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| Name | McKAY – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 96th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1064 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 29th August 1836 / 15 years / Glasgow Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Dark / Hazel / Dark Brown / |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Australian Colonies – 7 years 10 months East Indies – 6 years 1 month Gibraltar – 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 29 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 25th March 1861 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 20 Candleriggs Street Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1861 2nd Glasgow 1862 Bermuda (in transit) 1863-1871 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda) |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 29th August 1821 North Leith Leith Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | McKAY Donald Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HUPONT Mary Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | PATTON Isabella c1836 Glasgow Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 6th June 1862 Glasgow Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Janet or Janet Mary B 14th August 1867 Western Australia M WATSON James1889 Western Australia D 6th February 1946 Western Australia bur Spiritualist Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | PATTON / PATON John Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | WATSON Janet Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | GARDNER (GARDINER) John – Honourable East India Company arrived “LORD DALHOUSIE 1863” |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1872 Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | John Donald McKay B 24th December 1872 Western Australia M CROWTHER Margaret 28th December 1913 Western Australia D 4th August 1934 Perth Western Australia Ernest B 1873 Western Australia M SELBIE Matilda 20th October 1897 Residence of WH Gorman Port Adelaide South Australia D 15th July 1934 Port Adelaide SA Bur Cheltenham Cemetery SA Isabella B 1874 Western Australia M OLDHAM John 1899 Cottesloe Western Australia D 28th July 1946 Victoria Park Western Australia Agnes B 1877 Western Australia D 10th September 1877 Western Australia B East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | West Australian Friday 21st August 1908 – page 7 The West Australian Saturday 3rd August 1946 page 1 Death of Isabella Oldham |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 31st August 1871 Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th August 1908 127 Summers Street East Perth Western Australia Congregational Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3403 1908/169 (see below) |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide index 1851 John McKay 1064 Drummer, fifer or bugler 96th Foot location Lahore Discharge due to Chronic rheumatism In the 1861 Census John McKay, pensioner, age 39 is a visitor at the home of James and Elizabeth Welsh at 20 Candleriggs street Glasgow. Isabella Paton [born Ayr in 1836 daughter of Janet (nee Watson) & John Paton] a domestic servant, married John McKay a Calenderer (operator of a roller machine for glazing and smoothing paper) at the Church of Scotland St James Road Glasgow on 6 June 1862. Both were residing at 20 Candelriggs Street . Conduct of both John and Isabella McKay was recorded by the Surgeon Superintendent of the Merchantman as being Very Good. On 22nd May 1908 Isabella Gardner wrote her will bequeathing all her worldly possessions to her son John Donald McKay Gardner and naming him executor. The estate consisted of land and buildings valued at £1285/10/0 with debts of 500/3/0 making the value of the estate £785/7/0. The land was 3 pieces of land consisting of 2 roods 3 perches subdivision 32 &33 of Perth suburban lot 162 with frontages to Claisebrook Road and Summer Street with a 4 roomed villa, another smaller 4 roomed cottage and a small cottage of 3 rooms. If John Donald was to die unmarried the residue of the estate would go to her granddaughter. Janet Mary McKay was 4 years old when her father died, they were living on the Mezzanine floor of the Perth pensioner Barracks. Her mother Isabella McKay married John Gardner, pensioner, after the death of his first wife Isabella (Lawson). Isabella McKay had nursed Isabella Gardner (Lawson) before her death. Janet McKay attended school at the Barracks and was taught music and played the organ at St. Georges Terrace Presbyterian Church-later Trinity. (Information from Evelyn Morgan letter dated 2014) |