William was a member of the Board of School Commissioners and held the office of WM at Orange Lodge No 1308.
When William retired his son Chester took over running the farm and William moved to Cookshire.
Father: Joseph Mackay b: 15 Dec 1817 in Ireland Mother: Esther Colvin b: 1 Jul 1824 in Ireland
Marriage 1 Margaret MacRae b: 24 Oct 1845 in Quebec•Married: 2 Jan 1866 in St.Sylvestre, Lotbiniere, Quebec •Change Date: 24 May 2002 Children1.Has Children Esther Ann MacKay b: 1 Nov 1866 in Quebec, Canada 2.Has No Children Lucina M. MacKay b: 29 May 1868 in Quebec 3.Has No Children Joseph Alfred MacKay b: 1 Mar 1870 in Quebec, Canada 4.Has Children William Edmund MacKay b: 18 Jan 1872 in Quebec, Canada 5.Has No Children Christiana MacKay b: 13 Oct 1874 in Quebec, Canada 6.Has No Children Mary Alice MacKay b: 24 Dec 1876 in Quebec 7.Has No Children Harriet Hattie Lillian MacKay b: 27 Jan 1879 in Quebec, Canada 8.Has Children Arthur Theodore Mackay b: 27 Oct 1881 in East.Clifton, Compton, Quebec 9.Has Children Chester Lawrence MacKay b: 22 Oct 1883 in Quebec, Canada
gender: male birth: 20 August 1843 St.Sylvester,Lotbiniere,Quebec death: 10 October 1916 Cookshire,Compton,Quebec christening: 17 October 1843 New Ireland,Megantic,Quebec burial: 12 October 1916 Cookshire,Wolfe,Quebec marriage: 2 January 1866 St.Sylvester,Megantic,Quebec CD number: 23
Parents
father: Joseph MacKay (AFN: 3W6Q-5ZG) mother: Ester Colvin (AFN: 3W6Q-96D)
Marriages (1)
spouse: Margaret MacRae (AFN: 3W6R-L79) marriage: 2 January 1866 St.Sylvester,Megantic,Quebec Show children (9)
Submission
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contributor:dnorrie2728071 date:12/8/2000
person count:3213
Citing This Record
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9SSG-HBF : accessed 2014-04-10), entry for William J. MacKay, submitted by dnorrie2728071.
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