MCKAY/PECK/BARBOUR
JAMES ROSE MCKAY, born 19 June 1822 in the Parish of Dornoch, Rosshire, Scotland, enlisted with the 71st Highland Regiment in Aberdeen in 1835, trained as a Carpenter and then served in Canada until his discharge in Montreal, Quebec in 1839. He died 3 November 1893 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
He married MARY PECK 16 September 1842 in Odeltown, Canada, daughter of EDMUND and ELIZABETH PECK the first English settlers in Lacolle, Quebec. She was born 16 September 1822, and died 7 December 1845 in Odeltown, Eastern Canada.
Children of JAMES MCKAY and MARY PECK are:
i. ALEXANDER MCKAY, b. 24 June 1843, Odeltown, Canada
ii. JAMES MCKAY, b. 1 December 1845; Lachine, Canada d. 1933, Roxham Cemetery, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada.
Following Mary's death James Rose McKay married ELIZABETH BARBOUR on 9 November 1848 in Woodstock, Canada, daughter of ROBERT BARBOUR and MARY ORR. She was born 30 December 1831 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, and died 7 August 1914 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
Children of JAMES MCKAY and ELIZABETH BARBOUR are:
MARY GRACE MCKAY, b. 14 July 1850; Woodstock, East Zorra, Canada m. JOHN ROBERTSON d. 1918. Invercargill, Southland, NZ
ROBERT BARBOUR MCKAY, b. 7 January 1853; Woodstock, Canada m. LOIS ANNE BAILEY d. 27 May 1944, Invercargill, NZ.
GEORGINA MITCHELL MCKAY, b. 7 July 1858, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia m. JOHN LAMOND d. 1902
WILLIAM STEPHENSON MCKAY, b. 22 July 1859, Woodend, Victoria, Australia; d. 25 February 1862 Victoria, Australia
ELIZABETH ANN MCKAY, b. 23 October 1861; Woodend, Victoria, Australia m. HENRY GEORGE ASHLEY d 7 July 1936.
AGNES MARGARET MCKAY, b. 23 February 1865; Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand m. JOHN HAYES PAY d. 10 August 1953.
DAVID WILLIAM MCKAY, b. 20 January 1867, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; m NAOMI HARRIETT WILSON d. 10 August 1951, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
EPHRAIM BARBOUR MCKAY, b. 5 July 1869; m. ANNIE RITA KIRWAN d. 9 September 1957, Wellington, NZ
JEMIMA ROSE MCKAY, b. 30 January 1872; buried 14 January 1873, Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, NZ.
JAMES ROSE MCKAY, b. August 1876, d. 7 March 1877
