Donald
McKay
aka MacKay
Born in Strathmore, Sutherland, Scotland
Son of Roderick Mackay
and Barbara (Gunn) McKay
Brother of
Unnamed McKay, Barbara (McKay) Barclay, Ann Mackay, John Clark McKay, Hugh Mackay, George Mackay and Jane Scobie (Mackay) McCrystal
Husband of
Ann Macmillan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
in New Zealand [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2012
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Biography
Note
- Note: with John, pioneered the Cheviot (1865), Manapouri and Mararoa runs
- Prominent runholder.
- 21 Jan 1863: election notice for Donald in the Southland Daily News
- Later, a schoolmaster? (Flora's marriage cert.)
- Gray's Wallacetown 100 - the Presbyterian Parish (1966) mentions Rev A Stobo baptizing 4 children of Donald's
- source for his family info: Ray Matthews and Gaynor Paterson
- Herries Beattie's Southern Pioneers 3rd volume p. 149 refers to Donald McKay's farm at Wallacetown
- still alive Dec 1880 (G A Hamilton's History of Northern Southland, 1952, pg 63)
- 1865/67 Electoral Rolls:
- District of Mataura:
- McKay, Donald Wallacetown qualification - freehold & house hold at New River Wallacetown, part of town reserve, house near Wallacetown, section 1, block 1, New River hundred; sections 1 & 2, block 2, Invercargill hundreds"
- and District of Invercargill:
- "freehold and household sections 1,2, 20, 21, block 14 town of Invercargill"
Sources
- WikiTree profile McKay-550 created through the import of McCrystall Peters Tuffery Irel.ged on Oct 23, 2012 by Russell Tuffery. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Russell and others.
- Source: S-1617187891 Repository: #R-1693590507 Title: FamilySearch Note: "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY7K-WJD : accessed 24 Aug 2012), Rory Mckay and Gunn, 1820; citing reference , FHL microfilm 990562.
- Repository: R-1693590507 Name: Russell Tuffery Address: 50 Lemington Rd, Westmere Note:
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Donald:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Donald:
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~3.12%
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