Elizabeth McKee (abt. 1851 - 1867)

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Biography

Elizabeth McKee was born in early 1851 at Kilrea in county Londonderry. She was the daughter of Robert McKee, a butter dealer in Kilrea, and Elizabeth, his wife.^{[1] [2]}

When Elizabeth was a newborn infant, her family was enumerated in the 1851 census:

• Robert and Elizabeth McKee, married 1835, with children:
• Mary, age 14 years [born c.1837]
• Robert [jun.], age 11 years [born c.1840]
• Ann, age 8 years [born c.1843]
• John, age 5 years [born c.1846]
• Clerka [Clark], age 2 years [born c.1849]
• Eliz H [Elizabeth H.], age 1 month [born late 1850 or early 1851]
• census place: town of Kilrea, parish of Kilrea, barony of Loughinsholin, county Londonderry. ^[1]

On 17th March 1867, Elizabeth McKee died at Kilrea in her seventeenth year.^{[3] [4]} The Belfast News-Letter noticed the death:

M'Kee—March 17, at the residence of her father, Coleraine Street, Kilrea, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Robert M'Kee, aged 16 years. ^[5]

Her body was buried in the churchyard of Kilrea First Presbyterian. The gravestone at the family plot is inscribed as follows:

      McKEE

Erected by Robert McKee in the memory of his son Clark McKee

who departed this life 17th Aug 1863 aged 15 years

Also his on John who died Jany 4th 1867 aged 21 years

Also his daughter Elizabeth died March 17th 1867 aged 16 years

Also his daughter Ann who died May 2nd 1868 aged 25 years

Elizabeth McKee mother of the above named children

died 29th Dec 1879 aged 64 years

Also her husband Robert McKee died 15th Jany 1881 aged 80 years

In loving memory of Margaret A McKee died 12th Jan 1967 aged 90 years. ^[4]

Research notes

• Estimated year of birth:—inferred from the age recorded in the 1851 census ^[1] and the death notice.^[5]
• This profile is part of a longer-term project, conducted by Kilpatrick-1128, to catalogue the various McKay families in the parishes of Kilrea and Tamlaght O'Crilly, county Londonderry. (2022-07-23)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ireland 1851 Census. "Extract from Census Return of 1851." Extract: father and mother: Robert and Sarah Jane McKay. Residence in 1851: Town Kilrea, Parish Kilrea, Barony Loughinsholin, County Londonderry. Record in Treasure L 25/12. Marr'd. 1835. Children Mary 14 yrs, Rob't 11 yrs, Ann 8 yrs, John 5 yrs, Clerka[?] 2 yrs, Eliz H 1 month. Note on extract form: "Found in Rob't & Elizabeth McKee." Original record: Dublin, Ireland: Microfilm of original records held at the National Archives of Ireland. Extract from Census Return of 1851. Archival ref. Application no. C/16 3415. Applicant: John McKay, address: The High Commissioner for New Zealand, 413/416 Strand, London, S.C.; date of receipt: 6th June 1916. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2022-05-14). — Please note that this extract form cites the incorrect family for the applicant, John McKee, who was the son of Robert and Sarah McKay of Lislea townland in the parish of Kilrea.
2. ↑ Isaac Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland. Manchester: I. Slater, 1846. Citing the town of Kilrea, including an entry for, "M'Kee Robert, butter dealer."
3. ↑ General Register Office, Ireland. Index of Civil Registrations of Deaths. Index entry: Elizabeth McKee, aged 16 years, death registered 2nd quarter ending 30th June 1867, Ballymoney RD, vol. 6, pg. 125. Index online at Irish Genealogy, hosted by the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2022-07-22).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Kilrea First Presbyterian. Gravestone inscription for the family of Robert McKee (c.1800–1881) of Kilrea. Compiled by Helen Evans and Pauline O'Keefe, 4th August 2004; hosted online at Bann Valley Genealogy genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/ by Richard Torrens (accessed 2022-07-22).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Belfast News-Letter, 25 March 1867 (pg. 3). Death notice for Elizabeth M'Kee of Kilrea, aged 16 years, daughter of Robert Digital image online at ancestry.ca (transcript by Alison Kilpatrick, 2022-07-23).