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and Margaret McKay
They were married July 1, 1902. They were married by a Rev. C.G. Miller in Sault, Michigan. The maid of honor was Margaret’s niece, Stella Maude Cutler (she would later married Arthur Gilroy). The groomsman was S. Montegomery. |
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Contributed by Mary Kowatch My great, great grandfather was the first Reeve of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. His name was Andrew C. McKay, his wife’s name was Mary Jane Walt, daughter of David Walt (WI area) and Sarah Steele from Penn area I believe.
Andrew McKay came over with his parents from Scotland by way of Liverpool , England to the US in 1855 on the ship “Andrew Foster”. All the Mckay siblings and parents are listed.
There is younger brother, Hector Mckay, that was born in 1852 in Scotland and married Pheobe Hoover on Oct. 27, 1880 by the Rev. T.R. Easterday.
My great, great grandfather was listed as a witness as well as a sister or daughter, Sarah Mckay. Andrew had both a sister Sarah as well as a daughter Sarah. The daughter was born in 1865 I believe. The Andrew McKay family is listed in the Algoma census of 1871 with Andrew’s father, William McKay. I don’t know where this William is buried or what happened to his wife, Jane Gray.
Mary Jane McKay died in 1899 of thyphoid fever, then Andrew moved out west to Washington with 3 of his children and their spouses. My great grandmother, Margaret married Amiel Anderson and stayed in the UP of Michigan , mainly Kingsford and Manistique, MI.
I’m not exactly sure when they came from Sault Canada to Sault, Michigan . They are in the Sault, Chippewa, MI census of 1880.
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and Margaret McKay
They were married July 1, 1902. They were married by a Rev. C.G. Miller in Sault, Michigan. The maid of honor was Margaret’s niece, Stella Maude Cutler (she would later married Arthur Gilroy). The groomsman was S. Montegomery. |
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Peter and Alexia (McKay) Currie Alexia, the daughter of Andrew C. McKay, married Peter Currie, the son of Neil Currie and Ann Gellipsie(sp?). Peter Currie and Alexia (Lex) Mckay were married Sept 17, 1887 in Sault, MI by Rev. T.R, Easterday. There are still descendents of Andrew Mckay and Mary Jane Walt that live in Brimely. He went by Warren. He and most of his family died in Tenino, Washington on March 10th, 1908. Murder/Suicide. His wife was Annie Currie, |
"Cumberland House" 1873 - Saulte Ste Marie, Ontario Information from the Sault Ste. Marie Historical Museum of Ontario which is where Mary Kowatch received the photo: Blacony L-R: Mrs. Lucy Bampton, Mary Ann Payment (wife of Clovis Claude Payment, daughter of Charles Bampton), Charles John Payment (son of Mary Ann and Clovis ). Standing L-R Andrew C. McKay - Village Constable, William Lepeer - Cooper, Charles J. Bampton - Hotel Keeper, William O. Luscombe (white hat on veranda - husband of Mary Ann Pim), Charles J. Pim, Joseph Biro Sr., William Flakner (brother of Frederick J.), Joseph Dubois Sr., Larry Partois, John Brassard. Andrew C. McKay is the gentleman on the far left with the whitish hat and colored band on it and his hands in his vest pockets. This would be my great, great grandfather. He was also the first Reeve/Constable of Sault, Ontario , appointed on July 29, 1871. Andrew Mckay died in Tenino , Washington on Oct. 16, 1916 of a coronary nature. |
