When Ella Augusta Mawhinney was born on 16 June 1871, in Maces Bay, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Joseph Mawhinney, was 29 and her mother, Mary Walsh, was 30. She married Hugh Theodore Colin McKay on 1 October 1895, in Maces Bay, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Lepreau, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Pennfield, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada in 1931. She died on 24 September 1945, in Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Pennfield, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.
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On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: Anglicized form ofGaelic Mac Choinnich (Scottish), Mac Choinnigh (Irish),a patronymic from the byname Coinneach (see McKenzie and Kenneth ).
Irish (Antrim): possibly an Anglicizedform of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne (see McSweeney ).
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