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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: nick.b on Sunday 20 March 11 12:01 GMT (UK)
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hi
im new to this and was trying to get in touch with you (roecoyle) i come from the same family as yourself (mckay). I stay in aberdeenshire and have some info but probably not as much as you but would be interested in chatting with you. not sure if i am doing this the correct way but hope you receive this.
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Hi there nic.b, nice to hear from you and welcome to Rootschat, to send me a PM
(private message) you need to have made at least 3 posts on this site. But you
can communicate via this post if you like. once you have made at least 3 posts
on here then we can communicate in private if you prefer that or just go ahead
and chat here. I am excited to know in what way you are connected to the McKays.
I am always looking for ways to add to the tree and offcourse if you are just
beginning your journey i would be only too happy to share what info i have
with you. I have been researching for about 5 yrs now on and off so i have
quite a bit of info but you will learn that there is always more to find .lol.
Hope to hear from you soon. roecoyle. :)
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hiya roecoyle
glad you received my post im not the quickest with these sites, i take a while to get used to it.
My grandma who is now 86 is the daughter of alexander mcgee mckay, he was the son of catherine mckay. I have as far back as angus mckay married to mary wilson but dont have much info on them other than their son was william mckay. do you have any of these people on your tree? I doubt i will have anything that would help you but if there was i would be only to happy to share with you.
nick
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Hiya, Im not sure which Catherine we are talking about , there was a few with the same name. Who was
your Catherine married to? William McKay was married to Mary Wilson but Williams father was Angus.
Although there are a few Williams too in the family.
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Is it possible that you are talking about two different McKay families...there are a lot of us about you know! ;)
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i have angus mckay who married catherine mckay not sure if thats right. I have their son william mckay who married mary wilson. i have their son david mckay who married jane loggie. then their daughter catherine mckay is my grandma's grandmother. oh me hope that makes sence
nick
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prue are you from the same mckay's as roecoyle?
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Hiya, BINGO we have the same family.
Angus md Cath
there son William md Mary Wilson.
theres son William md Ann Riach
there daughter Maggie is my granmother.
and your correct William and Mary also had David,Catherine(your rel)
and Margaret,Elizabeth and Mary.. WOW.
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Is it possible that you are talking about two different McKay families...there are a lot of us about you know! ;)
Yes PrueM we are the same family. What were the chances of that. there are so many families of McKays.
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i know so lucky. im quite chuffed now lol
I have my sis in law helping me with my tree as im not that hot at it yet, I am going to go look at my tree and figure out where you would be in it.
nick
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Ok, my father was Angus son of Maggie.
my granny Maggie was the youngest of 10 kids.
Did your Catherine marry James Smith. ?
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no my catherine mckay married george gordon, we cant find out who my great grandad's father was. he obviously had his mothers name mckay. im kinda stuck on his father. My grandmas grandmother catherine mckay was from strichen.
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The Catherine McKay who married George Gordon in 1901was the daughter of
David McKay and Jane Logie. and the Catherine McKay who married James Smith
in 1867 was the daughter of William McKay and Mary Wilson, does that help.
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ok so your catherine was my catherine's aunt yeh? so he was my great grandad's great aunt?
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Ehhhhhhhhhh , i need to work that one out lol. who was your great grandad. ?
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my great grandad was alexander mcgee mckay his daugher, my grandma is helen mckay she has quite a few sisters.
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i dont know who alexander mcgee mckays real father was which is a shame as i doubt i will find that out.
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ok, so you have ,
Helen her father is Alex Mcgee McKay
Alex mother is Catherine McKay (Gordon) am i right.
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yes thats right. did you have them already?
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No i just had them down to Catherine md george Gordon 1901
Catherine died in 1916.
I think i might have a bunch of papers some place with some
possible births for Catherine? but i`m not sure ,so many ifs.
when i get time i`ll go through them and see if i can find anything
else directly related to her.
What year was Alex McGee born,
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alexander mcgee mckay was born 1st nov 1893. interested inwhere the name mcgee comes from. do you have any further back than angus and catherine?
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No sorry thats as far back as ive been able to get so far, but there are many ,many
branches to this tree as you have prob realised. I have a lot of info on the branches,
i keep branching out all over the place lol. I don`t recall the name McGee but it is most
probable that McGee was Alex fathers surname as was often the case if the mother
was unmarried. Its not a name within the family that i have found so far.
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ok thanks. little chance of finding his real father i guess. well its been good talking to you but i better get some sleep, im up at 6am :-\ hope to talk to you again soon
goodnight
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Ok ,nice talking to you. I think ive worked it out.
My granny and your great great granny were cousins . i thinklol.
night.
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No i think I've got it now,
My great grand father William McKay who (md Ann Riach) and
your great great great grand father David McKay who(md Jane Logie)
were brothers. ;)
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prue are you from the same mckay's as roecoyle?
Hi Nick :)
No, I don't think so (at least in as much as all us McKays are related somehow).
Cheers
Prue
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I have some McKay/Mackay ancestors I'd like to trace. I don't have much information on them though..
Hugh Mackay was born about 1760 and married Margaret ? They lived in Durness, Sutherland and had six sons.
John was born about 1807 and married Janet Gardiner. He was killed on the North West Frontier around 1840-2.
George was born in 1809 and married Anne Munro. He died in Australia in 1868.
Louis went to North America and we nothing else about him.
Don't know anything about the other three brothers.
I would appreciate a note if you come across them in your searches. :)
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