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Christine MacKay (abt. 1799 - aft. 1891)

Christine (Christy) MacKay aka McKay
Born about in Talladale, Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotlandmap
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Died after after about age 92 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Biography

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Christy MacKay was born in Scotland.

Christy (Christine or Christian) was born about 1799 (according to the 1871 Canada Census for Nova Scotia which listed her age as 72[1]), probably at Talladale, Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotland. She was the second to last daughter of John MacKay and Miss MacRae.

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Christy MacKay migrated from Scotland to Nova Scotia.
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She emigrated in June 1805 from Stornoway, Lewis and Harris on the Sir Sydney Smith to Nova Scotia[2] at the same time as her parents, brothers and sisters except for one.

She never married and had no known children.

In 1871 she was living with her two sisters, Catharine (88) and Annabella (72) , next to her sister's son, Alexander Fraser at New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia[1][3]. She was aged 70, born in Scotland, and was of the Church of Scotland religion.

She lived her last years with her brother "Squire" John’s widow Lillias (87), being with her and her daughters Margaret (60) and Christy Sarle (67) at New Glasgow, Pictou in 1891[4][5]. She was then aged 93.

She died after 1891 but before 1901 as she was not found in that Census.

Research Notes

No record has been found for her in the 1881 Census. This is probably not her aged 84 in 1881 living at Rogers Hill, Pictou with Maria McKay a weaver[6].

Civil registration of deaths in Nova Scotia occurred between 1864 and 1877, then restarted in 1908, so there is no registration for her death.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.. RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: C-9888 to C-9975, C-9977 to C-10097, C-10344 to C-10388, C-10390 to C-10395, to C-10540 to C-10570. Year: 1871; Census Place: New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10561; Page: 17. Accessed 28 Mar 2022
    Christy Mckay (72) in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia. Born in Scotland.
  2. Pipers Mackay Accessed 22 May 2020
  3. "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48R-7HW : 19 March 2021), Christy McKay in household of Catharine McKay, New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Accessed 29 Mar 2022
  4. Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427. Year: 1891; Census Place: New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; Roll: T-6319; Family No: 238. Accessed 28 Mar 2022
    Christy Mckay (93), single lodger in household of Lillis Mckay (87) in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born in Scotland.
  5. "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW27-PGN : 3 August 2016), Christy Mckay, New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148121. Accessed 29 Mar 2022
  6. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/about-census.aspx. Year: 1881; Census Place: Rogers Hill, Pictou, Nova Scotia; Roll: C_13175; Page: 32; Family No: 139. Accessed 28 Mar 2022
    Christy McKay (84) in Nova Scotia. Born in Scotland.




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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christy:

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