When Wofford Peru McKay was born on 3 September 1941, his father, Wofford Peru McKay, was 32 and his mother, Alma Louvina Snelgrove, was 28. He died on 21 August 2018, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76.
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’. Etymologically, this is the same name as McKee , McGee , McCoy , and McHugh .
History: This is the surname of several Irish and Scottish families, including Clan Mackay, a Highland clan traditionally associated with Sutherland in the far northwest of Scotland.
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