Elizabeth
(Betsey)
MacKay
Born in East Zorra Township, Oxford, Canada West
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Andrew MacKay
— married
13 Jan 1876 (to 3 Apr 1926) in East Zorra-Tavistock Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Mother of
William Frederick MacKay, Peter Albert MacKay, Charles MacKenzie MacKay M.B., Lily Munro MacKay and Elizabeth Ethel MacKay
Died
at age 83
in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
Elizabeth MacKay was born in East Zorra Township, Canada West on May 27, 1842 to Peter MacKay and Lily MacKay (Munro) both of Scotland.
Elizabeth, then 29, married Andrew MacKay, 32, on January 13, 1876 in East Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada. Witnesses at the wedding were Hugh McKay of Woodstock, Ontario, and Donald McKay of Strathallan, Ontario.[1]
Elizabeth and Andrew had 4 children, Peter Albert MacKay, Charles MacKenzie MacKay, Lily Munro MacKay, and Elizabeth Ethel MacKay.
They lived at 43 Vansittart Avenue, Woodstock, Ontario for many years. Elizabeth passed away there at the age of 80 on April 3, 1926 from arteriosclerosis.[2]
She rests in section 4 at Woodstock, Presbyterian Cemetery on Vansittart Ave in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39R-QBM?cc=1784216&wc=3N7T-6TL%3A1584309303%2C1584313101%2C1584314301 : 28 May 2015), Marriages > 1875 > no 5717-9074 > image 468 of 1438; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-NQP9-4JC?cc=1307826&wc=3LK7-PTL%3A1584243504%2C1584243801%2C1584243802 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1926 > no 24863-27821 > image 775 of 1557; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Record number: 026391
- See also: Find A Grave: Memorial #221278001
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