Real estate agent, municipal official.
Born at what would be the Municipality of Kildonan on 20 October 1862, son of James McKay and Jane Matheson, he farmed for a few years before joining the real estate firm of W. R. Hamilton and Company. On 2 November 1904, he married Annie Munroe McLeod (1871-1934) at Kildonan. They had three daughters: Jean McKay (1905-1978, wife of Walter Clifton McDonald), Frances Isabel McKay, and Annie Mildren McKay (1909-2004, wife of John Ronald McDonald). He lived at 1184 Kildonan Drive (c1914-1953), was a member of the Elmwood Curling Club, and an inaugural Councillor of North Kildonan (1925-1932). He died at Winnipeg on 16 September 1953 and was buried in the Kildonan Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Angus McKay School (850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg)
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary [Annie M. McKay], Winnipeg Tribune, 21 March 1934, page 16.
“Birthdays,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1952, page 17.
“Former Councillor in North Kildonan dies at 90 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1953, page 17.
Obituary [Frances Isabel McKay], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1973, page 33.
Obituary [Anne Mildred McDonald], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 March 2004, page 21.
We thank Jim Smith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 December 2014
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