William Mackay (abt. 1849)

Born about 1849 in Canada West

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Biography

William was born in about 1849 to Donald Mackay and Margaret Broadfoot.

"Donald Mackay, a Scotchman who had spent some years in the British West Indies, on March 28th, 1834, (as recorded in his journal), "left Berbice for Demerara. April 5th, sailed for New York, where he arrived on the 11th of May. Albany on the 15th, Buffalo on the 22nd, Niagara on the 24th, Toronto the same night. Bought the farm, No. 6, in the Second Concession of the Township of Pickering for £450 Upper Canada currency. The farm contains 98 acres, 65 acres clear, 20 acres in crop. There is a log house, barn and shed for wagons, ploughs, etc." A substantial stone house was erected in 1854, said to have cost £800. It was burned down about the year 1882. His family are: Margaret, Angus (in charge of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Indian Head, Sask), Diana (Mrs. De Hart), Eliza (of Indian Head), Alexander (of Lindsay), William (deceased) and Frank." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Past Years in Pickering: Sketches of the History of the Community, William R. Wood, 1911

• Canada Census, 1871: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q8-J9L
• Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVQ-6CH