Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther McKay was born on 8 December 1842, in Derrykeighan, County Antrim, Ireland, her father, Joseph McKay, was 43 and her mother, Martha Blair, was 43. She married William Allan Leishman on 14 January 1860, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1851 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 16 August 1914, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Esther Leishman in household of Wm Leishman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Esther McKay, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Esther Mckay Leishman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Esther McKay and William Leishman
taken from "Joseph McKay and Martha Blair" by Ila May Fisher Maughan Esther McKay, born 8 Dec 1842, in Strone (or Lestrone), Antrim, Ireland, was the last child born to Joseph McKay and Martha Blair. …
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