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Elizabeth McQueeney, birth name Elizabeth Graham, was born on January 26, 1869 just after the end of the U.S. Civil War to Richard Graham (1839-1922), born in Ireland, and Winifred Graham (1857-1928). She had sixteen siblings and three half-siblings and grew up in Blanchard, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Graham married Bernard McQueeney (1862 - 1911) on April 15, 1889 and they had at least 7 children: Leo B., Joseph J., Clarence R., Mary "Marie" K., Elizabeth, Dorothy, and the youngest, Lawrence G. McQueeny. She spent the majority of her life in Elgin, Illinois, and lost her husband Bernard on November 28th, 1911 in a 'grade crossing accident' in Elgin. See Elizabeth McQueeney: Obituary. After becoming a widow, she lived with her son Graham (age 26 at the time) in Elgin, Illinois. Graham was a "watch worker" in a watch factory. The popular 1950's show "Wagon Train" had an episode about "Elizabeth McQueeny" played by Bette Davis who had the same name, but was not a true story about her life. See "Elizabeth McQueeny" in the television show "Wagon Train". The real Elizabeth McQueeney passed away on December 15, 1941 in Elgin, Illinois. See the grave of the historical Elizabeth McQueeney at Elizabeth Mcqueeney Tombstone.

Mary Mcqueeney of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa was born on June 29, 1876, and died at age 90 years old in December 1966.

Frank Abagnale Jr is best known for his early years where he was an extremely successful con-artist. He impersonated being an airline pilot for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), a teaching assistant, a physician, an attorney and other roles. All while he forged and cashed over $2.5 million worth of bad checks in every state of the union and 26 foreign countries during a period of about five years. Fun fact, Frank's first scheme was actually pulled on his father when he used the gas credit card his father gave him to assist in commuting to his first part-time job to purchase items from the gas station and then re-sell to the attendants for cash. This resulted in a $3,400 bill (or 2020 equivalent of $29k) his father was responsible for. A number of articles published in the 1970s when Frank ran his own security company are further down this page which highlight Frank's life as he recollects his teenager days as a con artist. See: Rotary Hears Former Con Con-expert was easy man to believe Hot Check Artist on Other Side Now Of course Frank's story became very well known with the 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can" staring Leonardo Dicaprio playing the role of Frank Abagnale Jr.