Researching Charles Mackay
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The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Mackay on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Mackay and the Mackay Family Tree
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Mackay Family Tree Databases
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Miscellaneous Mackay Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Mackay. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay (mayor)
Charles Mackay (29 June 1875 – 3 May 1929) was a New Zealand lawyer, local politician, and Mayor of Wanganui between 1906 and 1920.
Born Charles Ewing Mackay (later known as Charles Evan Mackay) in Nelson in 1875, Mackay achieved a BA and LLB in law. He started a law firm in Wanganui in 1902. Gaining election to the Wanganui Borough Council in November 1905, he successfully contested the mayoralty in 1906. Mackay stood as an independent in the Wanganui electorate in the, but was defeated by James Thomas Hogan and George Hutchison in the first ballot.
He became notorious after shooting writer Walter D'Arcy Cresswell, who apparently threatened to out him as homosexual. In 1920, Mackay was convicted of Cresswell's attempted murder. Mackay served time in Mount Eden prison. He was released in 1926, after serving six years with hard labour of his 15-year sentence. A condition of his release was that he leave the country and, in 1928, he moved to England.
Mackay was soon working in Berlin as a language teacher and part-time correspondent. In his latter function, he covered communist street riots raging after May Day 1929 and was mistakenly shot dead by a policeman.
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