Researching James Mckay
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 717 people with the Mckay surname? In that year Mckay was ranked number 2863 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Mckay on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Mckay and the Mckay Family Tree
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Mckay Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called James Mckay
James Iver McKay
James Iver McKay (July 17, 1792 – September 14, 1853) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. He was born in 1792, near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He pursued classical studies and then law. He was appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817, and also served in the North Carolina General Assembly (1815–1819, 1822, 1826, and 1830). He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 22nd through 24th congresses (1831–1837) and as a Democrat to the 25th through 30th congresses (1837–1849). He served as chairman of the: Committee on Military Affairs (25th Congress), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (26th Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (27th Congress), Ways and Means Committee (28th and 29th congresses). He was also the chief sponsor of the Walker Tariff of 1846; and was the favorite son of the North Carolina delegation at the 1848 Democratic National Convention for Vice President. McKay also introduced the Coinage Act of 1849 on the House floor, with it successfully passing.
McKay died in Goldsboro, North Carolina, September 14, 1853. Though an unapologetic slave-owner, his will included the unusual provision that 30–40 of his slaves be placed under the supervision of the American Colonization Society.
Source: James Iver McKay, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Russell McKay
James Russell McKay (May 16, 1889 – October 16, 1966) was an American football player. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, McKay played college football at the halfback position for Brown University in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as the captain of the 1910 Brown Bears football team. In 1910, he was selected as a first-team All-American by the Evening Standard, as determined by the consensus among the various Eastern football experts who picked All-American teams. He was also named a first-team All-American by The New York Sun, and by Ted Coy, and as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp. After graduating from Brown, McKay returned to Youngstown where he worked as a lawyer. He became a vice president at Home Savings & Loan in Youngstown. He died in Youngstown in 1966 at age 77. He was posthumously inducted into the Brown Hall of Fame in 1971.
Source: James Russell McKay, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Mckay
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