Mary (McKay) Hawhee (1896 - 1987)

Born 10 Jan 1896 in Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Harry Melnyk — married 21 Oct 1916 (to 16 Aug 1926) in Toronto, Ontario

Wife of Oscar Hawhee — married about 1926 in York, York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1987 at age 90 in Grosse Pte Farms, Wayne, Michigan

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Biography

"I remember Molly Hawhee. A jovial woman. She'd visit us and tell me my father's Gaelic wasn't any good - Danford MacKay, Oct. 2011

Birth

Birth:

Date: 10 JAN 1896

Place: ON, Canada

Travel

Immigration Passenger list into the British Isles^[1]

Ship's Name: S.S. Lake Champlain (Official No. 110650)

Departure port: St. John, NB

Arrival port: Liverpool, England

Arrival date: March 13, 1907

Passenger: Angus McKay

Occupation: Elevator man

Subject: Scotch

Age: 50 (1857)

Passenger: Mary Ann McKay

Subject: Scotch

Age: 9 (1898)

Note: Lake Champlain was built in 1900 for the Beaver Line. In 1903 she was taken over by Canadian Pacific with the rest of Beaver Line. In 1913, Lake Champlain was renamed Ruthenia. In 1942 she was captured by the Japanese, and renamed Choran Maru. She was recaptured in 1945, and scrapped in the UK in 1949. Source.

According to the 1930 U.S. Census, Mollie had not naturalized after emigrating to the U.S. in 1919.

Marriages

Marriage between Molly McKay and Harry Melnyk

Date: October 21, 1916

Place: Toronto, Ontario

Groom: Harry Melnyk

Age: 25 (1891)

Residence: Toronto

Place of Birth: Austria

Marital status: Widower

Occupation: Cook

Religion: Roman Catholic

Father: Arthur Melnyk

Mother: Kathleen Church

Bride: Molly McKay

Age: 18 (1898)

Residence: Toronto

Place of Birth: Kenora, Ontario

Marital status: Spinster

Occupation: Waitress

Religion: Presbyterian

Father: Angus McKay

Mother: Mary McPhail

Witnesses: Alpheus K Doan, Toronto; Helen Doan, Toronto

Marriage between Molly McKay Miller and Oscar Hawhee^[2]

Date: 9 Oct 1926

Place: Lucas, Ohio, USA

Bride: Molly Mckay Miller

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Birth Date: abt 1898

Father: Angus Mckay

Mother: Mary Mcfay

Residence: Detroit, Michigan

Birth place: Canada

Occupation: waitress

Marital status: Once married, divorced, Mrs. Harry Miller

Groom: Oscar Hawker

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Birth Date: abt 1898

Father: Frank Hawker

Mother: Nanny Holder

Residence: Detroit, Michigan

Birth place: Indiana

Occupation: heat treater

Marriage between Molly McKay and Oscar Hawhee^[3]

Date: ABT 1926

Place: York, York, Ontario, Canada

Husband: Oscar Hawhee

Wife: Mollie Mary McKay

Divorce

Divorce between Harry Miller and Mollie Miller^[4]

Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1916

Marriage Place: Toronto, Ontario

Decree Date: 16 Aug 1926

Decree Place: Wayne

Husband: Harry Miller

Wife: Mollie Miller (libellant, case not contested)

Number of Children: 1

Cause for which divorce: Extreme cruelty, non-support.

Census Data

While we have not found any birth registration for Mary there is a listing for her in the 1901 Census living with her parents in Port Arthur, Ontario. It lists her as being born in Ontario on January 10, 1896.

1901 Census - Algoma, District 44, Port Arthur, Subdistrict L(2)-2, Page 5

Angus McKay, Head, 45, April 15 1856, b.Scotland, immigration 1890, Carpenter, employed 9 months, earnings - $500

Mary A. McKay, Wife, 45, Sept 14, 1856, b.Scotland, immigration 1890. Cannot read or write.

Stewart D. McKay, Son, 22, Apr 5, 1879, b.Scotland, immigration 1890, Marine Fireman, employed 8 months, earnings - $400

Anna McKay, Daughter, 12, Dec 14, 1889, b.Scotland, immigration 1890

Murdina McKay, Daughter, 10, Feb 3, 1892, b.N.W.Terr

Mary A. McKay, Daughter, 5, Jan 10, 1896, b.Ont

Norman McKay, Brother, 50, Aug 15, 1850, b.Scotland, immigration 1890, Labourer, employed 8 months, - earnings $300

1911 British Census - 29, South Bragar, Barvas South, Barvas, Ross and Cromarty, Isle of Lewis, Scotland^[5]

Angus McKay (Head) - 60 (1851) b. Ross, Barvas; o. Crofter

Mary McKay (Wife) - 47 (1864) b. Ross, Barvas

Mary A. McKay (Daughter) - 15 (1896) b. Canada

Angus McKay (Son) - 2 (1909) b. Ross, Barvas

It's noted that Mary Ann's birthplace is Canada and confirms as had been suspected before the 1911 Census had been released to the public that she had indeed gone to Scotland after the death of her mother Mary Ann (MacPhail) in 1904.

1920 U.S. Census - 504 Begole St., Flint, Genesee County, Michigan^[6]

Harry Melnyk - 29y (1891) b. Russia; Parents b. Russia; Language: Polish; Year of Immigration: 1908; o. Assistant Manager of Construction for Auto Factory

Maude Melnyk - 21y (1899) b. Canada; Parents b. Scotland; Year of Immigration: 1919

Cathleen Melnyk - 1y (1919) b. Canada; Year of Immigration: 1919

1930 U.S. Census - 3754 Philip Ave, Detroit, Michigan^[7]

Edwin Hawhee (head) - 30 (1900) b. Indiana; o. Glass setter; Married at 25 (1925)

Marion E Hawhee (wife) - 24 (1906) b. Michigan; Married at 19 (1925)

Helen C Hawhee - 2 (1928) b. Michigan

Oscar Hawhee (brother) - 28 (1902) b. Indiana; First married at age 24 (1926); o. Machine operator, Motor factory

Mollie Hawhee (sister-in-law) - 32 (1898) b. Canada; Parents b. Scotland; First married at age 17 (1915); Immigrated 1919

Elizabeth Johnson (boarder) - 26 (1904) b. Scotland

Kathlen Miller (boarder) - 11 (1919) b. Canada

1940 U.S. Census - 3862 Chalmers, Detroit, Michigan^[8]

Oscar Hawhee - 39 (1901) b. Indiana; 8th grade education; At same place in 1935; o. potash dept. auto parts

Molly Hawhee - 42 (1898) b. Canada; 3rd grade education

Kathleen L. Lucius (step-daughter) - 21 (1919) b. Canada; 12th grade education; Salesgirl, national store; Earnings: $780; married

Residences

1931 - Hawhee, Oscar (Mollie) lab h. 14543 Mack Ave., Detroit

1934 - Hawhee, Oscar (Mollie) mach h. 4866 Dickerson Ave., Detroit

Death

Death of Molie Mary Hawhee^[9]

Date of Death: 4 January 1987

Place: Cottage Hospital, Grosse Pte Farms, Wayne, Michigan

Cause: Congestive Heart Failure of 1 week

Birth: January 10, 1897 (89y)

Birth Place: Canada, Canadian Citizen

Marital Status: Widowed

Social Security #: 366 26 7388

Usual occupation: Sales Person

Current Residence: 11820 Morang, apt. 4; Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Father Name: Daniel MacKay

Mother: Mary (unknown)

Informant: Kathleen Lucius

Address: 15664 East Seven Mile, Detroit, MI 48205

Burial

Burial of Mollie Mary Hawhee

Date: 7 January 1987

Place: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

Funeral Facility: Sommers Funeral Home, 12140 Morang Dr., Detroit, Michigan

Findagrave link

Note

Last residence, according to SSDI# 366-26-7388 was 48224, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Place of death was Grosse Pte. Farms, Wayne, Michigan.

Emigrated to the USA in 1919

Sources

• WikiTree profile McKay-441 created through the import of Danford MacKay Family(2).ged on Feb 3, 2012 by Graeme MacKay. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Graeme and others.

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces.
2. ↑ Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages; Film Number: 002168491
3. ↑ Source: #S-2071054617 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=1190817&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1898Birth place: Kenora OntMarriage date: 21 Oct 1916Marriage place: York, York, Ontario, Canada APID: 1,7921::1190817
4. ↑ Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan; State File Number: 82 12619; Docket Number: 133128
5. ↑ Scotland Statutory Registers, Barvas South, Ross and Cromarty, 086/0A 001/00 007: page 7, Angus McKay; digital image, "1911 Census," ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: 14 February 2012)
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZS1-QTR : accessed 29 Nov 2012), Maude Melnyk in household of Harry Melnyk, , Genesee, Michigan; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 12A, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820765.
7. ↑ United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7S2-XGD : accessed 29 Nov 2012), Oscar Hawhee in household of Edwin Hawhee, Detroit (Districts 0751-0879), Wayne, Michigan; citing enumeration district (ED) 0814, sheet 11A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1064.
8. ↑ 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T627_1883; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 84-1445.
9. ↑ Certificate of Death, State of Michigan Department of Public Health; State File Number 0005660; Date received by registrar: January 6, 1987