John Edward McKay (1872 - 1961)

Born 23 Sep 1872 in High Bluff, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Kate Fay (McLeod) McKay — married 2 Sep 1897 in Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada

Died 26 Nov 1961 at age 89 in Belbutte, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

John was born in 1872.^[1] He was the son of Angus McKay and Maria Good and was born shortly after his parents arrived in Manitoba. He spent his first few years in Portage la Prairie and then on a homestead near Minnedosa, Manitoba. John and his parents moved to Dunseith, North Dakota bout 1885 where they started homesteading near the town. John married Kate Fay McLeod^[2] and had 10 children with her. John farmed a small homestead in Hillside township, Rolette, North Dakota and the family lived in Dunseith while the children went to school. John had a blacksmith business there. He and his wife moved to Canada in 1910, living initially with Kate's father in Kennedy, Saskatchewan where John established a blacksmith business in nearby Langbank. Shortly after that, about 1912, they moved to Radville, Saskatchewan and John continued to work as a blacksmith. He remained in Radville until his mother Maria died in 1939 and then moved north to join sons who lived near Belbutte, Saskatchewan. He had a blacksmith business at Bapaume, Saskatchewan for a time and then moved to Belbutte where some family lived. He passed away in 1961.^[3]

Sources

1881 Census of Canada, Manitoba, Manitoba Extension, Western Extension - Angus McKay, age 42 [1]

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 7 April 2016, John E. McKay Gilbert, Rolette, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,160.

1916 Census of the Prairie Provinces, Saskatchewan, Weyburn, Laurier original image online at Library and Archives Canada [3]

Prairie Past and Mountain Memories: A History of Dunseith, N.D. 1882-1982. Imprint Dunseith, N.D. 1982. p. 73 (Jack (John II) McKay)

Radville-Laurier: The Yesteryears published in late 1970s. online at [4]. p. 184-185. "The John E. McKay family"

Links with the Past Belbutte Bapaume. 1980 Published by the Belbutte-Bapaume History Committee, p. 92 "John E. McKay" online at [5]

1. ↑ Birth date from several sources, noted, but there is a baptismal record for him in the United Church Archives at the Manitoba Genealogical Society. He was baptized January 4, 1876 at Portage la Prairie, along with his sister Christina and his brother William Angus, all children of Angus and Maria McKay
2. ↑ Manitoba Genealogical Society United Church Archives Marriage records, Charge: Deloraine, Years: 1897-1908, Municipality: Winchester, Church: Methodist, Sept. 2, 1897, John McKay, bachelor, Dunseith, N.D., age 24, born Manitoba, Canada, Occupation: Blacksmith, Presbyterian, son of Angus McKay and Maria Good and Kate Fay McLeod, spinster, Dunseith, N.D., born Gladstone, Manitoba, age 18, Presbyterian, daughter of John McLeod and Annie McDonald
3. ↑ McKay family archives