ant of the warlike Robert Bruce King of
Scotland.
The following is from Rentons Scottish
clans:
THE Macqueens or Clan Revan are a
Celtic race. They were of the Hebrides.
and the founder of the clan is supposed to
have been Roderick Dhu Revan Mac
Sweyn or Mcqueen In the thirteenth CEN
tury Castel Sween, in Kintyre, was oe-
cupied by the MacSweens. There were
MacSweens among the Lamont clansmen
executed at Dunoon in 1916 The ancestor
of the MacEwans was called Swene Mac
Evan. The Hebridean Macqueens were
subject to the Lords of the Isles The
Macqueens of Corryborough. an offshoot,
settled in Strathdearn. When the tenth
Macintosh married Mora Macdonald of
.Moidart, MacMulmor MacAngus
Donald MacGllandrsh came with the
bride, and settled near her new abode
John and Sweyn Macqueen signed the
Clan Chatton Bond of 1909 Captain Don
aid Macqueen, seventh of Corryborough
died in 1873 He was succeeded by his
son. Donald, captain Second Madras cav
airy who was succeeded by his brother
John Fraser MacQueen, @. c. He died
in 1881. The chiefship, but not the estate.
fell to his brother, Lachlan, of the East