Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen McKay was born on 31 October 1828, in Derrykeighan, County Antrim, Ireland, her father, Joseph McKay, was 29 and her mother, Martha Blair, was 29. She married Robert Allan Leishman on 14 November 1859, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 22 December 1890, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Leishman in household of Robt Leishman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Mckay - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ellen McKay
- Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1843
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Ann Fielding Parkinson BIRTH 8 May 1809 England DEATH 11 Jun 1843 (aged 34) England BURIAL Wellsville Cemetery Wellsville, Cache County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 9056771 ·
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Robert Leishman and Ellen McKay
taken from Joseph McKay and Martha Blair - by Ila May Fisher Maughan February 3,1836, Jane Allan Leishman presented her husband, John Leishman, with a son, their fifth child. John was superintendent …
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