McKay Family info.

[Roecoyle]

Would love to hear from any decendents of the McKay family or anyone with info off them.They were from Tyrie Aberdeen/and Fraserburgh.
William McKay (MARRIED)Mary McKay (ms)Wilson probably in Fraserburgh  ,,there son was,
William McKay(B)about 1842 died1887 married  1864 Ann McKay(ms)Riach(B)1844 died1888 her parents were John Riach and Isobella Riach (ms) Glennie, there children were =
Mary Ann McKay (B)1864
Jane                        1866
David                       1868
Elisabeth                 1870
John                         1872
William                      1874
Catherine                  1877
Elisa                          1879
Isabella                    1881  Died 1887 aged 5 yrs
Maggie                    1883(my grandmother).
Any help would be very much appreciated .
                    Roe

[runningbear]

hi pal,

william mckay married mary wilson 17/2/1839 fraserburgh

all mckay children born fraserburgh

margaret-1839
william-1841
elizabeth-1843
david-1845
catherine-1847
mary-1848

1841 census- caroline street, fraserburgh

william-age 30-labourer
mary-age 20
margaret-age 1
william-age 3 months


1851 census- manse street, fraserburgh

william-age 40-carter- born halkirk, caithness
margaret-age 11
william-age 9
elizabeth-7
david-4
catherine-3
mary-2


no sign of mary wilson, hope some kind soul can find the family on the 1861 census to see if she is there.


Joe

[Roecoyle]

Hi Joe, Sorry but my info is out of date,I found William McKay
and Mary Wilson on the 1841 and 1851 census.
Also William died 22.11.1856 in Manse St Fraserburgh.
Mary Wilson must have died between 1848 and 1851 as
she wasn`t on the 1851 census and William was a
widower when he died.As yet can`t find a death cert
for Mary or where there young family went after
William died.  Are you researching the McKay or Wilson
tree`s? If i can help with any info please let me know.
  Kind Regards,  Roe.

[runningbear]

hi pal,

sorry but i am not researching the mckay family, i came across your post and noticed that you had no response, i thought i would bring it to light again, for we have so many guests at the moment i was hoping that someone might connect if they saw the details.

have you posted a request for the children on the 1861 census? mary catherine and david have to be somewhere??

maybe you can ask if there is any rootschatters who live in fraserburgh and know the location of the nearest graveyard/parish to manse street, if you do not ask, you will never know.

still searching

Joe

[runningbear]

here my friend,

this might be worth checking out!!

found a marriage for william mckay to ann riach on the 22/5/1864, new pitsligo, aberdeen.

all mckay children born in new pitsligo

mary ann- 19/8/1864
jane-24/5/1866
david-26/5/1868
elizabeth-5/4/1870
john-28/5/1872
william-19/5/1874

bit of a long shot i know!!!

still searching

Joe

[Roecoyle]

Wow, got them they are my grandmothers  (Maggie Lawrence Elphinstone McKay) siblings.
I see on the death cert for William (1856) he is buried in
Kirktoun Church Yard, Fraserburgh.
Also found David McKay (William`s son) married to
Jane Logie 16.8.1865 in Rathen, Aberdeenshire. They
went on to have 9 children.
Jane Logie McKay 1865. New Pitsligo
John McKay            1866 ;         ;Died 1867
David Forsyth McKay 1868  ;    ;
Agness Logie McKay  1871   Rathen
Christain Catto McKay  1873   :
Catherine McKay          1875    :
Mary McKay                    1877  ;
Wiliam Watt McKay       1878    ;
John McKay                   1880
 Thanks so much for the inspiration to keep at it . Roe

[runningbear]

wonderful wonderful stuff, my friend.

now you keep posting your results as there might be a connection somewhere down the line.

Joe

[Roecoyle]

Re my previous post regarding William McKay and Mary Wilson.
Just found in the Scotslands People site(Catholic Parish Registers)
a birth for Mary Wilson wife of William McKay  as follows=
Mary Ann Wilson, 30.04.1820.
Father James Wilson.
Mother Jane Ferrier.
Reg St Marys with St Peters. Catholic Parish Register.
Dist St Nicholas, Aberdeen.

[mckay734]

I have been looking for my Great grandfather, Robert S. McKay for the better part of 60 years.  It is said he was born in Fraserburgh, October 13, 1813.  However, there is absolutely no record of Robert there.  It appears as though he left Fraserburgh before the 1841 census.  His middle name was, according to his obituary, STEPHENSON. I am beginning to wonder if Robert may have been adopted or fostered out to a Stephen or Stephenson family.  I have found a James MacKay who married Elizabeth Stephen Oct 30, 1803 in Tyrie. I believe there is a family here somewhere, but I cannot prove it
According to Robert's biography, which he wrote he wrote for an OHIO USA County history; he left Aberdeenshire around 1836 to go to Manchester, England—I assume for work.  He was a stone mason and Manchester was in the middle of the industrial revolution, and building was a major occupation of masons.  In Manchester he married Emma Hurst/Hirst around 1845, and they had a child William Wallace McKay born 1845.  The only record I can find of this family in Manchester is William’s birth record. Again Robert left Manchester before the 1851 census.
Robert went to Springfield, Ohio USA, in 1848.  He was followed by an Archibald C. McKay in 1854.  Archibald was a shoemaker who had married Jessie McBeath sometime around 1848. They had two children, a daughter Jessie b.1850 and a son Alexander Stephen b. 1848., who went with them to Springfield.  Like Robert I can find no record of Archibald in Freaserburgh except on the 1851 census.  He is on the 1860 census in Ohio.  There is no record of the relationship of Robert and Archibald in either Fraserburgh or Springfield. 
Does anyone have any information on Elizabeth Stephen, who married in 1803 to James MacKay b. 1784, Robert Stephenson McKay b. 1813, or Archibald McKay b. 1808?  Does this story ring a bell with anyone? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
David