Born in Kilcoan, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew McKay
and Eliza (Barron) McKay
Sister of
Alexander Haslet Gordon McKay, Joseph McKay, Hugh John McKay, Andrew McKay, Robert McKay, Arthur Hill McKay, Agnes Fleck McKay and Rose Alexandria (McKay) Dick
Wife of
John McKinstry
— married
12 Mar 1907 in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church, County Antrim, Ireland
Descendants 
Mother of
Jane (McKinstry) Baird
Died
at age 76
in Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom [uncertain]
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Biography
Mary was born in 1877 in Kilcoan, Islandmagee, County Antrim , Ireland, the daughter of Andrew Mckay and Eliza Barron.[1] She was baptised on 07-Oct-1877 in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church.[2]
In 1907 she married John McKinstry in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church. He was a ferryman from Ballylumford, Islandmagee and she was from Ballytober, Islandmagee. The witnesses were Andrew McKay and Agnes Holmes.[3]
Mary and John were residing in a house 10 in Ballytober (Island Magee, Antrim) during the 1911 Census of Ireland with their first child Gladys. John was recorded as a Farmer.[4][5]
Mary passed away on February 8th, 1954 (age 76), possibly in Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[6]She is interred in Islandmagee New Cemetery (Plot# B141).[7]
Sources
- ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1877/02991/2096124.pdf
- ↑ 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church Baptisms 1829-1914. Transcribed by the North of Ireland Family History Society www.nifhs.org.
- ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Marriage Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1907/10080/5666210.pdf
- ↑ The National Archives of Ireland 1911 Census of Ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Island_Magee/Ballytober/188286/
- ↑ The National Archives of Ireland 1911 Census of Ireland Household Return Form http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001541364/
- ↑ General Register Office (Northern Ireland) D/1954/129/1016/13/473 Mary McKinstry 8th February 1954 76 Years Female Larne
- ↑ On Tranquil Land or Stormy Sea: Gravestone Inscriptions and Interments Islandmagee New Cemetery Co. Antrim 1925-2002. Published by the Larne Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society (2003).
- In loving memory of JOHN McKINSTRY who died 23rd October 1949. Also his wife MARY E. died 8th February 1954. And her sister ROSINA A. DICK died 4th March 1937.
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