1881 Missing William McKay

[amondg]

No. Where in Burnley

[Pendlewitch67]

No. Where in Burnley

Charles died in Manchester 1871.

Are you researching this family too?

[Pendlewitch67]

This one is a probable: Name   William Mc Kay
Sex   Male
Age   48
Birth Year (Estimated)   1833
Birthplace   Scotland
Marital Status   Single
Occupation   Clock Stringmaker
Relationship to Head of Household   Boarder
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1881
Event Place   Openshaw, Lancashire, England
Event Place (Original)   Openshaw, Lancashire, England
Line Number   1
Page Number   16
Piece/Folio   3907/84
Registration Number   RG11

Says he is Single but he might have considered himself so
Ray

I am now fairly certain this could be my William.

He was the witness to the 1879 marriage of Hartley Sargison in Collyhurst with whom he was boarding with in 1881 in Openshaw. I am yet to compare signatures of William but in 1880 Hartley was in Burnley to witness his twin sister's wedding. Bit too much of a coincidence. I will delve further into this connection.

Update:

This is definately my William. I can only speculate on his relationship to Hartley and his movements between Burnley and Collyhurst/Openshaw. Perhaps after the death of his wife and his children marrying off he went away to work. Perhaps he was only visiting Collyhurst for the wedding of Hartley whom he may have met in Burnley and decided to move there for work. I may never know.

[Radcliff]

Fanny Sarginson was illegitimate , Hartley did indeed witness this marriage,
it has no name for father recorded when she married Joseph Smith,
 her fathers name was removed but she named him as Wright Procter


Wright Procter was also Hartleys father according to his marriage

[jonwarrn]

Burial of William McKay in Burnley, 7 March 1888
Age 52, Whip String Maker
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-KY62

[Pendlewitch67]

Burial of William McKay in Burnley, 7 March 1888
Age 52, Whip String Maker
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-KY62

Thank you 😁