Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert McKay and Rebecca Moon




Husband Robert McKay 1 2

           Born: 12 Sep 1851 - Findley Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 25 Jan 1910 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: William McKay (1809-1871) 1
         Mother: Eliza Lanigan (1811-1903) 1


       Marriage: 31 Jan 1873 1



Wife Rebecca Moon 1 2

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         Father: Lewis Moon (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 M Lewis Essington McKay 1 2 3

           Born: 7 Feb 1877 - Mercer Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Roberta L. Firth (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: Aug 1904 4


2 F Lillie M. McKay 1

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3 M Ray William McKay 2

            AKA: William R. McKay 1
           Born: 30 Apr 1883 - Mercer Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Mae Hays (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 30 Jun 1904 4


4 F Mary E. McKay 1

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General Notes: Husband - Robert McKay


He was engaged in farming and selling farm implements, and, with his wife, belonged to the Springfield Church.

He engaged in farming up to 1888, when he learned the trade of carriage manufacturing at Mercer, Pennsylvania, and in which he became an adept. Mr. McKay came to Grove City in 1891, and purchased an interest in the McKay Carriage Company; he was elected president of that concern in 1904. He was elected a member of the Grove City Borough Council and he held membership in other civic and financial institutions.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 966.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 126.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 31.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 127.


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