johan mckay

[jowall84j]

hi everyone....

ive hit a massive brick wall and getting disheartened with it all.  My name is johan wallace and i live in glasgow im trying to find information on a johan mckay born in durness around 1879, her mother was called margaret mckay and on her birth certificate it says she was illegitimate but however on johan mckays wedding certificate to hugh bain it says she has a dad called john mckay who had died sometime before 1906.  I know johan came down to glasgow around 20 for work and that is where she met hugh bain, im desperate to get some info on the woman im named after.

any help would be amazing thanks

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

Does the marriage cert show her mother as Margaret McKay without any maiden name?

If so - it's likely she made up a fathers name when she married so as to appear "respectable" - happened a lot back then

[marymog]

1881 census of scotland

We have a Dolina Mackay Age:   62
Head of the household born Durness , Sutherlandshire
living in Durness in a house called Durine
her occupation is    Farmer (Crofter( (2acres Arable)

living with her son  Donald aged 29 he is an Ag lab cum Fisherman
Her Daughter Maggie aged 23 who is a domestic servant, and grand daughter Johan aged 1

in 1891 same story only two more grandchildren,
Donald aged 7 and Eric aged 3

in 1901 Donald Mckay is head of household
Maggie is his sister, she is now a Housekeeper(domestic)
Johan is his niece and the other two children(nephews) are called surname Mcculloch Donald mccolloch aged 18 and Eric Mccolloch aged 14

I wonder if Maggie is working for somebody called mcculloch!!

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[CaroleW]

Might be worth a peek at one of the McCulloch boys birth certs

[marymog]

strangely enough the only Mccullochs in Durness are

Thomas Mcculloch age 44 a Crofter, living with his sister Christina age 57 his niece Katie age 32 and grandnephew Hector age 1

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[marymog]

1871 same address

Dolina, with children Donald age 21, Eril aged 19 Margaret age 14 and Angus aged 12

1861 same address

Father Donald age 48 Tenant of land, Wife Dolina,

children

Keneth Mackay age    13
Donald Mackay   age 10
Eric Mackay age   7
Georgina Mackay    age 6
Margaret Mackay    age 4
Angus Mackay age   3

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[marymog]

1851

same address Donald is a joiner age 36/ Wife Dolina

children the ages are a bit weird, cant see the actual images, only the transcription. I would imagine someone has made a bodge up

Johanna Mckay    age  8
Donald Mckay age    25
Erico Mckay age   14
George Mckay  Grandfather age   36
Flora Mckay Aunt age 50

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[jowall84j]

hey everyone

thankyou for your responses, i got the donald mcculloch birth certificate his dad was john mcculloch and he married a susan in glasgow however donald was born in oban???

im getting very frustrated with this family member

[marymog]

There is a Donald Mcculloch from Oban living in Glasgow on the 1901 census. Two different people on two different returns.

The Donald Mckay(Mcculloch) one dosent seem to be him. If he had a birth cert it would more likely be under the name Mckay(Mackay). It looks obvious that they were born Mckay. On scotlands people there are 2 hits for Donald Mckay in 1884, and 2 in 1885. and one for Eric in 1888 in Durness.

Another thing to do is to search out the 1911 census, see what Margaret(Maggie) is doing, maybe she moved in with Thomas Mcculloch.

There is a Canadian WW1 sign up for a Donald Mackay, from Durness birth date(2 Feb 1885) The problem with the Mckay name is its like Jones and Smith in England, very common name. which could lead to confusion,

step 1 is to get the correct birth cert, then compare dates, see if it is the same fella.

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