John
Nelson
(Nelson)
McKay
Born in Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of William McKay
and Lucy (Cunningham) McKay
Brother of
George Herbert McKay, William Cunningham McKay, Jessie Muriel (McKay) Hills, Lucy May McKay, Nathaniel McKay, Nellie Elsie (McKay) Kelsey and Arthur David McKay
Husband of
Ottilie Alma (Brauer) McKAY
— married
1925 in Victoria Australia
Father of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)] and John Arthur McKAY
Died
at about age 69
in Malvern, Victoria Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Apr 2016
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Biography
He was the son of William McKay and Lucy Cunningham.[1] Known as Nelson in the McKay family but Jack by his wife and her family.
Nelson was a Merchant Marine in his youth. When he finished with sailing the world he took over Johnson’s Tyne Factory and established ship salvage company in South Melbourne with financial help from H.V.McKay and Sir William Angliss. His first purchases were retired ships from the Dutch Navy and The Cerberus which was decommission and sold in 1924. The Cerberus shell remained in the Maribyrnong River until Nelson convinced the Sandringham Council to sink it in Half Moon Bay where it still rests.
Nelson McKay married Tilly BRAUER in 1926. They had two children, daughter Dorothy Linda and son John Arthur.[2]
He died at his home in Embling Road Malvern in 1961, aged 68 y.o.[3][4]
Research Notes
- Possibly named after John Nelson Darby an influential figure among the original Plymouth Brethren and the founder of the Exclusive Brethren
Sources
- ↑ Victorian Birth certificate #35287 1892 Numerkah
- ↑ Family knowledge of ~~~
- ↑ Victorian Death Certificate #944 1961 Malvern
- ↑ PROV Wills file#569/873 1961
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